Latin American Weekly Report
Weekly Report - 20 January 2022 (WR-22-03)
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- Tensions over Ukraine spread to Latin America
ANDEAN COUNTRIES
- COLOMBIA: Zuluaga set to go it alone after snub
- VENEZUELA: Possibility of recall referendum met with scepticism
BRAZIL & SOUTHERN CONE
- ARGENTINA: IMF tensions riding high
- CHILE: Boric, Enade, and lithium
- BRAZIL: Disgruntled civil servants take to the streets
- BRAZIL: Inflation and inequality loom over election year
MEXICO
- MEXICO: Electricity reform debated in congress
- MEXICO: Extreme violence surges
- TRACKING TRENDS
CENTRAL AMERICA & CARIBBEAN
- EL SALVADOR: Bukele intent on silencing critics
- CUBA: Mass trials amid renewed crackdown
- HAITI: More arrests in relation to Moïse’s murder
POSTSCRIPT
- Ruling BLP sweeps the board in Barbados
- Quotes of the week
While a repeat of the 13 days of acute tensions that unfolded during the Cuban Missile Crisis remains a remote prospect, memories have been stirred nearly 60 years on from the political and military standoff of 1962 after Russian government officials responded to mounting tensions over Ukraine by suggesting that Russia could send military assets to allies in Latin America, namely Cuba and Venezuela.
Weekly Report - 13 January 2022 (WR-22-02)
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- Isolated but unbowed, Ortega begins new term in Nicaragua
ANDEAN COUNTRIES
- VENEZUELA: Opposition finds formula in repeat Barinas win
- PERU: New breakaway party to support Castillo
- COLOMBIA: ELN attack in Cali
- TRACKING TRENDS
BRAZIL & SOUTHERN CONE
- REGION: Omicron wave hits
- BRAZIL: Rains batter Minas Gerais, spark concerns
- ARGENTINA: Rallying regional support amid crunch IMF talks
- TRACKING TRENDS
MEXICO
- MEXICO: Tren Maya focus of cabinet reshuffle
- MEXICO: Progress made in ‘Fast & Furious’ case
CENTRAL AMERICA & CARIBBEAN
- EL SALVADOR: Reopening of landmark civil war case raises eyebrows
- BARBADOS: Curfew lifted as Mottley calls snap elections
- HONDURAS: Congressional challenge confronts Castro
POSTSCRIPT
- Boric appoints close confidant as chief lieutenant
- Quotes of the week
Nicaragua’s President Daniel Ortega and his Frente Sandinista de Liberación Nacional (FSLN) took office this week for a fourth consecutive five-year term.
Weekly Report - 06 January 2022 (WR-22-01)
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- Boric sweeps to victory, ushering in new era in Chile
ANDEAN COUNTRIES
- PERU: Changing ministers again
- VENEZUELA: Maduro predicts stabilisation in 2022
- COLOMBIA: At least 24 killed in Arauca guerrilla dispute
- ECUADOR: Lasso lashes out at indigenous leader
- TRACKING TRENDS
BRAZIL & SOUTHERN CONE
- BRAZIL: Bahia under water, Bolsonaro under fire
- BRAZIL: Alarming destruction in the Cerrado
- ARGENTINA: Smoke and mirrors
MEXICO
- MEXICO: Tensions rise between Morena and INE
- TRACKING TRENDS
CENTRAL AMERICA & CARIBBEAN
- HAITI: Henry decries assassination attempt
- GUATEMALA: Flare-up of indigenous dispute puts Giammattei on back foot
POSTSCRIPT
- Lacalle Pou moves to protect Uruguay’s pulp industry
- Quotes of the week
When the military dictatorship of General Augusto Pinochet ended on 11 March 1990, Gabriel Boric was only four.