Andean Group
Andean Group - April 2022
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- Introduction
Colombia/Peru
- Booming coca cultivation draws US concern
Venezuela
- Oil sanctions under the spotlight
Ecuador
- Ukraine war brings mixed fortunes for exporters
- Steps to address the prisons crisis
Bolivia
- UN rapporteur emphasises need for judicial reform
Colombia
- Opening the door to fracking?
Highlights
- Economic Highlights
The latest annual report from the US Bureau of International Narcotics and Law Enforcement Affairs (INCSR), published 1 March, outlined major backsliding in coca eradication in Colombia and Peru in 2020.
Andean Group - March 2022
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- Introduction
Colombia
- Arauca gripped by guerrilla-on-guerrilla violence
Peru
- Oil spill fallout highlights weakening environmental law enforcement
Ecuador
- Oil spill highlights erosion risks in pipeline system
- Closer to balancing the books
Bolivia
- Sustainable progress on poverty?
Venezuela-Colombia
- Alarm over military drift in Venezuela-Russia relations
Highlights
- Economic Highlights
Colombia’s eastern department of Arauca saw in the new year with its “most violent day in ten years,” in the words of departmental human rights ombudsman Juan Carlos Villate.
Andean Group - February 2022
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- Introduction
Ecuador
- Lasso takes a hard line in response to surging violence
Colombia
- Police reform clears congress
Peru
- PetroPerú to recommence oil production amid political upheaval
- Castillo facing mounting transparency concerns
Region
- Mixed fortunes in the struggle against inflation
Ecuador
- Lasso’s investment drive facing major obstacles
Highlights
- Economic Highlights
Security records were broken over and over in Ecuador last year, which saw the country’s worst ever prison massacres, the highest quantity of seized drugs on record, and the worst homicide rate in a decade.
Andean Group - January 2022
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- Introduction
Bolivia
- Looking to become a major player in green energy
Colombia
- Farc removed from US terror blacklist
Venezuela/Ecuador
- Saab under scrutiny in Ecuador
Ecuador
- Uncertainty follows high court ruling upholding rights of nature
- Fiscal outlook improves with passage of tax reform
Peru
- Playing it safe with the 2022 budget
Highlights
- Economic Highlights
Nearing the end of a 20-year natural gas boom that generated considerable export revenues and fuelled generous social spending programmes by the ruling left-wing Movimiento al Socialismo (MAS), Bolivia is seeking new possibilities in renewable energy.