Andean Group
Andean Group - June 2020
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- Introduction
Region
- Pandemic poses existential threat to indigenous peoples
Peru
- Health strategy at risk of collapse
Colombia
- Army spying scandal sparks outrage
Ecuador
- Government seeks to shore up future finances
Venezuela
- Oil sector seeks reform to survive
Bolivia
- GMO decree ignites war of words
Highlights
- Economic Highlights
The Coordinadora de las Organizaciones Indígenas de la Cuenca Amazónica (Coica), a transnational umbrella organisation representing indigenous communities from across the Amazon basin, has warned that the failure of national governments to protect indigenous peoples from the coronavirus (Covid-19) pandemic would be tantamount to “ethnocide”.
Andean Group - May 2020
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- Introduction
Colombia
- Erratic ELN brings confusion to peace process
Venezuela
- Drug charge bombshell escalates political crisis
Bolivia
- Border crisis exemplifies panicked pandemic response
Region
- China's 'face mask diplomacy' tests geopolitical ties
Ecuador
- Triple emergency drives debate on debt restructuring
Peru
- Indigenous groups call for clean-up of extractive industries
Highlights
- Economic Highlights
We begin this May edition of Latin American Regional Report: Andean Group by exploring the turbulent relationship between the Colombian government and the Ejército de Liberación Nacional (ELN) guerrilla group.
Andean Group - April 2020
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- Introduction
Region
- Migrants pay the price for security shortcomings
Colombia
- Danger escalates for social leaders
Peru
- New challenges in the fight against illegal mining
Bolivia
- Future of state-owned companies up for debate
Ecuador
- Tricky path to a US trade agreement
Venezuela
- The continued importance of trade with China
Highlights
- Economic Highlights
As governments across the Andean region have increasingly demonstrated a willingness to scapegoat Venezuelan migrants for problems of crime and insecurity, the coronavirus (Covid-19) pandemic threatens to add to this rising tide of xenophobia.
Andean Group - March 2020
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- Introduction
Bolivia
- Interim government faces indigenous challenge
Peru
- Vizcarra seeks anti-corruption coalition
Ecuador
- IACHR considers landmark sexual violence case
Region
- Facing major challenges to meet clean palm oil targets
Colombia
- Technological innovation and transport: the trials of Uber in Colombia
Highlights
- Economic Highlights
We begin this March edition of Latin American Regional Report: Andean Group with Bolivia, where increasing political polarisation in recent months has shone a light on deeper-lying social divisions in the country, as critics of Jeanine Áñez’s interim government have argued that there is a broadly racialised divide between supporters of Áñez, and of the deposed Movimiento al Socialismo (MAS).
Andean Group - February 2020
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- Introduction
Colombia
- Paramilitary resurgence going under the radar
Peru
- Transnational turn for war on drug trafficking
Bolivia
- Economy faces ongoing challenges in 2020
Ecuador
- Tax reform a much-needed victory for the government
Venezuela
- Struggling to address the electricity crisis
Highlights
- Economic Higlights
In this February edition of Latin American Regional Report: Andean Group, we begin with Colombia, where violence has surged to the highest levels since the country’s 2016 peace agreement.
Andean Group - January 2020
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- Introduction
Venezuela
- Gold rush driving violent crime
Region
- China shifts approach to infrastructure investment in the Andean region
- Does poverty drive protest?
Colombia
- Chinese companies win Bogotá Metro contract
Ecuador
- The costs of protest: Ecuador digs itself into a deeper economic hole
Highlights
- Economic Highlights
In Venezuela, the deaths of eight people in the gold-mining town of Ikabarú, on Bolívar state’s Brazilian border, has drawn significant national attention.