Andean Group
Andean Group - June 2025
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- Introduction
Region
- Massacres highlight threat posed by illegal mining
Colombia
- Internal displacement surges
- Descending into violence and financial disorder
Venezuela
- Maduro seeks to offset impact of Chevron withdrawal
- Tensions rise over Essequibo ‘elections’
Peru
- New finance minister appointed
Bolivia
- IMF raises concern over perilous state of economy
Highlights
- Economic Highlights
The danger posed by illegal mining has received renewed attention in Peru and Ecuador following two massacres in late April and early May which left 24 people dead.
Andean Group - May 2025
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- Introduction
Ecuador
- Noboa re-elected as cracks show in his security plan
- Economy and security vie for attention
Colombia
- ELN splinter group demobilises in first win for ‘total peace’ plan
Bolivia
- Fresh allegations about 2024 uprising
- Minimum wage hike outpaced by galloping inflation
Venezuela
- Economy tanks even before US sanctions
Highlights
- Economic Highlights
Ecuador’s President Daniel Noboa scored a thumping re-election victory on 13 April that was due in no small part to his hardline stance against criminal gangs.
Andean Group - April 2025
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- Introduction
Venezuela/El Salvador
- Tren de Aragua becomes focus of Trump’s deportation drive
Venezuela
- Public sector pays price for electricity shortages
Bolivia
- Fuel shortages take their toll
Colombia
- Sabre-rattling grows as referendum marks early campaigning
Peru
- Congress sends warning to Boluarte about insecurity
Ecuador
- Landslides and oil spills – a recurrent problem
Highlights
- Economic Highlights
It is only in the last three years that the Tren de Aragua (TdA), an organised crime group of Venezuelan origin, began generating concern abroad, but in that timeframe the group has leapt towards the forefront of policymakers’ agendas.
Andean Group - March 2025
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- Introduction
Colombia
- New defence minister faces daunting challenges
- Ecopetrol in a quandary
Peru
- Plans advance for major railway expansion
Ecuador
- Noboa and González face off in security-focused election
- Economic growth hinges on curbing violence
Bolivia
- Coca production ticks up
- First steel plant begins production
Highlights
- Economic Highlights
General Pedro Sánchez was sworn in as Colombia’s new defence minister on 19 February, replacing Iván Velásquez (2022-2025) as President Gustavo Petro bucked a longstanding norm that has seen the defence ministry under civilian control for most of the last four decades.
Andean Group - February 2025
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- Introduction
Colombia
- ELN offensive puts conflict at ‘dangerous inflection point’
- Tourist arrivals smash records in 2024
Venezuela
- Interpreting Trump’s first moves on Venezuela
Bolivia
- Another Fitch downgrade as problems mount
Peru
- Bomb attacks in two cities
Region
- Tren de Aragua under the spotlight
Highlights
- Economic Highlights
A rapid offensive by the Ejército de Liberación Nacional (ELN) guerrilla group in north-eastern Colombia has all but dashed hopes for a negotiated peace settlement and has forced an uncharacteristically bellicose response from President Gustavo Petro.
Andean Group - January 2025
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- Introduction
Bolivia
- Another low point for Bolivia’s counter-narcotics agency
Colombia
- Mancuso sentenced for war crimes
- Finance minister replaced amid budget drama
Peru
- Expanding the prison network
Ecuador
- IMF praise, but deep problems persist
Highlights
- Economic Highlights
The 12 December extradition to the US of Maximiliano Dávila, who headed Bolivia’s counter-narcotics agency (FELCN) in 2019, dealt yet another hammer blow to the organisation’s reputation.