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Andean Group - September 2024

Venezuela’s President Nicolás Maduro seems to have secured himself a further six years in power following the disputed 28 July presidential election, but he has done so at the expense of all democratic legitimacy.

Andean Group - August 2024

Bolivia’s deeply polarised political landscape has formed two opposing interpretations of the military uprising of 26 June, when the army’s top commander, General Juan José Zúñiga, stormed the presidential palace only to beat a hasty retreat after speaking with President Luis Arce.

Andean Group - July 2024

Escalating violence in southwestern Colombia has forced a reshuffle in the military high command, with President Gustavo Petro replacing General Luis Mauricio Ospina as commander of the army.

Andean Group - June 2024

Whilst Colombia is not the only country in the region to have severed ties with Israel in protest at the war in Gaza, it is uniquely exposed to the fallout of such a diplomatic rupture.

Andean Group - May 2024

The militarisation of Ecuador’s security policy is now set to be made permanent, after voters overwhelmingly backed a constitutional reform allowing the armed forces to confront organised crime groups.

Andean Group - April 2024

US sanctions on Venezuela’s oil and gas industry, which were loosened last October as an incentive for President Nicolás Maduro to hold free and fair elections this year, were slapped back on by Washington on 18 April, on the grounds that the Bolivarian government had not kept its half of the bargain by cracking down on prominent opposition candidates.

Andean Group - March 2024

El Salvador’s Nayib Bukele, already enjoying sky-high popularity at home due to his controversial but highly successful crackdown on criminal gangs, is acquiring a growing list of disciples abroad.

Andean Group - February 2024

A nationwide criminal uprising on 9 January revealed the ineffectiveness of Ecuador’s security policies of recent years.

Andean Group - January 2024

There were fears that an historic dispute between Venezuela and Guyana could escalate into military conflict following a 3 December Venezuelan referendum in which voters expressed support for annexing the oil-rich Essequibo region, which is claimed by Venezuela but lies within Guyana’s internationally recognised borders.
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