Andean Group
Andean Group - November 2019
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- Introduction
Region
- Why are medicines so expensive in the Andean region?
- Regional labour markets and the rise of artificial intelligence
Venezuela
- Violence in Venezuela trending down, but still high
Colombia
- The rise of child prostitution in Colombia
Bolivia
- Bolivia battles forest fires
- Femicides declared a national priority in Bolivia
Peru
- Cocaine production still rising in Peru
Highlights
- Economic Highlights
Coverage of the political conflict in Venezuela over the past few years has frequently referenced shortages and sky-high prices of essential medications, with humanitarian efforts focusing on opening up channels to supply Venezuelans with what they need.
Andean Group - October 2019
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- Introduction
Colombia
- The cannabis industry in Colombia: reaching new highs
Region
- Deforestation a pressing issue across the Andean region
Ecuador
- A 180-degree turn: Ecuador’s rapprochement with the US
- Ecuador’s prisons crisis: a ticking time bomb
Venezuela-Colombia
- Bilateral tensions rise over Venezuelan links to Colombian paramilitaries
Highlights
- Economic Highlights
In this October edition of Latin American Regional Report: Andean Group we begin with Colombia where, since the approval of law 1787 in 2016 regulating the production of cannabis for medical and scientific purposes, the industry has had impressive growth.
Andean Group - September 2019
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- Introduction
Colombia
- Colombia’s Duque struggles to make impact in first year
- Colombia’s armed insurgents: a look at the numbers
Ecuador
- Mining enters new phase in Ecuador
Bolivia
- A sustainable Bolivian export at risk
- Coca cultivation in Bolivia down
Peru
- Controversy in Peru over Venezuelan criminals
- Going after coca in Peru
Highlights
- Economic Highlights
Colombia’s right-wing President Iván Duque and the ruling Centro Democrático (CD) marked one year in office on 7 August.
Andean Group - August 2019
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- Introduction
Peru
- Responsible mining in Peru: where next?
Bolivia
- Developing Bolivia’s lithium reserves – progress and challenges
Region
- LGBTI rights in the Andean – a mixed balance sheet
- Rise in criminalisation of indigenous peoples in the Andean region
Highlights
- Economic Highlights
In April 2018, shortly after assuming office, Peru’s President Martín Vizcarra declared that he was ‘pro-development’ in relation to the mining sector, but only when new projects offered the opportunity to improve the quality of life of local residents and protected the environment.
Andean Group - July 2019
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- Introduction
Ecuador
- Changes to Ecuador’s communications law
- Is Ecuador fighting a losing battle against illegal mining?
Bolivia
- Bolivia to be the energy heart of South America?
- Divisions between Bolivia's cocaleros again laid bare
Colombia
- Colombia’s homicides up for the first time in eight years
Region
- Calls to address femicides in the Andean region
Highlights
- Economic Highlights
At the end of last year Ecuador’s national assembly approved a reform proposed by President Lenín Moreno the previous May, which amends the controversial communications law approved in 2013 (LOC).
Andean Group - June 2019
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- Introduction
Colombia
- Ituango dam project faces yet more turbulent times
- Colombian teachers strike for a better education system
Bolivia
- An assessment of Bolivia’s China strategy
Venezuela
- Maduro’s adjustment to the grim reality
Highlights
- Economic Highlights
Construction on the Ituango dam on the Cauca river in Colombia’s Antioquia department began in 2011, almost 30 years after the initial feasibility study was completed in 1983.
Andean Group - May 2019
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- Introduction
Peru
- Peru continues to face poverty challenges
Colombia
- Duque puts faith in Orange Economy pet project
Bolivia
- Morales’ candidacy and the challenges it poses to the MAS and opposition
Venezuela
- Talks at last?
Highlights
- Economic Highlights
In this May edition of Latin American Regional Report: Andean Group we begin by looking at Peru where last month the national statistics institute (INEI) triumphantly announced that poverty levels in the country fell over 2018 by 1.2 percentage points.
Andean Group - April 2019
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- Introduction
Peru
- Workforce formalisation: A challenge too far for Vizcarra?
Colombia
- Highway reopened after agreement is reached with indigenous groups
- The rising influence of dissident Farc groups
Ecuador
- Moreno takes the medicine, but will it work?
Highlights
- Economic Highlights
An informal workforce has long undermined Peru’s capacity to develop as an economy and a society.
Andean Group - March 2019
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- Introduction
Peru
- Hopes for repair of oil pipeline with community support
Colombia
- Colombia’s Nato bet
Bolivia
- Gender rights – Bolivia at halfway mark to political equality
Venezuela
- From bad to worse
Highlights
- Economic Highlights
Last month a spokesperson for Peru’s state-owned petroleum company Petroperú announced that an agreement had been reached with the indigenous Wampis community of Mayuriaga that would allow for repairs to be carried out on a pipeline in the Amazonian northeastern region of Loreto, Peru.
Andean Group - February 2019
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- Introduction
Peru
- Peru allocates US$5.5bn to alternative development plan
Colombia
- Colombia’s coffee problems
Bolivia
- New wave of reforms for under-fire judicial system in Bolivia
Region
- New warning that illegal mining has reached “epidemic levels”
Highlights
- Economic Highlights
Last year the Peruvian government announced that it would be investing PEN18.5bn (US$5.5bn) in the Valle de los Ríos Apurímac, Ene y Mantaro (otherwise known as Vraem, the valley of the rivers Apurímac, Ene, and Mantaro) over a three-year period.
Andean Group - January 2019
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- Introduction
Peru
- Peru’s Vizcarra bolstered after referendum success
Bolivia-Chile
- Morales’ maritime dream runs aground in The Hague
Colombia
- Are drones a potential solution to Colombia coca production increase?
Venezuela
- The oil sector in 2019
Highlights
- Economic Highlights
Last month Peru held a referendum aimed at curbing corruption in which three of the four proposals were passed with ‘yes’ votes of upwards of 85%.