LatinNews Regional Monitor: Andean Group
LatinNews Regional Monitor: Andean Group - 23 April 2019
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- Region: Prosur offers tenuous promise of economic cooperation
- Bolivia: Good, but not that good?
- Region: Key to growth - good ports
- ECONOMIC HIGHLIGHTS
On 22 March, the presidents of Argentina, Chile, Colombia, Brazil, Ecuador, Paraguay, and Peru, along with Guyana’s ambassador to Chile, met in Chile to inaugurate a new regional bloc, the Foro para el Progreso y Desarrollo de América Latina (Prosur).
LatinNews Regional Monitor: Andean Group - 18 April 2019
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- PERU: García suicide produces political commotion
- In brief: Venezuela
From Latin American Weekly Report
- Combating the repercussions of Venezuela’s crisis
- ECUADOR: Correístas march against Moreno
- PERU: Challenges ahead for new prime minister
On 17 April, national deputies from Peru’s opposition Partido Aprista Peruano (PAP) accused the country’s attorney general’s office of being responsible for the death of former president, Alan García (1985-1990; 2006-2011), who shot himself that day as police arrived to arrest him in line with an arrest warrant issued against him.
LatinNews Regional Monitor: Andean Group - 17 April 2019
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- ECUADOR: Political tensions boil over
- In brief: Colombia
On 16 April, there were violent clashes between the police and anti-government protesters during a protest march staged in Ecuador’s capital, Quito.
LatinNews Regional Monitor: Andean Group - 16 April 2019
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- VENEZUELA: Lima Group seeks to buttress support for Guaidó
- In brief: Peru
On 15 April, foreign ministers representing Western Hemisphere nations in the Lima Group concluded a meeting in Santiago, Chile, by releasing a 17-point declaration urging the international community to take measures to isolate the de facto Venezuelan government led by Nicolás Maduro and support the restoration of democracy under the opposition figurehead and widely recognised interim president Juan Guaidó.
LatinNews Regional Monitor: Andean Group - 15 April 2019
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- VENEZUELA: Maduro urges militias to perform miracle
- In brief: Colombia
On 13 April, Venezuela’s de facto president Nicolás Maduro marked the 17th anniversary of the restoration to power of his late predecessor Hugo Chávez (1999-2013) after a 48-hour coup by calling on the Bolivarian national militias to devote themselves to food production to help deliver an “economic miracle”.
LatinNews Regional Monitor: Andean Group - 12 April 2019
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- ECUADOR: Moreno gov’t comes under fire over Assange decision
- In brief: Peru
From Latin American Weekly Report
- Colombia and Peru strike accords to end social conflicts
- ECUADOR: Moreno, Correa, Assange, plots and stratagems
- VENEZUELA: Guaidó buoyed by forward momentum
On 11 April, the Special Rapporteur on extrajudicial execution at the Office of the United Nations Commissioner for Human Rights (OHCHR), Agnes Callamard, warned that by expelling the Wikileaks founder, Julian Assange, from its embassy in the United Kingdom the Ecuadorean government has exposed Assange to potential human rights violations.
LatinNews Regional Monitor: Andean Group - 11 April 2019
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- PERU: Kuczynski’s arrest causes commotion
- In brief: Bolivia
From Latin American Regional Report: Caribbean & Central America
- REGION: LGBTQ+ legal rights in the Caribbean and Latin America – a comparison
On 10 April, Peru’s Prime Minister Salvador del Solar called for the judiciary to provide a full explanation for the decision to temporarily detain former president Pedro Pablo Kuczynski (2016-2018).
LatinNews Regional Monitor: Andean Group - 10 April 2019
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- VENEZUELA: Guaidó gets boost in OAS
- In brief: Peru
From Latin American Security & Strategic Review
- Venezuela-Cuba: US intensifies action against ‘CubaZuela’
On 9 April, the Organization of American States (OAS) approved a resolution in which it recognises Gustavo Tarre Briceño as an official representative of Venezuela to the OAS.
LatinNews Regional Monitor: Andean Group - 9 April 2019
On 8 April, Colombia’s lower chamber of congress rejected President Iván Duque’s partial veto of the statutory law regulating the transitional justice system (JEP), the cornerstone of the peace accord signed with the Fuerzas Armadas Revolucionarias de Colombia (Farc) guerrillas.
LatinNews Regional Monitor: Andean Group - 08 April 2019
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- VENEZUELA: Maduro gov’t appeals against “cynical” US sanctions
- In brief: Colombia
On 6 April, the de facto Venezuelan government announced that it would be filing legal appeals against the US government’s decision to impose economic sanctions on companies that transport Venezuelan oil to Cuba.
LatinNews Regional Monitor: Andean Group - 05 April 2019
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- PERU: Del Solar and cabinet pass congressional grilling
- In brief: Ecuador
From Latin American Weekly Report
- VENEZUELA: Maduro puts squeeze on Guaidó
- PERU: Seeking to avoid a Bambazo
- COLOMBIA: US coca accusations ruffle feathers
- BOLIVIA: The new Tipnis?
In the early hours of 5 April, Peru’s congress granted the requisite vote of confidence in the new ministerial cabinet presided over by Salvador del Solar after a debate lasting more than 16 hours.
LatinNews Regional Monitor: Andean Group - 04 April 2019
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- COLOMBIA: Diplomatic tensions with Russia over Venezuela
- In brief: Region
On 3 April, the Russian embassy in Colombia issued a statement in which it said that it has never questioned the Colombian government’s sovereign right to define its own foreign policy and act accordingly on the international stage.
LatinNews Regional Monitor: Andean Group - 3 April 2019
* The United Nations Economic Commission for Latin America and the Caribbean (Eclac) has revised its economic growth forecast for Bolivia for 2019 increasing it to 4.4% up from 4.3%.
LatinNews Regional Monitor: Andean Group - 2 April 2019
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- VENEZUELA: Supreme court steps up pressure on Guaidó
- In brief: Peru
On 1 April, the president of Venezuela’s supreme court (TSJ), Maikel Moreno, called upon the government-controlled constituent assembly to strip Juan Guaidó, the opposition figurehead and widely recognised interim president, of his legislative immunity from prosecution.
LatinNews Regional Monitor: Andean Group - 1 April 2019
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- VENEZUELA: Impromptu protests over electricity outages
- In brief: Bolivia
On 31 March, hundreds of people took part in impromptu demonstrations in cities around Venezuela protesting over the electricity outages and lack of drinking water that have been affecting large parts of the country.
LatinNews Regional Monitor: Andean Group - 29 March 2019
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- VENEZUELA: Maduro moves against Guaidó
- In brief: Peru
From Latin American Weekly Report
- Maduro lashes out with a purpose
- ECUADOR: Traditional parties make comeback
- PERU: Vizcarra completes a year but has little to show for it
On 28 March, Venezuela’s comptroller general’s office barred the opposition figurehead and widely recognised interim president Juan Guaidó from holding any public post for the next 15 years.
LatinNews Regional Monitor: Andean Group - 28 March 2019
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- Duque under growing pressure to resolve indigenous protests
- In brief: Bolivia
On 27 March, a cross-party group of legislators from Colombia’s national congress held a meeting with President Iván Duque in which they urged him to find a solution to protests that have been staged by indigenous groups in Cauca department.
LatinNews Regional Monitor: Andean Group - 27 March 2019
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- VENEZUELA: Country plunged into intermittent darkness again
- In brief: Peru
From Latin American Regional Report: Andean Group
- Introduction
- Hopes for repair of oil pipeline with community support
- Colombia’s Nato bet
- Gender rights – Bolivia at halfway mark to political equality
- From bad to worse
- Economic Highlights
On 26 March, the working day and classes were suspended across Venezuela on government orders, as the country suffered from a second day of intermittent electricity blackouts.
LatinNews Regional Monitor: Andean Group - 26 March 2019
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- VENEZUELA: Presence of Russian military causes consternation
- In brief: Bolivia
On 25 March, the General Secretariat of the Organization of American States (OAS) issued a statement rejecting the unauthorised presence of Russian military personnel in Venezuela as “unacceptable”.
LatinNews Regional Monitor: Andean Group - 25 March 2019
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- PROSUR: New regional bloc launched in Chile
- ECUADOR: Elections pit Moreno against Correa
- In brief: Venezuela
From Latin American Economy & Business
- Anatomy of a catastrophic blackout
- Venezuela: Health crisis threatens regional economies
- ECONOMIC HIGHLIGHTS
- Ecuador: New IMF agreement is finalised
- Colombia: ProColombia drums up extra investment
On 22 March, the presidents of Chile, Colombia, Brazil, Peru, Ecuador, Argentina, and Paraguay, along with a representative from Guyana, launched the new regional bloc: the Foro para el Progreso y Desarrollo de América Latina (Prosur).
LatinNews Regional Monitor: Andean Group - 22 March 2019
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- VENEZUELA: Arrest of opposition figure produces alarm
- In brief: Colombia
- CHILE: Piñera hosts Colombia’s Duque
From Latin American Weekly Report
- ECUADOR: Moreno withdraws from Unasur
- PERU: Odebrecht investigations stoke tensions
- COLOMBIA: Indigenous groups challenge Duque
- TRACKING TRENDS
- Venezuela’s Guaidó launches “new phase” to topple Maduro
On 21 March, international organisations including the United Nations (UN) expressed concern over the arrest in Venezuela of Roberto Marrero, chief of staff of Venezuela’s self-proclaimed interim president Juan Guaidó, and called on the de facto government led by Nicolás Maduro to ensure that Marrero’s rights are respected.
LatinNews Regional Monitor: Andean Group - 21 March 2019
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- VENEZUELA: UN denounces torture of political dissidents
- In brief: Colombia
From Latin American Regional Report: Brazil & Southern Cone
- Uruguay and its discretion over Venezuela
- Argentina and Bolivia: healthcare for all?
On 20 March, the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights, Chile’s Michelle Bachelet, accused the de facto government led by Nicolás Maduro of conducting a violent crackdown on political dissident in Venezuela including the extrajudicial execution and torture of imprisoned political opponents.
LatinNews Regional Monitor: Andean Group - 20 March 2019
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- BOLIVIA: Coca protests in capital
- In brief: Venezuela
On 20 March hundreds of coca producers (cocaleros) from Bolivia’s traditional Yungas coca producing area (La Paz department) marched in the capital, La Paz.
LatinNews Regional Monitor: Andean Group - 19 March 2019
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- COLOMBIA: Demonstrations in favour of peace accord’s JEP
- In brief: Ecuador
On 18 March, thousands of Colombians marched in defence of peace and of the statutory law regulating the transitional justice system (JEP), part of the 2016 peace accord reached with the Fuerzas Armadas Revolucionarias de Colombia (Farc) guerrilla group.
LatinNews Regional Monitor: Andean Group - 18 March 2019
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- VENEZUELA: Maduro tinkers with cabinet as Guaidó ramps up pressure
- In brief: Ecuador
On 17 March, Venezuela’s de facto government led by Nicolás Maduro announced a “profound restructuring” of the ministerial cabinet aimed “shielding the homeland” from all threats.
LatinNews Regional Monitor: Andean Group - 15 March 2019
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- COLOMBIA: UN highlights concerns with human rights
- In brief: Peru
From Latin American Weekly Report
- Colombian peace accord imperilled by Duque
- VENEZUELA: Maduro rocked by new “coup” attempt
- PERU: Vizcarra appoints new prime minister in shake-up
- BRAZIL: Venezuelan crisis spills over into Roraima
On 14 March, the Office of the United Nations (UN) High Commissioner for Human Rights (OHCHR) presented its annual report on the situation of human rights in Colombia, highlighting concerns with high levels of violence.
LatinNews Regional Monitor: Andean Group - 14 March 2019
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- COLOMBIA: Concerns over future of peace deal after JEP veto
- In brief: Venezuela
On 13 March, hundreds of Colombians mobilised across the country to demonstrate their support for a law regulating the transitional justice system (JEP), part of the peace accord reached between the government and the Fuerzas Armadas Revolucionarias de Colombia (Farc) guerrilla group in 2016.
LatinNews Regional Monitor: Andean Group - 13 March 2019
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- VENEZUELA: Maduro gov’t goes after Guaidó
- In brief: Ecuador
On 12 March Venezuela’s attorney general, Tarek William Saab, announced that his office had opened an investigation into the opposition leader and self-proclaimed interim president, Juan Guaidó, for his suspected involvement in the sabotaging of the national electricity grid.
LatinNews Regional Monitor: Andean Group - 12 March 2019
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- PERU: Vizcarra seeks to reassert authority with cabinet reshuffle
- In brief: Venezuela
From Latin American Security & Strategic Review
- Is the region slipping back on Law and Order?
- Peru: Cracking down on illegal mining camps
- Cuba-Venezuela: ‘Cuba-zuela’ the focus of US ire
On 11 March Peru’s President Martín Vizcarra carried out a major cabinet reshuffle, and appointed a new prime minister and seven new ministers.
LatinNews Regional Monitor: Andean Group - 11 March 2019
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- COLOMBIA: Duque delivers blow to peace accord
- In brief: Bolivia
- BRAZIL: Roraima affected by Venezuela electricity blackout
On 10 March, Colombia’s President Iván Duque partially vetoed a law regulating the transitional justice system (JEP) and returned it to congress.
LatinNews Regional Monitor: Andean Group - 08 March 2019
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- COLOMBIA: Renewed debate over coca eradication strategy
- In brief: Venezuela
From Latin American Weekly Report
- VENEZUELA: Guaidó back with a bang
- COLOMBIA: Bribery case threatens JEP
- PERU: Slippery parties
- TRACKING TRENDS
On 7 March, Colombia’s President Iván Duque took part in a public audience in the constitutional court on the use of the herbicide glyphosate to eradicate coca cultivation, arguing for a revision of the ruling currently prohibiting its use.
LatinNews Regional Monitor: Andean Group - 7 March 2019
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- VENEZUELA: Maduro gov’t further isolates itself
- In brief: Peru
On 6 March, the de facto Venezuelan government led by Nicolás Maduro declared Germany’s ambassador to Venezuela, Daniel Martin Kriener, persona non grata and gave him 48 hours to leave the country.
LatinNews Regional Monitor: Andean Group - 6 March 2019
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- VENEZUELA: Guaidó plans strike action with unions
- In brief: Colombia
On 5 March, Juan Guaidó, the widely recognised interim president of Venezuela, met representatives of local trade unions, after which he announced that they would set in motion rolling public sector strikes.
LatinNews Regional Monitor: Andean Group - 5 March 2019
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- VENEZUELA: “What are you waiting for?” returning Guaidó asks military
- In brief: Colombia
On 4 March Juan Guaidó, the president of Venezuela's national assembly, returned to Venezuela 10 days after leaving the country to coordinate humanitarian aid efforts in the Colombian border city of Cúcuta.
LatinNews Regional Monitor: Andean Group - 4 March 2019
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- VENEZUELA: Guaidó risks return
- In brief: Colombia
Juan Guaidó announced on 3 March that he will return to Venezuela today (4 March) after completing a mini tour of the region.
LatinNews Regional Monitor: Andean Group - 01 March 2019
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- PERU: Vizcarra hounded into early return from abroad
- In brief: Colombia
From Latin American Weekly Report
- Guaidó endures first big setback in Venezuela
- ECUADOR: Big twist in anti-corruption fight
- BOLIVIA: Morales delivers on healthcare
- COLOMBIA: National development plan comes under fire
On 28 February President Martín Vizcarra announced that he was cutting short an official visit to Spain and Portugal in order to return to Peru in the wake of fierce criticism from the political opposition over his absence at a time of serious flooding and mudslides at home.
LatinNews Regional Monitor: Andean Group - 28 February 2019
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- ECUADOR: Political tensions rise over Moreno corruption allegations
- In brief: Peru
On 27 February, national deputy Ronny Aleaga from Ecuador’s Movimiento Revolución Ciudadana (MRC) opposition movement cancelled a press conference in which he was due to present evidence in support of the corruption accusations he’d levelled against President Lenín Moreno after he was heckled by Moreno’s supporters.
LatinNews Regional Monitor: Andean Group - 27 February 2019
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- VENEZUELA: Under the spotlight in the UNSC
- In brief: Colombia
From Latin American Regional Report: Andean Group
- Introduction
- Peru allocates US$5.5bn to alternative development plan
- Colombia’s coffee problems
- New wave of reforms for under-fire judicial system in Bolivia
- New warning that illegal mining has reached “epidemic levels”
- Economic Highlights
On 26 February, the US Special Representative for Venezuela Elliot Abrams urged the members of the United Nations Security Council (UNSC) to approve a resolution calling for humanitarian aid to be allowed into Venezuela and for more UN members to adopt sanctions against Venezuela’s de facto government led by Nicolás Maduro.
LatinNews Regional Monitor: Andean Group - 26 February 2019
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- VENEZUELA: Lima Group weighs up next move
- In brief: Bolivia
On 25 February, the Lima Group of Western Hemisphere nations held a meeting in Bogotá to evaluate the next steps to take to restore democracy in Venezuela after the efforts to bring humanitarian aid into the country were largely thwarted by the government led by Nicolás Maduro.
LatinNews Regional Monitor: Andean Group - 25 February 2019
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- VENEZUELA: Chaos unfolds as humanitarian aid is blocked
- In brief: Peru
- BRAZIL-VENEZUELA: Brasília responds to clashes on border
From Latin American Economy & Business
- Ecuador: IMF confirms progress towards loan deal
- ECONOMIC HIGHLIGHTS
- Region: How fast will EV take-up happen?
- Venezuela: Oil output plunges: what chances (eventual) recovery?
On 23 February, at least a dozen people were killed and over 200 wounded on Venezuela’s borders with Colombia and Brazil after the Venezuelan armed forces refused to allow the entry of humanitarian aid packages into the country.
LatinNews Regional Monitor: Andean Group - 22 February 2019
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- VENEZUELA: Prominent military figure turns on Maduro
- In brief: Ecuador
From Latin American Weekly Report
- VENEZUELA: Showdown over aid looms
- PERU: Vizcarra slips as Odebrecht deal sealed
- TRACKING TRENDS
- Duque considers JEP changes Colombia
On 21 February, General Hugo ‘Pollo’ Carvajal, Venezuela’s former head of military counterintelligence (2004-2011) and current national deputy for the ruling Partido Socialista Unido de Venezuela (PSUV), publicly denounced Nicolás Maduro for usurping the presidency and recognised the opposition leader, Juan Guaidó, as the country’s legitimate interim president.
LatinNews Regional Monitor: Andean Group - 21 February 2019
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- COLOMBIA: Duque comes under mounting pressure to sanction JEP
- In brief: Colombia
On 20 February the International Criminal Court (ICC) issued a statement urging Colombia’s President Iván Duque to sanction into law the bill that fully enables the functioning of a transitional justice system (JEP) to handle cases related to Colombia’s internal armed conflict.
LatinNews Regional Monitor: Andean Group - 20 February 2019
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- VENEZUELA: Maduro challenges Guaidó to call election
- In brief: Colombia
On 19 February, Venezuela’s de facto president, Nicolás Maduro, challenged the self-proclaimed and internationally recognised interim president, Juan Guaidó, to call a presidential election so that he can defeat him in the polls.
LatinNews Regional Monitor: Andean Group - 19 February 2019
* Bolivia and Argentina have renegotiated their natural gas provision contract valid until 2026 and agreed on a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) to further bilateral trade relations.
LatinNews Regional Monitor: Andean Group - 18 February 2019
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- VENEZUELA: Humanitarian aid amasses on Colombia border
- In brief: Peru
On 16 February, three US military transport aircraft carrying humanitarian aid to Venezuela landed in the Colombian border city of Cúcuta.
LatinNews Regional Monitor: Andean Group - 15 February 2019
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- VENEZUELA: Maduro gov’t launches international counter offensive
- In brief: Bolivia
From Latin American Weekly Report
- Two keys to Venezuela’s future: food and soldiers
- COLOMBIA: Duque aligns with Trump
- PERU: More movement in congress
On 14 February, the foreign minister of the de facto Venezuelan government, Jorge Arreaza, announced that the administration led by Nicolás Maduro has the support of over a dozen countries that are prepared to denounce before the United Nations (UN) the attempts by the US to overthrow the Maduro administration.
LatinNews Regional Monitor: Andean Group - 14 February 2019
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- BOLIVIA: The opposition appeals to IACHR over Morales’ candidacy
- In brief: Peru
From Latin American Security & Strategic Review
- Venezuela: Staring down the barrel
- Colombia-Venezuela: Venezuelan women – victims of human trafficking networks in Colombia
- Ecuador: Xenophobic attacks against Venezuelans spark concerns
- Venezuela-Region: Resurgent diseases in Venezuela pose health risk for region
On 13 February, opposition figures like Bolivia’s former president Carlos Mesa (2003-2005), a presidential candidate ahead of the October vote, along with civil-society groups, presented complaints before the Inter-American Commission on Human Rights (IACHR) against President Evo Morales’ re-election bid.
LatinNews Regional Monitor: Andean Group - 13 February 2019
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- VENEZUELA: Guaidó maintains the pressure
- In brief: Bolivia
From Latin American Regional Report: Caribbean & Central America
- CARICOM: The Caribbean stands by Maduro
On 12 February, tens of thousands of people took part in a protest march in Venezuela’s capital, Caracas, called by the self-proclaimed and internationally recognised interim president Juan Guaidó, to demand that the de facto government led by Nicolás Maduro allow the entry into the country of international humanitarian aid and for Maduro to abandon power.
LatinNews Regional Monitor: Andean Group - 12 February 2019
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- VENEZUELA: De facto gov’t reinforces military presence on Colombia border
- In brief: Venezuela
On 11 February, Venezuela’s defence minister, General Vladimir Padrino López, announced that additional armed forces personnel had been deployed to the country’s border with Colombia to ensure that the international humanitarian aid arranged by the self-proclaimed and internationally recognised interim president, Juan Guaidó, does not enter Venezuela.
LatinNews Regional Monitor: Andean Group - 11 February 2019
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- VENEZUELA: Guaidó demands that humanitarian aid be allowed into the country
- In brief: Colombia
On 10 February Juan Guaidó, Venezuela’s self-proclaimed and internationally recognised interim president, accused those blocking humanitarian aid from entering the country of being “almost genocidal”.
LatinNews Regional Monitor: Andean Group - 8 February 2019
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- VENEZUELA: EU-backed political group to send mission to Caracas
- In brief: Bolivia
From Latin American Weekly Report
- PERU: Vizcarra’s grand transformation
- VENEZUELA: All eyes on Cúcuta
- COLOMBIA: Duque rules out bilateral cease fires
- TRACKING TRENDS
- Ecuador’s unions join indigenous in protesting against Moreno
On 7 February, the international contact group (ICG) on Venezuela held its first meeting in Uruguay’s capital, Montevideo, and called for a new dialogue and a fresh presidential election to try to solve the crisis in Venezuela.
LatinNews Regional Monitor: Andean Group - 7 February 2019
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- VENEZUELA: Armed forces under pressure over humanitarian aid
- In brief: Colombia
On 6 February, the president of Venezuela’s opposition-controlled national assembly and self-proclaimed interim president, Juan Guaidó, ordered the country’s armed forces to allow the entry of foreign humanitarian aid into Venezuela.
LatinNews Regional Monitor: Andean Group - 6 February 2019
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- VENEZUELA: Tension on Colombia border as humanitarian aid is held up
- In brief: Ecuador
On 5 February, Venezuelan opposition national deputy, Franklyn Duarte, claimed that members of Venezuela’s armed forces (FANB) were blocking the entry of international humanitarian aid packages into Venezuela at the Tienditas international bridge that connects Venezuela to Colombia.
LatinNews Regional Monitor: Andean Group - 5 February 2019
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- COLOMBIA: Security forces strike Farc dissidents
- In brief: Bolivia
On 4 February, Colombia’s defence minister, Guillermo Botero, revealed that 14 dissidents from the demobilised Fuerzas Armadas Revolucionarias de Colombia (Farc) guerrillas had been killed in a security operation in southern Colombia.
LatinNews Regional Monitor: Andean Group - 4 February 2019
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- VENEZUELA: Maduro refuses to give in to pressure
- In brief: Bolivia
- URUGUAY: Vázquez feeling the heat over Venezuela
On 3 February, Venezuela’s de facto president, Nicolás Maduro, publicly rejected the calls by the international community to resign or call a new presidential election insisting that he will not cave in to such pressure.
LatinNews Regional Monitor: Andean Group - 01 February 2019
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- VENEZUELA: Guaidó keeps the ball rolling
- In brief: Peru
From Latin American Weekly Report
- Maduro digs in as US and Guaidó ratchet up pressure
- BOLIVIA: Morales’ claims of victory ring hollow
- COLOMBIA: Los Pelusos leader captured
- Fujimoristas in retreat in Peru
On 31 January, Venezuela’s opposition deputies presented an economic transition plan as the European parliament passed a resolution recognising Juan Guaidó as the country’s interim president.
LatinNews Regional Monitor: Andean Group - 31 January 2019
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- VENEZUELA: Is humanitarian aid key to toppling Maduro?
- In brief: Bolivia
On 30 January, there were protests in more than 5,000 places across Venezuela, not just against the government led by President Nicolás Maduro but also to pressure the armed forces to permit a humanitarian corridor to allow essential aid into the country.
LatinNews Regional Monitor: Andean Group - 30 January 2019
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- VENEZUELA: Maduro strikes back
- In brief: Bolivia
From Latin American Regional Report: Andean Group
- Introduction
- Peru’s Vizcarra bolstered after referendum success
- Morales’ maritime dream runs aground in The Hague
- Are drones a potential solution to Colombia coca production increase?
- The oil sector in 2019
- Economic Highlights
On 29 January, Venezuela’s supreme court (TSJ) barred Juan Guaidó from leaving the country and froze his bank accounts.
LatinNews Regional Monitor: Andean Group - 29 January 2019
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- VENEZUELA: US goes for the jugular with Pdvsa sanctions
- In brief: Ecuador
On 28 January, the US government slapped sanctions on Venezuela’s state-owned oil company Pdvsa, freezing its US-based assets and proceeds from crude exports.
LatinNews Regional Monitor: Andean Group - 28 January 2019
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- VENEZUELA: Maduro and Guaidó vie for control of the military
- In brief: Ecuador
From Latin American Economy & Business
- Poverty contained?
- Venezuela: Economic emergency measures – not much changes
- ECONOMIC HIGHLIGHTS
- Ecuador: Oil production struggles
- Bolivia: Navigating a “sea of gas”
On 26 January, Venezuela’s military attaché at its embassy in Washington, Colonel José Luis Silva Silva, urged the Bolivarian armed forces (FANB) to recognise Juan Guaidó as the country’s legitimate president.
LatinNews Regional Monitor: Andean Group - 25 January 2019
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- Colombia’s Duque moves against ELN peace negotiators
- In brief: Peru
From Latin American Weekly Report
- Guaidó seeks end game in Venezuela but lacks powerful pieces
- PERU: Local authorities hit the ground running
Development: On 24 January, Interpol issued an international arrest warrant for ‘Aureliano Carbonell’ (Víctor Orlando Cubides), one of the negotiators for the Colombian guerrilla group Ejército de Liberación Nacional (ELN) in the suspended peace talks with the Colombian government in Cuba.
LatinNews Regional Monitor: Andean Group - 24 January 2019
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- Crisis in Venezuela reaches new turning point
- In brief: Bolivia
Development: On 23 January, Juan Guaidó, the president of Venezuela’s national assembly (AN), formally declared himself as the country’s interim president and said that he will now seek to organise a new general election process to elect a successor to the de facto president, Nicolás Maduro.
LatinNews Regional Monitor: Andean Group - 23 January 2019
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- Maduro lashes out at US ahead of Venezuelan protest march
- In brief: Peru
Development: On 22 January Venezuela’s President Nicolás Maduro ordered “a complete revision of relations with the US government” after US Vice President Mike Pence released a video branding him a dictator and extending support to Venezuelans the day before a large protest march called by the political opposition.
LatinNews Regional Monitor: Andean Group - 22 January 2019
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- Turmoil in Venezuela as gov’t fights off military uprising
- In brief: Colombia
Development: On 21 January there were impromptu street protests in Venezuela in support of the actions of a group of officers from the Guardia Nacional Bolivariana (GNB) military police who had taken over a military barracks and declared themselves in rebellion against the de facto government led by Nicolás Maduro.
LatinNews Regional Monitor: Andean Group - 21 January 2019
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- Colombia’s Duque challenged by ELN
- In brief: Bolivia
Development: On 21 January the Ejército de Liberación Nacional (ELN) insurgent guerrilla group assumed responsibility for the 17 January car bomb attack in Colombia’s capital, Bogotá, and justified the action on President Iván Duque’s refusal to resume the formal peace dialogue between his government and the ELN.
LatinNews Regional Monitor: Andean Group - 18 January 2019
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- Terrorist attack in Bogotá shakes Colombia
- In brief: Bolivia
From Latin American Weekly Report
- Guaidó tries to turn screw on Maduro but needs military
- PERU: Odebrecht case takes fresh twist
- COLOMBIA: Márquez re-emerges to criticise peace deal
- Duque proposes new regional integration bloc
Development: On 17 January the Colombian police reported that 21 people had been killed and 68 others wounded after a car bomb exploded at the police academy in country’s capital, Bogotá.
LatinNews Regional Monitor: Andean Group - 17 January 2019
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- Vizcarra’s links to Odebrecht come under congressional scrutiny in Peru
- In brief: Ecuador
From Latin American Security & Strategic Review
- Colombia: Government dialogue remains far off as ELN ceasefire ends
- Colombia: Condemnation from the US as coca production reaches all-time high
- Venezuela: Chipping away at Maduro
- Guyana: Venezuela escalates its challenge to Guyana
Development: On 16 January the audit commission in Peru’s national congress approved the opening of a new investigation into the links between C y M Vizcarra (CyM), a local consultancy firm founded by President Martín Vizcarra, and Brazilian engineering firm Odebrecht, which has admitted to paying millions of US dollars in bribes to government officials in Peru to secure government contracts.
LatinNews Regional Monitor: Andean Group - 16 January 2019
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- Venezuela’s national assembly moves to overthrow Maduro
- In brief: Colombia
Development: On 15 January, Venezuela’s national assembly (AN) approved a series of resolutions aimed at setting the legal bases for ousting the de facto Partido Socialista Unido de Venezuela (PSUV) government led by Nicolás Maduro.
LatinNews Regional Monitor: Andean Group - 15 January 2019
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- Odebrecht in spotlight for different reason in Peru
- In brief: Venezuela
Development: On 14 January, Peru’s President Martín Vizcarra visited an area in eastern Lima which has faced extensive flooding after the rupture of a sewerage pipeline.
LatinNews Regional Monitor: Andean Group - 14 January 2019
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- Turmoil in Venezuela as Guaidó is declared interim president then detained
- In brief: Andean
Development: On 13 January, Juan Guaidó, the president of Venezuela’s national assembly (AN), denounced that agents from the national intelligence service (Sebin) had illegally detained him for around half an hour in an attempt to silence him.
LatinNews Regional Monitor: Andean Group - 11 January 2019
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- Region turns its back on Venezuela’s Maduro
- In brief: Colombia
From Latin American Weekly Report
- VENEZUELA: Maduro poised to go beyond point of no return
- PERU: Vizcarra fortified as Chávarry oversteps
- COLOMBIA: Duque gets a tax reform but not what he wanted
Development: On 10 January, the Permanent Council of the Organization of American States (OAS) issued a resolution stating that it does not recognise Nicolás Maduro as the legitimate president of Venezuela.
LatinNews Regional Monitor: Andean Group - 10 January 2019
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- Tensions mounts in Venezuela as Maduro prepares for new term
- In brief: Bolivia/Peru
Development: On 9 January Venezuelan political opposition group Frente Amplio Venezuela Libre (FAVL) called for public demonstrations to be staged today (10 January) in repudiation of President Nicolás Maduro swearing-in for a second presidential term.
LatinNews Regional Monitor: Andean Group - 9 January 2019
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- Crisis in Peru’s judiciary spills over to congress
- In brief: Bolivia
Development: On 8 January the congressional bench of Peru’s main opposition party, Fuerza Popular (FP, Fujimoristas), presented a motion of censure against the president of congress, Daniel Salaverry.
LatinNews Regional Monitor: Andean Group - 8 January 2019
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- Chávarry finally succumbs to pressure in Peru
- In brief: Venezuela
Development: On 7 January Peru’s attorney general Pedro Chávarry announced that he would be tendering his resignation today (8 January).
LatinNews Regional Monitor: Andean Group - 7 January 2019
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- Venezuela’s national assembly warns Maduro against usurpation
- In brief: Colombia
Development: On 5 January the newly elected president of Venezuela’s national assembly (AN), Juan Guaidó, said that if President Nicolás Maduro swears-in for a new six-year presidential term on 10 January he will be “usurping the presidency”.
LatinNews Regional Monitor: Andean Group - 4 January 2019
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- Social discontent rises as judiciary crisis drags on in Peru
- In brief: Ecuador
Development: On 3 January thousands of people took part in protest marches in cities across Peru demanding the resignation of Attorney General Pedro Chávarry.
LatinNews Regional Monitor: Andean Group - 3 January 2019
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- Venezuela complains of US meddling
- In brief: Peru
Development: On 2 January Venezuela’s foreign ministry issued a statement denouncing the “brazen” meddling by the US government in Venezuelan internal affairs and accused it of pressuring its regional neighbours to act against the government led by President Nicolás Maduro.
LatinNews Regional Monitor: Andean Group - 2 January 2019
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- Crisis in Peru’s judiciary comes to a head
- In brief: Peru
Development: On 1 January Peru’s President Martín Vizcarra called on congress to urgently declare a state of emergency in the national judiciary thus allowing his administration to intervene.