Andean Group
Andean Group - November 2024
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- Introduction
Colombia
- Military campaign advances in the south-west
- Battered by scandal, guerrillas, uncertainty
Peru
- Transport workers demand action on extortion
- Fishing sector calls for measures against Chinese vessels
Bolivia
- Argentina stops buying Bolivian gas
Ecuador
- New firearms law approved by congress
Highlights
- Economic Highlights
Colombia’s military recaptured the small town of El Plateado on 12 October, ending a six-year period in which the town, in Argelia municipality, Cauca department, was not under the control of the state.
Andean Group - October 2024
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- Introduction
Colombia
- ELN peace plan teeters on the brink
Venezuela
- Christmas brought forward as economic winter looms
Ecuador
- ‘Metástasis’ investigation tackles infiltration of judiciary
Region
- Fires rage across the Andean region
Ecuador/Colombia
- Colombia suspends energy exports to Ecuador
Peru
- Overhaul of congress well received by Moody’s
Highlights
- Economic Highlights
Securing the negotiated demobilisation of Colombia’s largest guerrilla group, the Ejército de Liberación Nacional (ELN), has been the central focus of President Gustavo Petro’s flagship ‘total peace’ initiative.
Andean Group - September 2024
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- Introduction
Venezuela
- Maduro clings to power
Colombia
- EMC fractures in major blow to ‘total peace’ plan
- Industry slump mirrors broader economic woes
Peru
- Waiting for a Chinese trade boom
Highlights
- Economic Highlights
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
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- Introduction
Bolivia
- Coup attempt or political theatre?
- Major gas discovery raises hopes in Bolivia
Ecuador
- Legal and illegal arms trafficking fuelling crime wave
- Finances improve, recovery takes longer
Colombia
- Scandal further clouds reform prospects
- Deforestation falls to lowest level on record
Highlights
- Economic Highlights
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
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- Introduction
Colombia
- Surging violence forces security rethink
- Two steps forward, two steps back
Venezuela
- Protests hit the prison system
Peru
- Congress rushes through a string of controversial bills
- Embattled Petroperú seeks structural changes
Bolivia
- Grappling with fuel shortages
Highlights
- Economic Highlights
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
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- Introduction
Colombia
- Rupture with Israel threatens military supplies
Peru
- Anti-corruption unit facing mounting obstacles
Ecuador
- Narrower focus in second phase of security crackdown
- IMF comes to the rescue but demands fuel subsidy cuts
Ecuador/Colombia
- Drought reveals energy vulnerabilities
Highlights
- Economic Highlights
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
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- Introduction
Ecuador
- Voters back militarisation of public security
Colombia
- The case against Uribe
- Economy stutters as political rift deepens
Venezuela
- Signs of change on the horizon?
Bolivia
- Running out of gas
Peru
- Political risk prompts credit downgrade
- Shootdowns banned under new aerial interception policy
Highlights
- Economic Highlights
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
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- Introduction
Venezuela
- Renewed sanctions could undo progress
- Disaster renews focus on illegal mining
Peru
- Can the return of a senate restore stability?
- Political instability returns to the fore
Colombia
- Petro eyes constitution to kickstart reforms
- Petro apologises for femicides in name of the state
Ecuador
- Emergency security measures yield mixed results
Highlights
- Economic Highlights
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
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- Introduction
Peru/Ecuador
- Bukele’s first disciples
Ecuador
- Tensions flare with Russia
- High hopes and concern as China FTA ratified
Venezuela/Guyana
- Troop deployments spark Guyanese concern
Venezuela/Region
- Economic benefits of the migrant crisis
Colombia
- Tapping the San José’s US$20bn treasure
Highlights
- Economic Highlights
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
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- Introduction
Ecuador
- Sweeping security reforms proposed following gang uprising
- Noboa reconsiders green pledges
Peru
- Judicial independence under threat
Venezuela
- The stop-and-go of sanctions and reforms
Colombia
- Bogotá unplugged with help of Beijing
- Petro requests international support to tackle wildfires
Highlights
- Economic Highlights
A nationwide criminal uprising on 9 January revealed the ineffectiveness of Ecuador’s security policies of recent years.
Andean Group - January 2024
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- Introduction
Venezuela
- Risk of war with Guyana decreases after emergency summit
- Oil majors are back in town (for now)
Colombia
- Progress on kidnappings as peace plan moves forward
- Petro fights back with high-risk health push
Ecuador
- Early win for Noboa as congress approves crucial tax reform
Peru
- Government hardens stance on migration
Highlights
- Economic Highlights
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.