Weekly Report - 04 April 2024 (WR-24-13)

Peru’s President Dina Boluarte reshuffled her cabinet on 1 April, replacing nearly one third of its members (six out of 19 ministers).... Read More

The election of Colombia’s President Gustavo Petro in 2022 was a major boost for Venezuela’s authoritarian head of state Nicolás Maduro, giving the isolated Maduro administration a route back into regional discussions.... Read More

Nearly three months after he ordered a nationwide military deployment in response to an unprecedented uprising by criminal gangs, Ecuador’s President Daniel Noboa can attribute his sky-high approval ratings almost entirely to improved public security [WR-24-09].... Read More

PERU | Approving new mining exploration projects.... Read More

Activist groups held events in major Brazilian cities, such as São Paulo and Rio de Janeiro, on 31 March to commemorate the 60th anniversary of the military coup which launched a dictatorship in Brazil (1964-1985).... Read More

The supreme court (STF) heard a case on 29 March regarding the constitutional right granted to public officials known as ‘foro privilegiado’, which means that certain politicians, such as the president and members of the federal congress, cannot be prosecuted in any court lower than the top court.... Read More

Public sector workers in Argentina this week protested against mass firings by the administration of President Javier Milei and announced further strike action.... Read More

Chilean steel producer Compañía Siderúrgica Huachipato (CSH) this week gave the administration of President Gabriel Boric an ultimatum.... Read More

BRAZIL | Central bank raises growth forecast.... Read More

The murder of Bertha Gisela Gaytán Gutiérrez, a member of the nationally ruling left-wing Movimiento Regeneración Nacional (Morena) and a candidate for mayor in Celaya, Guanajuato state, on 1 April has highlighted the issue of political violence in the run up to the general elections due in June.... Read More

The abduction and murder of an eight-year-old girl in Taxco, Guerrero state, on 28 March, followed by a lynch mob attack on three suspected perpetrators, one of whom was killed, has caused nationwide outrage and highlighted major problems in Mexico’s criminal justice system.... Read More

The presidential election campaign is now in full swing and turning into a relentless exchange of soundbites.... Read More

MEXICO | Unemployment down.... Read More

For a second consecutive year, Nicaragua’s authoritarian government led by President Daniel Ortega banned processions during the Semana Santa Easter festival as part of its crackdown on dissent.... Read More

HONDURAS | One year anniversary of relations with Beijing.... Read More

The Estado Mayor Central (EMC), a dissident faction of the demobilised Fuerzas Armadas Revolucionarias de Colombia (FARC) guerrilla group, has announced that it is creating a new armed bloc in the centre of Colombia.... Read More

“I call on democratic legislators to defend the rule of law and to reject impeachment or early elections.”... Read More