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.... Read More

The militarisation of Ecuadorean security policy which was ordered on an emergency basis in January is now set to be made permanent.... Read More

More than six years after he became the subject of a criminal investigation, Colombia’s former president Álvaro Uribe (2002-2010) was called to trial on 9 April to face charges of witness tampering.... Read More

It has been a rough few weeks for Colombia’s President Gustavo Petro.... Read More

It remains far from certain that Venezuela’s 28 July presidential election will be free or fair.... Read More

The international credit ratings agency Moody’s announced on 27 April that it had once again lowered Bolivia’s credit rating, this time from Caa1 to Caa3, although it did upgrade the country’s outlook from negative to stable.... Read More

The international credit ratings agency Standard & Poor’s (S&P) has downgraded Peru’s long term foreign currency credit rating from BBB to BBB-, the lowest ‘investment grade’ rating on S&P’s scale.... Read More

Peru’s congress has approved an agreement with the US that will see the two countries work together to intercept aircraft suspected of involvement in drug trafficking.... Read More

ECUADOR | Noboa gets ball rolling on Yasuní oil ban.... Read More