Weekly Report - 27 June 2024 (WR-24-25)

For a few hours on 26 June, Bolivia seemed to be teetering on the brink of military rule.... Read More

Ecuador’s national assembly issued a denial this week that it had any intention of removing President Daniel Noboa from power on the grounds of mental incapacity.... Read More

Allegations of illegal espionage by the Colombian intelligence services have been commonplace since the turn of the century, with wiretapping scandals emerging during the governments of the country’s last four presidents.... Read More

With just one month to go before Venezuelans head to the polls, it looks likely that the 28 July presidential election will be subjected to only limited international observation.... Read More

Cherished by far-right and conservative politicians and condemned by left-leaning governments, Argentina’s President Javier Milei polarised public opinion during a tour of Europe this week.... Read More

Eduardo Riedel, the governor of Mato Grosso do Sul state, declared an emergency on 24 June in response to the rise in forest fires in the Pantanal tropical wetlands.... Read More

Conservative lawmakers railed against the supreme court (STF) on 25 June, as justices of Brazil’s top court formed a majority in favour of decriminalising the possession of small amounts of cannabis for personal consumption.... Read More

ARGENTINA | Bleak economic data.... Read More

Although Mexico’s President-elect Claudia Sheinbaum is not taking office until 1 October, her cabinet is already taking shape.... Read More

“Just the first of several milestones in the process to restore security and prosperity to Haiti”.... Read More

Nicaragua’s finance minister, Iván Acosta, has become the latest now- former ally of President Daniel Ortega to fall from grace.... Read More

Since floating the possibility of staging a referendum last month so that citizens could decide on whether to approve laws “indispensable to the country’s future” [WR-24-18], Costa Rica’s President Rodrigo Chaves has unveiled a legislative initiative, ‘Ley Jaguar’, providing further details.... Read More

Uruguayans will head to the polls on 30 June to cast their ballots in primary elections that will decide the candidates that compete in the first round of presidential elections on 27 October.... Read More

“We need the Bolivian people to mobilise and organise themselves against this coup d’état and in favour of democracy.... Read More