Weekly Report - 25 July 2024 (WR-24-29)

Chile’s President Gabriel Boric’s approval rating has suffered a sharp drop in the space of just one week.... Read More

A palpable sense of optimism is spreading through the Venezuelan opposition ahead of the presidential election on 28 July.... Read More

Colombia’s President Gustavo Petro was uncharacteristically sheepish as he addressed legislators at the opening of a new congressional period on 20 June.... Read More

ECUADOR | Tax reform boosts state coffers.... Read More

Argentina’s Vice President Victoria Villarruel took over the reins of power on 25 July as President Javier Milei departed for France to attend the opening ceremony of the Olympic Games.... Read More

Paraguay’s President Santiago Peña heralded his government’s success in cracking down on illegal drug exports during a meeting held in the central bank with the regional representative of the United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime (UNODC) for the Andean and Southern Cone, Candice Welsch, on 16 July.... Read More

Homicides in Brazil fell in the first year of President Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva’s current term, according to the latest figures released by public security think thank Fórum Brasileiro de Segurança Pública (FBSP).... Read More

In response to violent incidents against indigenous communities in recent weeks, the federal government has sent officials to mediate land conflicts in the states of Mato Grosso do Sul and Paraná.... Read More

BRAZIL | Government raises inflation forecast.... Read More

Mexico’s President-elect Claudia Sheinbaum has continued her weekly drip feeding of cabinet announcements, unveiling on 18 July those who will head up the labour (STPS), tourism (Sectur), and culture ministries when she takes office on 1 October.... Read More

Mexico’s President-elect Claudia Sheinbaum criticised former US president Donald Trump (2017-2021) for his “rude language” about her incoming economy minister Marcelo Ebrard on 20 July, signalling a potentially prickly relationship between the pair if Trump wins the US presidential elections in November.... Read More

The president of Mexico’s Partido Revolucionario Institucional (PRI), Alejandro ‘Alito’ Moreno, officially registered to run for re-election on 22 July.... Read More

Panama’s right-of-centre new President José Raúl Mulino has confirmed plans to move on another of his campaign pledge: constitutional reform.... Read More

The second contingent of the Kenya-led multinational security support mission (MSS) to Haiti, which was authorised by the United Nations Security Council (UNSC) in October 2023, has arrived in Port-au-Prince, weeks after the arrival of the first [WR-24-25].... Read More

Peru is poised to embark on a new economic cycle of growth of between 6%-7% a year, the economy & finance minister, José Arista, confidently predicted on 17 July.... Read More

“I want a safe country for our honest and hardworking people...... Read More