Weekly Report - 01 August 2024 (WR-24-30)

An entire generation of Venezuelans has never known anything other than a Bolivarian government in power.... Read More

It went on for five hours and caused some members of the audience to doze off while others walked out for fresh air, but President Dina Boluarte’s state-of-the-nation address, which she delivered to congress on 28 July, the anniversary of Peruvian independence, contained some significant announcements.... Read More

President Gustavo Petro’s government is continuing to suffer the fallout of the corruption scandal that rocked its disaster risk management unit (UNGRD) in May.... Read More

The US$4bn deal that Ecuador reached with the International Monetary Fund (IMF) in May was a financial lifeline for President Daniel Noboa, averting the risk of default and giving more time for the benefits of his government’s tax reform to be felt.... Read More

In a televised address on 28 July, President Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva listed the major achievements of his government since taking office in January last year and affirmed that he will “not give up on fiscal responsibility”.... Read More

“We continue to work together towards a fairer, more stable, and efficient international tax system,” reads the joint communiqué released at the conclusion of the G20 finance ministers’ meeting in Rio de Janeiro from 25-26 July.... Read More

Uruguay’s left-wing opposition Frente Amplio (FA) coalition is leading the way in the race to the general elections which will be held on 27 October this year, according to an opinion poll published on 29 July by the local consultancy Cifra.... Read More

BRAZIL | Mid-month inflation decelerates.... Read More

US federal agents arrested one of Mexico’s most notorious drug kingpins on 25 July: Ismael ‘El Mayo’ Zambada García, the alleged co-founder and leader of the Sinaloa drug trafficking organisation (DTO).... Read More

MEXICO | Pemex union negotiates salary rise.... Read More

Civil society groups such as Socorro Jurídico Humanitario (SJH), along with opposition legislators Cesia Rivas (Vamos) and Francisco Lira (Alianza Republicana Nacionalista), have signalled alarm regarding a criminal reform package currently under consideration by El Salvador’s 60-member unicameral legislature, which would change rules on preventative detention and tighten existing punishments.... Read More

Costa Rica’s main opposition Partido Liberación Nacional (PLN) has agreed to create a committee to analyse the possibility raised by President Rodrigo Chaves of reviving the Crucitas open-pit gold mine in San Carlos, Alajuela province, near the border with Nicaragua.... Read More

Following the 26 June military uprising, Bolivia’s President Luis Arce received a month-long reprieve from protests over fuel shortages.... Read More

“We’re now facing perhaps…the most criminal attempt to seize power we have seen.... Read More