Weekly Report - 03 October 2024 (WR-24-39)

Claudia Sheinbaum was sworn in as Mexico’s president on 1 October, becoming the country’s first-ever female head of state.... Read More

Despite all the bad blood between Bolivia’s President Luis Arce and former president Evo Morales (2006-2019), Morales still exerts considerable influence over the current government.... Read More

Venezuela’s political opposition suffered a fresh wave of arrests this week as President Nicolás Maduro continues to consolidate control following the disputed 28 July presidential election.... Read More

The politicisation of public security in Chile reached new heights this week.... Read More

Ahead of the 6 October first-round vote of Brazil’s municipal elections, the latest polls are looking more promising for allies of far-right former president Jair Bolsonaro (2019-2023) than for those of President Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva.... Read More

The result of the presidential and congressional elections this month could prove to be less significant, and have less bearing on Uruguay’s future, than the outcome of a concurrent referendum.... Read More

El Salvador’s President Nayib Bukele carried out a state visit to Argentina this week.... Read More

BRAZIL | Oil and gas production posts monthly increase.... Read More

The recent decision by the Central American Parliament (Parlacen) to grant Russia permanent observer status has proven divisive within the sub-region, prompting condemnation from Panama and Guatemala.... Read More

The United Nations Security Council (UNSC) has voted to extend the deployment of a Kenyan-led multinational security support mission to Haiti (MSS) for a further year.... Read More

EL SALVADOR | Balancing the budget.... Read More

Ecuador’s President Daniel Noboa will face 15 challengers in next year’s presidential elections, the first round of which will be held on 9 February.... Read More

“To those women who fought for their dreams and achieved them, and to those who did not achieve them, to those who had to keep quiet and shout alone, to the indigenous women, the domestic workers who leave their villages to support us all, to the great-grandmothers who did not learn to read and write because that was not for girls, to the mothers who first gave us life and then everything else, the sisters, the aunts, the beautiful daughters.... Read More