Weekly Report - 17 October 2024 (WR-24-41)

Venezuela’s opposition figurehead María Corina Machado urged the Bolivarian armed forces (FANB) this week not to prop up “a regime that is on the way out”.... Read More

The revival of a dormant investigation into Bolivia’s former president Evo Morales (2006-2019) over allegations of statutory rape and human trafficking has taken the country’s soaring political tensions to new heights.... Read More

The small town of El Plateado, in Colombia’s south-western Cauca department, had not been under government control for the past six years, according to Defence Minister Iván Velásquez.... Read More

PERU | Mining drives growth.... Read More

When the two contenders in the second-round run-off of the São Paulo mayoral race held their first TV debate since the first-round vote, the centre-right incumbent Ricardo Nunes tried to embrace his left-wing challenger, federal deputy Guilherme Boulos, in an apparent attempt to lower the tensions and hostilities that marked the election campaign ahead of the first round.... Read More

Swedish aircraft manufacturer Saab stated on 10 October that the US Department of Justice (DoJ) has demanded information about the Brazilian government’s acquisition of 36 Gripen fighter jets in 2014.... Read More

Brazilian coffee exports are booming.... Read More

When Argentina’s President Javier Milei appointed Federico Sturzenegger to head a new ministry for deregulation and transformation of the state in July he set him the primary task of drafting a bill to strike down a series of laws considered to be “useless, obsolete, or restrictive of freedom” that serve as “impediments” to the economic system.... Read More

Mexico’s President Claudia Sheinbaum is honouring her commitment to seeing through a package of constitutional reforms first proposed by her predecessor, Andrés Manuel López Obrador (2018-2023), in February.... Read More

Authorities in Oaxaca state confirmed the murder of Román Ruiz Bohórquez, the mayor of Candelaria Loxicha municipality, on 15 October.... Read More

Just over three months into his mandate, Panama’s right-of-centre President José Raúl Mulino has launched a plan to “liberate” the country from gangs.... Read More

Dominican President Luis Abinader has been able to point to progress regarding a key pledge he made ahead of taking office on 16 August for a second term: constitutional reform.... Read More

On 16 October El Salvador’s government announced a deal with the US International Development Finance Corporation (DFC), an independent agency of the US government and the Latin American development bank (CAF), which President Nayib Bukele described as the “most ambitious and impactful environmental action in El Salvador’s history”. The deal will enable El Salvador to finance part of its debt at the same time as funding the conservation, water security, and ecosystem restoration in the Rio Lempa watershed, one of the longest rivers in Central America.... Read More

GUATEMALA | Huge textile factory opens.... Read More

Guyana and Suriname have taken the first step towards joint exploration of the gas reserves off their respective coasts.... Read More

“You know that the first duty of a soldier is to respect popular sovereignty, and you know the truth of what happened on 28 July because you were there and you saw the united, peaceful, and hopeful people on the streets.”... Read More