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Weekly Report - 07 November 2024 (WR-24-44)
Region reacts to Trump triumph
Governments across the region received the news of Donald Trump’s victory in the US presidential elections on 5 November with a mixture of trepidation and dread for most, and euphoria and excitement for a more select group. Mexico’s President Claudia Sheinbaum, who is likely to face the full force of Storm Donald, gave an outward show of equanimity but in private she will be trying to batten down the hatches ahead of its impending arrival. Venezuela’s President Nicolás Maduro is likely to be concerned after Trump endeavoured to drive him from office in 2019, although, paradoxically, it is relations with Colombia, traditionally the closest ally of the US in the region, that could well turn sour more quickly. Argentina’s President Javier Milei shares the greatest affinity with Trump, but that is no guarantee that he will not fall foul of his transactional politics.
- Region reacts to Trump triumph
- BOLIVIA: Protest pause grants Arce brief respite
- PERU: Union strikes threaten to disrupt Apec summit
- VENEZUELA: Spat breaks out with Brazil and Colombia
- BRAZIL: Lula and governors clash over security reform
- BRAZIL: Clear favourite emerges for lower chamber presidency
- BRAZIL: The trudge towards justice for Marielle Franco
- MEXICO: Army involved in migrant killings
- MEXICO: Boost for judicial reform
- TRACKING TRENDS
- HONDURAS: High-profile human rights defenders cleared
- NICARAGUA: New telecoms law draws alarm
- Noboa campaigning on security progress in Ecuador
- Quotes of the week