Weekly Report - 30 January 2025 (WR-25-04)

Colombia’s President Gustavo Petro has come away with a bloody nose after he attempted to push back against US President Donald Trump’s forceful early moves on migration.... Read More

Venezuela’s presidential elections of 28 July 2024, were widely seen as fraudulent, undermining the government’s credibility.... Read More

Ecuador’s President Daniel Noboa could seal re-election in the first round on 9 February and get close to securing a majority in the national assembly in concurrent congressional elections.... Read More

ECUADOR | Banana exports up.... Read More

After almost a decade of deadlock Chile’s congress has voted a comprehensive pension reform into law.... Read More

Argentina’s President Javier Milei devoted the majority of his speech at the World Economic Forum (WEF) in Davos, Switzerland, last week to attacking “woke ideology”, which he described as “the great epidemic of our time [and] the cancer that needs to be extirpated”.... Read More

National pollster Genial/Quaest released its latest poll on 27 January which showed a 49% public disapproval rating for Brazil’s President Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva, while 47% of respondents expressed approval.... Read More

BRAZIL | Vale’s annual iron ore production rises.... Read More

The killing of two young boys in Culiacán, the capital of the north-western state of Sinaloa, has served as the catalyst for protests against insecurity and government failings after nearly five months of violence in the state.... Read More

Mexico’s President Claudia Sheinbaum has submitted a constitutional reform bill to congress to prohibit the cultivation of genetically modified (GM) corn.... Read More

MEXICO | Government places euro bonds.... Read More

While some of the region’s diplomatic big hitters (such as Mexico and Brazil) are struggling to cope with Donald Trump’s demands and threats, President Nayib Bukele of El Salvador is off to a flying start with a possible migration agreement already taking shape.... Read More

Panama’s President José Raúl Mulino has spent the last week defending his country’s ownership of the Panama Canal against threats from US President Donald Trump to “take it back”.... Read More

PANAMA-PARAGUAY | Mulino hosts Peña.... Read More

Bolivia’s former president Evo Morales (2006-2019) will seek re-election in the August presidential elections under the banner of a new party, according to his ally Pedro Llanque, the disputed leader of the Confederación Sindical Única de Trabajadores Campesinos de Bolivia (CSUTCB) peasants’ union.... Read More

“You don’t like our freedom, okay.... Read More