Weekly Report - 20 March 2025 (WR-25-11)

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Colombia’s President Gustavo Petro lost his third finance minister on 18 March, after Diego Guevara announced that he was stepping down after just three months in the role.... Read More

The growing visibility of organised crime in Peru has been the top declared priority of President Dina Boluarte’s government since September 2023.... Read More

Chile’s right-wing opposition is ratcheting up the pressure on the government with the onset of the electoral season.... Read More

Former president Jair Bolsonaro (2019-2023) posted on social media earlier this month that he hoped for 1m people to come to his rally in the Copacabana neighbourhood of Rio de Janeiro on 16 March, but attendance on the day was much lower than his expectations.... Read More

BRAZIL | Interest rate hike continues.... Read More

Mexico’s President Claudia Sheinbaum has outlined new measures to combat the crime of enforced disappearance.... Read More

The plaudits for Mexico’s efforts to stem the flow of illegal migrants and drug trafficking keep coming from senior US officials.... Read More

MEXICO | On track for recession? Both Mexico’s President Claudia Sheinbaum and Economy Minister Marcelo Ebrard have sought to downplay concerns that Mexico’s economy will enter a recession this year, fuelled by punitive US trade policies.... Read More

Just before and just after midnight on Saturday 15 March two Airbus A320 flights landed at San Salvador airport, carrying deportees from the US, including 238 Venezuelan citizens, some of whom were allegedly linked to the Tren de Aragua criminal cartel, and 23 Salvadoreans also allegedly from the MS-13 street gang.... Read More

Belize’s ruling People’s United Party (PUP) won an emphatic victory in a snap general election called by Prime Minister John Briceño on 12 March, capitalising on a schism in the main opposition United Democratic Party (UDP), which presented two competing lists.... Read More

“A spurious case…which evidences the criminalisation strategies of the attorney general’s office.” This was the response by Guatemala’s President Bernardo Arévalo to the decision announced on 10 March by Judge Erick García to return prominent journalist José Rubén Zamora to prison on money laundering charges.... Read More

PANAMA-HONDURAS | Blackouts.... Read More

Protests were held in various cities around Bolivia this week over fuel shortages, which President Luis Arce’s government has blamed on a lack of hard currency which is restricting imports.... Read More

“The good guys are in blue, and the sons of bitches who wear rags on their faces, destroy and burn cars, and threaten people because they don’t want to lose their privileges — those are the bad guys.... Read More