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Weekly Report - 03 April 2025 (WR-25-13)
LEADER
Ecuador’s President Daniel Noboa suffered a setback in his bid to win re-election on 13 April when his rival Luisa González received the endorsement of Pachakutik (PK) during an event at the weekend in return for incorporating some of the indigenous movement’s main priorities in her plan of governance.... Read More
ANDEAN COUNTRIES
Congressional and gubernatorial elections will be held in Venezuela on 25 May.... Read More
Former president Evo Morales (2006-2019) has formalised his divorce from Bolivia’s ruling left-wing Movimiento al Socialismo (MAS), which he led from 1997-2024.... Read More
After 38 years away, Carlos ‘El Loco’ Lehder turned up at Bogotá’s El Dorado airport on 28 March on a flight from Frankfurt, Germany.... Read More
BRAZIL & SOUTHERN CONE
President Gabriel Boric enlarged his cabinet this week as his government seeks to refine and strengthen its response to violent crime and insecurity in Chile.... Read More
Over the past year, the right-wing Partido Liberal (PL) of former president Jair Bolsonaro (2019-2023) has been making more noise in support of a bill that proposes pardoning the Bolsonaro supporters who were convicted for storming the seats of government in Brasília on 8 January 2023.... Read More
Brazilian news website UOL reported on 31 March that the country’s intelligence agency (Abin) had spied on Paraguayan officials from 2022-2023.... Read More
BRAZIL | Unemployment continues ticking up.... Read More
MEXICO
Mexico’s government led by President Claudia Sheinbaum avoided the “reciprocal” tariffs announced by US President Donald Trump on 2 April, impacting imports from over 180 countries.... Read More
The decision by Mexico’s lower chamber of congress to maintain the immunity from prosecution of Cuauhtémoc Blanco, a deputy for the ruling left-wing Movimiento Regeneración Nacional (Morena), is causing headaches for the government led by President Claudia Sheinbaum.... Read More
CENTRAL AMERICA & CARIBBEAN
Armed gangs are continuing their relentless expansion in Haiti, with thousands fleeing in their wake, exacerbating a humanitarian emergency.... Read More
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US President Donald Trump has extended an invitation to his Salvadorean opposite number, Nayib Bukele, to pay an official visit to the White House on 14 April.... Read More
POSTSCRIPT
The International Monetary Fund (IMF) could be prepared to release a significant chunk of a US$20bn new loan agreement being negotiated with Argentina early, according to its managing director Kristalina Georgieva.... Read More
“Ideologies are no longer just two dimensions, left or right, they are now more abstract and multidimensional.... Read More
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- González gains key support ahead of second round showdown
- VENEZUELA: May elections: more PR than substance
- BOLIVIA: Morales launches new party as MAS moves on
- COLOMBIA: Lehder makes unexpected return
- CHILE: Boric creates new ministry to tackle insecurity
- BRAZIL: Bolsonarismo struggles to win over centre-right allies
- BRAZIL-PARAGUAY: Brazil’s intelligence agency hit by another scandal
- TRACKING TRENDS
- MEXICO: Sheinbaum ducks more tariffs
- MEXICO: Blanco immunity vote causes stir
- HAITI: Armed gangs spread beyond capital
- DOMINICAN REPUBLIC: Growing tension with Haiti
- EL SALVADOR: Getting close to Trump
- Argentina receives boost from Bretton Woods twins
- Quotes of the week