Weekly Report - 27 November 2025 (WR-25-47)

Brazil’s supreme court (STF) has ruled that former president Jair Bolsonaro (2019-2023) must begin serving his prison sentence of 27 years and three months after an apparent attempt to flee from house arrest.... Read More

Colombia’s President Gustavo Petro has been left reeling following reports that top officials in the military and intelligence services colluded with dissident guerrillas from the Fuerzas Armadas Revolucionarias de Colombia (Farc).... Read More

Pedro Castillo and Martín Vizcarra were handed lengthy prison sentences on back-to-back days this week, becoming the latest in a growing line of former Peruvian presidents to be convicted.... Read More

Concerns over potential US military action in Venezuela have spilled into the civil aviation sector, with numerous airlines cancelling flights to the country following a warning by the US Federal Aviation Administration (FAA).... Read More

Argentina’s President Javier Milei ended a cross-party consensus that has endured for more than 40 years on 22 November.... Read More

Both Jeannette Jara, the presidential candidate of Chile’s ruling left-wing coalition, and José Antonio Kast, her rival from the right-wing opposition Partido Republicano (PR), are making an effort to court the voters that gave the populist outsider, Franco Parisi, almost 20% of the vote in the first round of elections on 16 November.... Read More

President Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva has nominated Jorge Messias, the country’s solicitor general, for a seat on the supreme court (STF).... Read More

Uruguay was accepted this week as a member of the Comprehensive and Progressive Agreement for Trans-Pacific Partnership (CPTPP), which comprises Australia, Brunei, Canada, Chile, Japan, Malaysia, Mexico, New Zealand, Peru, Singapore, the United Kingdom, and Vietnam.... Read More

URUGUAY | Budget contains tax increases.... Read More

Authorities in Mexico have been making progress in the investigation into the killing of Uruapan mayor, Carlos Manzo Rodríguez, announcing prominent arrests in recent days.... Read More

Protesters took to the streets across Mexico on 25 November to mark the United Nations (UN) International Day for the Elimination of Violence against Women.... Read More

Hondurans are steeling themselves for a deeply polarised presidential vote on 30 November amid mutual allegations of fraud in a race that is being closely watched by international observers, amid concerns of institutional breakdown and declining trust in the integrity of the electoral process [WR-25-46].... Read More

Panama’s President José Raúl Mulino met his Costa Rican peer Rodrigo Chaves in Costa Rica’s capital, San José, on 21 November in what is the latest sign of strong ties between the two right-of-centre leaders.... Read More

NICARAGUA | IMF hails resilient economy but warns of uncertainty.... Read More

Paraguay’s opposition parties struck an electoral alliance on 21 November for the key position of mayor of Asunción next year.... Read More

“Are you going to fight for your country, or watch it all from your phone there on your sofa? I invite you to fight with us.”... Read More