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Andean Group - June 2021
Introduction
Ecuador’s new President Guillermo Lasso arrived in office with a security plan that emphasises crime prevention rather than tougher policing.... Read More
Ecuador
“Zero impunity for mafias” and an “iron fist for murderers, rapists and criminals”.... Read More
Ecuador
In his inauguration speech on 24 May, Ecuador’s new President Guillermo Lasso declared that his government will seek not to “minimise the size of the state but rather maximise its capacity to serve the poorest”.... Read More
Colombia
On 19 May, international credit ratings agency Standard and Poor’s (S&P) announced that it had downgraded Colombia’s credit rating from ‘BBB-’ to ‘BB+’, placing it below investment grade for the first time in over ten years.... Read More
Region
When Venezuela’s national guard seized the offices of the national daily El Nacional on 14 May, it was merely the most dramatic moment in a month of diminishing press freedoms across the Andean region.... Read More
Peru
What began as a relatively uncontroversial relief measure for Peruvians struggling with the economic impact of the coronavirus (Covid-19) pandemic snowballed into a central electoral issue as the fallout from the approved emergency early pension fund withdrawals have influenced Peru’s presidential run-off campaign. ... Read More
Bolivia
Five cocaine ‘mega-laboratories’ were discovered in Bolivia in May, together capable of producing over 940kg of cocaine per day.... Read More
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- Introduction
- Lasso faces challenging panorama
- Lasso faces political tightrope away from state-led development
- Colombia loses investment grade with S&P
- Andean region beset by press freedom concerns
- Pension reform rises up the political agenda
- Cocaine ‘mega-labs’ point to increasing narco activity
- Economic Highlights