Briefings & Intelligence
17-03-2015: Latin American Economy Business report
Astori the austere
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Briefings & Intelligence
12-03-2015: Latin American Weekly Report
Colombian peace process enters uncharted waters
Big gestures on either side have advanced the peace process between the Colombian government and the Fuerzas Armadas Revolucionarias de Colombia (Farc) guerrilla group further than any previous effort in the history of the 50-year armed conflict. The government negotiating team in Cuba struck a deal with Farc counterparts on 7 March to work together to clear anti-personnel landmines and other improvised explosives placed by the guerrillas. In return for what he described as “a hugely important step”, unprecedented indeed, President Juan Manuel Santos responded days later with three of his own gestures: he ordered the military to halt aerial bombing of Farc camps, the prelude to a bilateral ceasefire; he cancelled the extradition to the US of a guerrilla and a paramilitary; and he instructed the military to intensify attacks on other ‘illegal armed groups’.
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Briefings & Intelligence
27-03-2016: Latin American Economy Business report
Politics trumps economics in Brazil
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Briefings & Intelligence
26-02-2015: Latin American Weekly Report
Caracas mayor arrested, protester killed as Maduro’s conspiracy claims grow
Venezuela: the arrest of the opposition mayor of Caracas, Antonio Ledezma, as an alleged party to a plot to stage a coup, and the death in the westernmost state of Táchira of a young protester at the hands of a police officer, against the backdrop of more claims by President Nicolás Maduro about a continually expanding conspiracy against his government.
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Briefings & Intelligence
19-02-2015: Latin American Weekly Report
‘March of silence’ and other Nisman-related events have major political implications
Two events in the past week have marked a watershed in the repercussions of the still unsolved death of Argentine prosecutor Alberto Nisman, who had drawn up criminal charges against President Cristina Fernández, foreign relations minister Héctor Timerman and others. On one side is the strictly legal arena, where two separate developments are taking place: the furtherance of Nisman’s charges and the investigation of Nisman’s death. On the other side is the laterally connected political arena, where the survival of kirchnerismo will be played out in the run-up to the October presidential elections.
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Briefings & Intelligence
16-02-2015: Latin American Economy Business report
Economic storm clouds gather in Brazil
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