News of political and institutional news in Latin American countries, especially when it concerns the health of their democracies.
Inter American Watch Monday December 20th, 2021 The Americas Gabriel Boric, a former student activist, is elected Chile’s youngest president Chileans on Sunday elected Gabriel Boric, as their next president, entrusting the young leftist lawmaker with helping to shape the future of a nation that has been roiled by protests and is now drafting a…
Inter-American Watch Friday December 17th, 2021 Peru New scandal shakes the government of Pedro Castillo Businesswoman Karelim Lopez said she gave an amount of money in cash to the now former Secretary General of the Presidency, Bruno Pacheco, destined for President Castillo and previously agreed with the president himself, according to prestigious investigative reporter Gustavo…
Inter-American Watch Wednesday, December 15th, 2021 The Americas An addictive war: how Latin-American drug cartels bosses are playing the U.S. justice system An investigation by the Organized Crime and Corruption Reporting Project and partners, including the Miami Herald and el Nuevo Herald, using data collected in Colombia and Mexico, shows that extradition has become a…
Inter-American Watch Monday, December 13th, 2021 Ecuador United States concerned about ‘narco generals’ and drug trafficking in Ecuador According to the US ambassador to Quito, Michael Fitzpatrick, in Ecuador there are already ‘narco generals’ working surreptitiously with international drug cartels in the country. Primicias, in Spanish: https://www.primicias.ec/noticias/politica/entrevista-embajador-estados-unidos-ecuador/ More than 300 companies used the Sucre system…
Inter-American Watch Wednesday, December 10th, 2021 Ecuador Ecuador: historic record of drug seizures in 2021 Drug seizures reached 192 tons at the beginning of December 2021 in Ecuador, 150% more than last year, the national anti-narcotics director, Police General Geovanni Ponce, announced. At the end of 2021, the figure could increase to 200 tons.…
Inter-American Watch Wednesday, December 8th, 2021 Interamerican Institute for Democracy continues its effort to inform US audiences of attacks on Freedom and Democracy in Latin America The Inter-American Institute for Democracy (IID) continues its initiative to alert the public in the United States and Latin America about new threats fo freedom and security from authoritarianism…
The Americas Drugs supply in the Americas is higher than ever, with production increasingly effective Cannabis, cocaine, heroin, synthetic opioids and methamphetamine is what can be found throughout the Americas continent. The main substance of concern varies by country, reflecting the variety of illegal drug supply in the hemisphere.The Organization of American States (OAS), through…
Inter-American Watch Friday November 3rd, 2021 (Casto Ocando, Editor) Perú Peru prosecutors to question president Castillo amid impeachment threat Peruvian prosecutors have called President Pedro Castillo in for questioning as part of an investigation into the promotion of certain military officers, adding pressure on the socialist leader as legislators weigh an impeachment process. Al Jazeera:…
Inter-American Watch Wednesday, December 1st, 2021 (Casto Ocando, Editor) Peru Peru’s Comptroller Office: President Castillo’s secret meetings outside Presidential Palace affects government transparency The Office of the Comptroller of the Republic issued an ex officio orientation report on the unregistered activities carried out by President Pedro Castillo in the building of the Sarratea passage in…
Inter-American Watch Monday, November 29th, 2021 (Casto Ocando, Editor) Perú The suspicious meetings of Pedro Castillo in Breña A house in the Sarratea passage of the Breña district, in Lima, which president Pedro Castillo used as an elections headquarters, continues to be today -four months after he assumed the Presidency- a meeting point ith senior…
