Latin America & Caribbean Review | Ambassador Deepak Bhojwani | November 2019
Political Developments South America – Argentina, Chile, Ecuador, Peru and Bolivia – was convulsed through October: On 18 October Chile’s government was caught unawares by violent protests, looting of shops and vandalising of public property. The immediate spark was the government’s hiking of local metro fares by 3 percent, rolled back by Congress but too little too late. […]
Latin America & Caribbean Review- Special Bulletin by Ambassador Deepak Bhojwani | September 2019
Political Developments Venezuela’s government and opposition representatives met in early July on the Caribbean island of Barbados for a second round of meetings. This round was also mediated by the Norwegian government and was facilitated by Enrique Iglesias, the European Union’s mediator. Few details were revealed by either party, with the Maduro establishment maintaining its stand […]
Latin America & Caribbean Review- Special Bulletin by Ambassador Deepak Bhojwani | July 2019
Political Developments Venezuela’s government and opposition met in informal talks in Oslo, Norway mid-May. Norwegian television network NRK, citing unnamed sources, reported that contacts between the Maduro and Guaidó camps began in Cuba before shifting to the Scandinavian country. The talks were held at a secret location in Oslo with the participation of Norway’s foreign ministry […]
Latin America & Caribbean Review- | July 2019
Political Developments Brazil’s president Jair Bolsonaro made his first bilateral foreign trip, after assuming office in January, to the US 18-19 March accompanied by six Ministers. He met President Trump: the two have a lot in common. Both have emerged winners despite being marginal to their respective political establishments, appeal directly to their voting base and […]
Latin America & Caribbean Review- | March 2019
Political Developments 2019 commenced with troublesome signs in some parts of LAC :- – Venezuela saw a dangerous standoff between the sitting President Nicolas Maduro and Juan Guaidó, the President of the opposition-dominated National Assembly, who declared himself Interim President on 23 January, and was recognized as such by the US and about 50 other countries in Europe, […]