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Venezuelan political processes sideline civil society

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VENEZUELA

A decade after his death, a recent Datanalisis poll gives Chavez the highest approval rating of any political leader, at 56%, compared with 22% for his successor Nicolas Maduro…

AMLO crime strategy to face major challenges in Mexico

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MEXICO

New security strategies.

Russia trials new governance model for Dagestan

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RUSSIA

Vasilyev said he was appointing a new chief prosecutor and high-court judges, as people were crying out for justice. Through him, Moscow is strengthening its direct control of…

Politics will exacerbate Lebanon’s economic crises

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LEBANON

Lebanon also only has a caretaker government with restricted powers, at a time when the economy has contracted for four consecutive years. A staff-level IMF package worth USD3bn…

Arevalo would pursue political change in Guatemala

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GUATEMALA

Torres (a well-known, broadly status-quo candidate, and former first lady) will face the largely untested Bernardo Arevalo, who surprised pollsters by coming second, on a…

Drugs and crime gain new priority in Argentina

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ARGENTINA

Drug trafficking and security concerns.

Peru's formalisation of small mining is long-term task

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PERU

Informal mining accounts for a large proportion of employment in an industry otherwise dominated by large-scale capital-intensive operations. Most small-scale miners are engaged…

Wagner leader poses a threat to Putin’s Russia

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RUSSIA

On the back of his mercenaries’ success in Ukraine, he has used social media to berate the defence ministry, the general staff and Putin himself, albeit indirectly, as a doddery…

Fire investigations will harm Guatemala’s Morales

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GUATEMALA

Morales’s comments follow the attorney-general’s filing of a request with the Supreme Court on June 12 to remove his immunity from prosecution in connection with the fire…