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PERU: New election bid will struggle to advance
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DOI: 10.1108/OXAN-ES275727
ISSN: 2633-304X
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After two months of street protests across the country, social pressure for immediate elections remains potent. The Boluarte government is caught between giving in to pressure…
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DOI: 10.1108/OXAN-DB275807
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However, mining companies are warning that bills before Congress and possible changes under a new constitution to be drawn up by a recently elected constitutional convention could…
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DOI: 10.1108/OXAN-DB261811
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Although she has recognised the announcement, she still maintains that the result was “illegitimate”. A new government is to take office next week, but Castillo was unable to name…
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DOI: 10.1108/OXAN-DB262936
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PERU: Castillo will not get reform referendum
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DOI: 10.1108/OXAN-ES268796
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The vote of confidence will provide some leeway to the embattled Castillo presidency. Although critical of government policies, centrist and centre-right parties feared that a…
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DOI: 10.1108/OXAN-DB263784
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The aim is to restore the market dominance of the state-owned Federal Electricity Commission (CFE). The move would sideline private players and potentially force the closure of…
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DOI: 10.1108/OXAN-DB264623
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Peru’s previously buoyant economy has been badly affected by the COVID-19 pandemic, contracting by around 13.38% in the first ten months of this year. Investment has been hit, as…
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DOI: 10.1108/OXAN-DB258234
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Gabriel Boric, on the left, and Jose Antonio Kast, on the right, represent very different paths forward as Chile grapples to understand and respond to the wave of social protests…
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DOI: 10.1108/OXAN-DB266019
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Prospects for Chile in 2016.