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Liberia's Weah will struggle to stifle dissent

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LIBERIA

The president’s utterances mark a shift from his previous calls for a roundtable dialogue with opposition protest leaders, who on June 7 organised the largest mass protest since…

Ecuador’s Lasso faces ongoing pressure post-protests

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ECUADOR

The vote came after two weeks of national strike action led by the Confederation of Indigenous Nationalities of Ecuador (CONAIE). Lasso responded to the strike by declaring a…

Troops may worsen, not resolve Peru mining protest

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PERU

The decision of President Ollanta Humala's government to send in troops to deal with protesting farmers in the Islay province of Arequipa reflects frustration at a conflict that…

Panama mine contract end will worsen economic woes

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PANAMA

The decision followed weeks of protests over the terms of the newly revised contract. Cobre Panama, located in Colon province, is Central America’s largest open-pit copper mine…

Peru Las Bambas clashes raise economic, social risks

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PERU

Clashes over the Las Bambas copper project.

Guinean political divides could worsen ahead of poll

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GUINEA

Guinea's political impasse.

Fallout from Sierra Leone protests may deepen tensions

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SIERRA LEONE

The government described this as a “bloody and violent insurrection”. The state has subsequently clamped down on opposition activists but has done little to address underlying…

Peru's institutional impasse has no rapid solution

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PERU

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…

Instability will follow presidential run-off in Chile

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CHILE

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…

Recurrent miner stand-offs will endure in Bolivia

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BOLIVIA

The government's dispute with mining cooperatives has produced violent confrontations. While the government is standing its ground, claiming that the protesters' demands violate…