Country Risk Rating

While President Álvaro Uribe has not ruled out running for a third term in office, we believe his proposal of four potential successors on September 4 means it looks increasingly... 2008-09-08

According to local press reports, Peruvian authorities seized a shipment of four metric tons of cocaine during a sting operation in Lima on September 5, with the drugs intended for... 2008-09-08

On July29 the regional electoral court in the opposition region of Santa Cruz announced that it would be presenting an appeal before the constitutional tribunal to suspend the August... 2008-07-31

Peru's federal government is facing fierce opposition to its port privatisation programme, which seeks to raise private sector investment into expanding port facilities. Trade unions... 2008-07-31

After Venezuelan President Hugo Chávez patched up his differences with his Colombian counterpart on July 11, bilateral relations appear to have turned sour again. On July 27 Chávez... 2008-07-31

Although Ecuador's constituent assembly approved the new constitution on July 23, polls suggest most of the electorate is currently undecided as to how they will vote in the referendum,... 2008-07-25

A statement on July 21 by two commanders of the Fuerzas Armadas Revolucionarias de Colombia (FARC), that the organisation would never surrender their arms and stop fighting, came... 2008-07-24

Political risk in Bolivia continues to increase at an alarming rate. The vote on June 22 in favour of greater autonomy in the southern Bolivian province of Tarija was supported by... 2008-07-04

Following the rescue of Franco-Colombian Ingrid Betancourt, the FARC has lost its trump card in terms of political capital. Furthermore, the recent deaths of rebel leader Manuel Marulanda... 2008-07-04

The Colombian government's successful rescue operation in July, which saw the release of former presidential candidate Ingrid Betancourt, has been praised by the Ecuadorian authorities.... 2008-07-04