Friday Reading List - 3 May 2024
It was the morning before the night before Cinco de Mayo, and all through the house...
Good morning and happy Friday!
Yesterday’s newsletter commented on recent climate risks in the region.
This week’s World Politics Review column discussed the recent political events in Venezuela. The opposition seems optimistic and Maduro is nervous, which goes against everyone’s assumption that this will be an easy year for the regime to hold on to power.
Here is this week’s reading list and upcoming events.
Reading List
Americas Quarterly - China-Taiwan Tension, the Unseen Risk for Latin America
FT - Biden adviser backs bill to counter China in Latin America
Reuters - How Balkan gangsters became Europe’s top cocaine suppliers
NPR - El Niño weather is leading to droughts and power cuts in South America
New Yorker - The Surprising Rise of Latin American Evangelical Missionaries
Washington Post - A quieter border eases pressure on Biden, with a hand from Mexico
AP - After hunt for clandestine crematorium in Mexico City, police say bones found were 'animal origin'
Bloomberg - Terrafina Bidding War to Decide Who Is Mexico’s Nearshoring King
Reuters - After renewed sanctions and ahead of election, Venezuela looks to increase tax take
PBS - A Dangerous Assignment (Upcoming show on corruption in Venezuela)
BBC - Colombian military loses millions of bullets, says president
Global Americans - Paraguay: A Promising Government Navigating a Perilous Path
IRI - The Authoritarian Nexus – How Russia and China Undermine Democracy Worldwide (includes chapters on Chile and Argentina)
NYT - How Fentanyl Laid Waste to Guatemala’s Time-Worn Opium Trade
El Salvador Perspectives - Three years of the Nuevas Ideas Assembly
Economist - Years of growth forged prosaic politics. Now Panamanians are fed up
NYT - How Capitalists in Communist Cuba Are an Economic Lifeline
WSJ - Haiti’s Police, Outgunned and Outmanned, Struggle to Thwart Gangs
NYT - Haiti’s Police Force Is ‘Begging for Help’ Against Ruthless Gangs
Washington Post - Money goes elsewhere, aid workers flee, Haitians endure on their own
Upcoming Events
3 May, Inter-American Dialogue - Navigating Corruption: Implications for Venezuela's Future (I’m attending this event today. If you’re there, find me in the audience and say hi!)
3 May, Wilson Center - Mexico Election Series | The Future of USMCA
7 May, Inter-American Dialogue - Is Peru’s Democracy at Risk?
7 May, Wilson Center - Assessing Mexico's Democracy
8 May, AS/COA - 54th Annual Washington Conference: Advancing the Business Case for the Americas
9 May, Wilson Center - No More Lost Decades: Opportunities From Nearshoring, the Energy Transition, and Other Drivers of Sustainable Growth
Thanks for reading
Have a great Cinco de Mayo weekend!