Friday Reading Links - 18 October 2024
Can I get a prediction market on Uruguay's social security referendum? Please?
Good morning.
This week’s newsletter discussed the Evo vs Arce political crisis in Bolivia. Related, the Economist covered Bolivia’s economy.
I’m considering restarting a paid subscription newsletter in early 2025. Nothing about the current free content would change (I’d still do one free column per week plus these Friday links). The topic and format of the analysis behind the paywall and the price is still TBD. If you have thoughts on it, please let me know.
Meanwhile, encourage your friends and colleagues to subscribe to the free newsletter, because it’s going to continue:
Reading List
Americas Quarterly - Solving Latin America’s “Food Paradox”
Foreign Policy - Trump Has His Own Monroe Doctrine
Americas Migration Brief - A comic about humanitarian parole
Stimson Center - Accountability in Cyberspace: Lessons from and for Latin America
Resdal - Atlas of Latin American Militaries 2024
Washington Post - The land between the U.S.-Mexico border wall and the Texans who live on it - Fantastic article and photos
NYT - Is Brazil’s Supreme Court Saving Democracy or Threatening It?
Folha - Banco Central avaliou fazer Pix para devolver dinheiro esquecido por pessoas e empresas
Caracas Chronicles - The Latest Spanish Corruption Scandal Reeks of Chavismo
SCMP - China invites Colombia to join Belt and Road Initiative, ‘exploring’ free-trade agreement
La Silla Vacia - Invamer Poll: Petro sube su aprobación cinco puntos y llega al 34%
AP - Colombia’s river guardians battle to protect the Atrato amid threats and abandonment
Reuters - Paraguay's drying river stokes water tensions between fishers and farmers
Americas Quarterly - Chile’s Ephemeral October Revolution
Latin American Politics and Society - Conceptualizing Mano Dura in Latin America
Bloomberg - The Northern Triangle Has the Chance to Escape Its Past
El Faro - Chivo Wallet Founders Lead El Salvador’s Free Trade Negotiations with China
Bloomberg - JPMorgan Wraps Up $1 Billion Debt-Swap Deal for El Salvador
Americas Quarterly - Panama’s José Raúl Mulino Says He’s “Nobody’s Puppet”
Financial Times - ‘China is not Cuba’s sugar daddy’: ties between communist nations weaken
Washington Post - Dominican Republic plans to deport 10,000 Haitians every week
IEA - World Energy Outlook 2024
Bloomberg - BYD Is Winning the Global Race to Make Cheaper EVs - Directly related to this article, the growth of Chinese EVs led by BYD will be one of the big stories in Latin America in the coming decade
WSJ - A Mystery $30 Million Wave of Pro-Trump Bets Has Moved a Popular Prediction Market - I’ve been a bit obsessed this week with the question of who and why prediction markets are being manipulated. FYI (and I may be breaking news here): Kalshi plans to open a prediction market on Ecuador’s 2025 presidential election in the coming weeks.
Thanks for reading
Have a great weekend! Just nine days to go until the most important election of the month.
