Good morning and happy Friday. Here are the links to the four newsletters I published this week.
Monday - Honduras - Malicious tactics and widespread disillusionment surrounding general elections
Tuesday - Region - Good news hasn’t been good politics for most leaders
Wednesday - Politics and Polls (Peru)
Thursday - Haiti - Postponed elections
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Washington Post - Dying crops, spiking energy bills, showers once a week. In South America, the climate future has arrived.
Americas Quarterly - A “Green Arms Race” Could Be Great for Latin America
Reuters - U.S. plans projects in Latin America countering China's Belt and Road
Bloomberg - Biden mulls US rival to China’s Belt & Road in Latin America
El País - La pandemia y las bandas criminales de América Latina
Bloomberg - South America Gets Covid Break From Vaccines After Deadly Wave
New York Times - A regional health agency is buying millions of vaccines for Latin America.
CSIS - Disaster Risk Reduction through Digital Transformation in the Western Hemisphere
Wilson Center - From Populist to Socialist to Authoritarian Chavismo: Obstacles and Opportunities for Democratic Change
Bloomberg - U.S., U.K. Signal Disapproval of IMF Aid to Dictator-Led Nation
Bloomberg - China Vaccine Diplomacy Wavers as Nations Seek Western Shots
Bloomberg - The Country That Makes Breakfast for the World Is Plagued by Fire, Frost and Drought
Washington Post - Some Bolsonaro supporters have called for a military takeover of Brazil. Why do they wave the American flag?
Economist - Some of President Jair Bolsonaro’s supporters are turning against him
Economist - Brazil might get nuclear-powered submarines even before Australia
Washington Post - Opinion: Bolsonaro, Trump’s most dedicated orphan, signals desperation, not conviction
Americas Quarterly - Why Mexico’s Relationship with China Is So Complicated
Associated Press - Mexican government charges against academics criticized
Mexico Today - Criminal Violence, Politics & State Capture in Michoacán
Guardian - Amlo ridiculed for saying Mexico’s feminist movement began two years ago
InSight Crime - Mexico's Geoduck Clams Latest Casualty of Asian Demand
InSight Crime - Accusations against Mexico’s Former Top Cop Grow in US Courts
El Universal - El confinamiento del delito
Reuters - Exclusive: Under U.S. sanctions, Iran and Venezuela strike oil export deal
Foreign Affairs - Venezuela’s Endless Crisis: A Mafia State Slides Toward Anarchy
Global Voices - Is China exporting its surveillance state to Venezuela?
BBC - Venezuela crisis: Three in four in extreme poverty, study says
Wall Street Journal - Morgan Stanley and Interactive Brokers Face Federal Scrutiny in Venezuela Probe
Argus - Venezuela close to losing more overseas assets
Al Jazeera - Colombia’s aerial fumigation push fuels fear of coca conflict
New York Times - Five Years After Peace Deal, Colombia Is Running Out of Time, Experts Say
Americas Quarterly - How to Avoid a Caudillo in Colombia (and Elsewhere)
CNN - Rivers that build peace: Rafting with ex-combatants in Colombia
Vice - Warring Gangs Beheaded at Least 6 People in Ecuador's Bloodiest Prison Riot Ever
Guardian - ‘Strategy of terror’: 116 dead as Ecuador prisons become battlegrounds for gangs
AFP - Peru's coca farmers caught between drug gangs and starvation
Financial Times - Peru’s radical left government weighs bond issue after wooing investors
Guardian - Paraguay on the brink as historic drought depletes river, its life-giving artery
Economist - Can Chile’s constitutional convention defuse people’s discontent?
Reuters - How a drug-trafficking mayor in Honduras fueled the U.S. migration crisis
El Faro - Bukele, el autoritario cool
Associated Press - The AP Interview: Haiti PM plans to hold elections next year
International Crisis Group - Haiti: A Path to Stability for a Nation in Shock
Migration Policy Institute - Haitian Migration through the Americas: A Decade in the Making
Global Initiative Against Transnational Organized Crime - Global Organized Crime Index 2021
Atlantic - The People With the Most to Lose in a U.S.-China Cold War
Alliance for Securing Democracy - Regulating The Enablers
Wall Street Journal - Hidden Debt Plagues China’s Belt and Road Infrastructure Plan, Studies Find
Rest of World - “Mini-programs” took over Chinese platforms. Now they’re being used to contact trace — and undermine user privacy.
5 October, Inter-American Dialogue - Fifth Annual Latin America Energy Conference – Transition and Recovery
6 October, Wilson Center - The Final Stretch to COP26: Which Future Will We Harvest? (1/2)
6 October, Atlantic Council - Forging a role for women in the Venezuelan negotiations – Construyendo la participación igualitaria de las mujeres venezolanas en la negociación
12 October, Center for Global Development - Responding to the Risks of COVID-19 Debt Distress
13 October, Wilson Center - The Final Stretch to COP26: Which Future Will We Harvest? (2/2)
Have a better weekend than this kid.
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Friday Reading List - 1 October 2021
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Good morning and happy Friday. Here are the links to the four newsletters I published this week.
Monday - Honduras - Malicious tactics and widespread disillusionment surrounding general elections
Tuesday - Region - Good news hasn’t been good politics for most leaders
Wednesday - Politics and Polls (Peru)
Thursday - Haiti - Postponed elections
This newsletter is supported by paying subscribers. Thanks to everyone who subscribes!
Reading List
Washington Post - Dying crops, spiking energy bills, showers once a week. In South America, the climate future has arrived.
Americas Quarterly - A “Green Arms Race” Could Be Great for Latin America
Reuters - U.S. plans projects in Latin America countering China's Belt and Road
Bloomberg - Biden mulls US rival to China’s Belt & Road in Latin America
El País - La pandemia y las bandas criminales de América Latina
Bloomberg - South America Gets Covid Break From Vaccines After Deadly Wave
New York Times - A regional health agency is buying millions of vaccines for Latin America.
CSIS - Disaster Risk Reduction through Digital Transformation in the Western Hemisphere
Wilson Center - From Populist to Socialist to Authoritarian Chavismo: Obstacles and Opportunities for Democratic Change
Bloomberg - U.S., U.K. Signal Disapproval of IMF Aid to Dictator-Led Nation
Bloomberg - China Vaccine Diplomacy Wavers as Nations Seek Western Shots
Bloomberg - The Country That Makes Breakfast for the World Is Plagued by Fire, Frost and Drought
Washington Post - Some Bolsonaro supporters have called for a military takeover of Brazil. Why do they wave the American flag?
Economist - Some of President Jair Bolsonaro’s supporters are turning against him
Economist - Brazil might get nuclear-powered submarines even before Australia
Washington Post - Opinion: Bolsonaro, Trump’s most dedicated orphan, signals desperation, not conviction
Americas Quarterly - Why Mexico’s Relationship with China Is So Complicated
Associated Press - Mexican government charges against academics criticized
Mexico Today - Criminal Violence, Politics & State Capture in Michoacán
Guardian - Amlo ridiculed for saying Mexico’s feminist movement began two years ago
InSight Crime - Mexico's Geoduck Clams Latest Casualty of Asian Demand
InSight Crime - Accusations against Mexico’s Former Top Cop Grow in US Courts
El Universal - El confinamiento del delito
Reuters - Exclusive: Under U.S. sanctions, Iran and Venezuela strike oil export deal
Foreign Affairs - Venezuela’s Endless Crisis: A Mafia State Slides Toward Anarchy
Global Voices - Is China exporting its surveillance state to Venezuela?
BBC - Venezuela crisis: Three in four in extreme poverty, study says
Wall Street Journal - Morgan Stanley and Interactive Brokers Face Federal Scrutiny in Venezuela Probe
Argus - Venezuela close to losing more overseas assets
Al Jazeera - Colombia’s aerial fumigation push fuels fear of coca conflict
New York Times - Five Years After Peace Deal, Colombia Is Running Out of Time, Experts Say
Americas Quarterly - How to Avoid a Caudillo in Colombia (and Elsewhere)
CNN - Rivers that build peace: Rafting with ex-combatants in Colombia
Vice - Warring Gangs Beheaded at Least 6 People in Ecuador's Bloodiest Prison Riot Ever
Guardian - ‘Strategy of terror’: 116 dead as Ecuador prisons become battlegrounds for gangs
AFP - Peru's coca farmers caught between drug gangs and starvation
Financial Times - Peru’s radical left government weighs bond issue after wooing investors
Guardian - Paraguay on the brink as historic drought depletes river, its life-giving artery
Economist - Can Chile’s constitutional convention defuse people’s discontent?
Reuters - How a drug-trafficking mayor in Honduras fueled the U.S. migration crisis
El Faro - Bukele, el autoritario cool
Associated Press - The AP Interview: Haiti PM plans to hold elections next year
International Crisis Group - Haiti: A Path to Stability for a Nation in Shock
Migration Policy Institute - Haitian Migration through the Americas: A Decade in the Making
Global Initiative Against Transnational Organized Crime - Global Organized Crime Index 2021
Atlantic - The People With the Most to Lose in a U.S.-China Cold War
Alliance for Securing Democracy - Regulating The Enablers
Wall Street Journal - Hidden Debt Plagues China’s Belt and Road Infrastructure Plan, Studies Find
Rest of World - “Mini-programs” took over Chinese platforms. Now they’re being used to contact trace — and undermine user privacy.
Upcoming Events
5 October, Inter-American Dialogue - Fifth Annual Latin America Energy Conference – Transition and Recovery
6 October, Wilson Center - The Final Stretch to COP26: Which Future Will We Harvest? (1/2)
6 October, Atlantic Council - Forging a role for women in the Venezuelan negotiations – Construyendo la participación igualitaria de las mujeres venezolanas en la negociación
12 October, Center for Global Development - Responding to the Risks of COVID-19 Debt Distress
13 October, Wilson Center - The Final Stretch to COP26: Which Future Will We Harvest? (2/2)
Thanks for reading
Have a better weekend than this kid.