Tuesday’s newsletter on the US anti-corruption strategy is available to everyone. The other three require a paying subscription.
Research Work
My company Hxagon is looking for analysts and researchers for some short term contract positions. I have some immediate work, but I’m also looking for people who do gig research work and bespoke interviews in the field who can help with projects as they come up next year.
If you’re one of the 30+ people who have already sent in their resumes, thank you. I don’t know if I can respond to everyone, but even if I don’t have immediate work for you, I’m going to try to reach out to many of you in the coming weeks.
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Friday Reading List - 10 December 2021
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Good morning and happy Friday. Here are the links to the four articles published this week.
Monday - Region (Mexico, Venezuela) - Twitter suspends state-linked accounts
Tuesday - The impact of the new US anti-corruption strategy on Latin America
Wednesday - Politics and Polls (Brazil and Chile)
Thursday - Venezuela - Barinas election theft
Tuesday’s newsletter on the US anti-corruption strategy is available to everyone. The other three require a paying subscription.
Research Work
My company Hxagon is looking for analysts and researchers for some short term contract positions. I have some immediate work, but I’m also looking for people who do gig research work and bespoke interviews in the field who can help with projects as they come up next year.
If you’re one of the 30+ people who have already sent in their resumes, thank you. I don’t know if I can respond to everyone, but even if I don’t have immediate work for you, I’m going to try to reach out to many of you in the coming weeks.
Reading List
Bloomberg - Populism Has Killed Latin America’s Once-Powerful ‘Technopols’
Global Americans - The Defense Department’s Role in Addressing Extra-Hemispheric State Rivals in Latin America and the Caribbean
Washington Post - Do recent elections indicate a shift in Latin American politics? Post correspondents answered your questions.
La Nacion (Argentina) - José Miguel Vivanco: “América Latina está en un muy mal momento, probablemente el peor de los últimos 30 años”
Brookings - Fighting the autocratic slide in Central America
Wilson Center - The Politics of Criminal Violence in Mexico and Northern Central America
InSight Crime - Laborers from Mexico, Central America Exploited Through US Work Visa Program
Miami Herald - Exclusion of Central American nations at Biden’s democracy summit sets off alarm bells
Associated Press - Report says Russian hackers haven’t eased spying efforts
New York Times - A Slow-Motion Climate Disaster: The Spread of Barren Land
Guardian - Anger as Jair Bolsonaro to allow unvaccinated visitors into Brazil
Financial Times - Brazil emerges from Covid ‘nightmare’ through vaccination blitz
Los Angeles Times - Op-Ed: The U.S. shouldn’t ignore Mexico’s ongoing human rights catastrophe
Guardian - Tourists bask on a battlefield as drug gangs fight over Mexican resort town
Financial Times - Spate of violence threatens to shatter Cancún’s tourist bubble
Bloomberg - Mexico’s Vaccine Stockpile Surpasses 50 Million Doses
Americas Quarterly - Claudia Sheinbaum: Technocrat or True Believer?
InSight Crime - Daring Prison Break Shows Ongoing Influence of Oil Thieves in Mexico
World Politics Review - AMLO and Biden Have Quietly Put U.S.-Mexico Relations Back on Track
El Financiero - Mensajes cruzados al CJNG
Associated Press - Vote shock in Chávez homeland underscores Venezuela’s divide
Reuters - Algae fed by pollution carpet Venezuela's Lake Maracaibo in green
Reuters - Venezuela government paying providers in dollars - sources
NPR - The U.S. predicted his downfall but Maduro strengthens his grip on power in Venezuela
WLRN - FARC Fight: Biden learns — again — that South Florida is a Latin America policy minefield
BBC - Colombia gangs: 'Surrender or we'll hunt you down' warns minister
Economist - Despite the polls, a centrist could win Colombia’s election in May
Foreign Policy - Lockdowns Produced a New Generation of Child Soldiers
Bloomberg - Colombia Is Testing the Waters for Carbon-Neutral Crude
Atlantic Council - A plan for Colombia’s COVID recovery and why it matters for the United States
Reuters - Colombia launches strategy to tackle environmental crimes
Americas Quarterly - Pedro Castillo Isn’t Out of Danger
Reuters - Analysis: Peru's Castillo plays whack-a-mole with crises as impeachment threat looms
Economist - How Bolivian lithium could help fight climate change
Reuters - Analysis: Hopes for Argentina IMF deal grow; but at what cost?
InSight Crime - Panama Serves as Latest Gateway for Drugs to Europe
CNN - Nicaragua ends relations with Taiwan in diplomatic victory for China
Financial Times - Honduras becomes new front in US-China struggle over Taiwan
Al Jazeera - Can a new government dig Honduras out of its hole?
El País - El segundo regreso de los Zelaya
El Faro - El cacique de Colón ha perdido su fuero
Foreign Policy - Bitcoin Failed in El Salvador. The President Says the Answer Is More Bitcoin.
Guardian - US accuses El Salvador of secretly negotiating truce with gang leaders
Reuters - A tax man went after Guatemala's elites. Then they hit back.
Washington Post - Opinion: Janet L. Yellen and Samantha Power: To uphold democracy, the U.S. must fight global corruption
The Bureau of Investigative Journalism - Swiss tech company boss accused of selling mobile network access for spying
Bloomberg - Technology Drives a Power Transition
Wall Street Journal - Containment Can Work Against China, Too
World Politics Review - In Africa, China Is a Victim of Its Own Success
Reuters - Lithuania braces for China-led corporate boycott
Atlantic Council - Unpacking the geopolitics of technology
Upcoming events
10 December, AS/COA - Global Energy Crisis: The Outlook for Latin America
10 December, WOLA - The Struggle for Justice for Victims of Police Violence in Cali, Colombia
13 December, WOLA - Bolivia’s Search for Justice and Reconciliation: Recommendations of the Human Rights Experts Group
13-14 December, Inter-American Dialogue - América Latina en la transición de poder mundial y la era poscovid
14 December, CSIS - The Road to the 2022 Summit of the Americas: Vaccine Diplomacy and Engagement
14 December, Inter-American Dialogue - Recovering Schooling and Learning After Covid-19 in LAC Series #1 – Early Warning Systems
16 December, AS/COA - 2021 Latin American Cities Conferences: Lima
16 December, Inter-American Dialogue - Toward Pandemic Recovery in Latin America and the Caribbean—Exploring New Dimensions of Japan-US-LAC Interregional Cooperation
17 December, Atlantic Council - Looking to 2022: CARICOM Chair, Prime Minister Gaston Browne on US-Caribbean relations
17 December, WOLA - Revisiting Rapprochement 7 Years Later: Engagement on Pause
Thanks for reading
Have a good weekend!