Friday Reading List - 10 January 2025
My new campaign platform: Eight inches of snow should not require schools to close for four days
Good morning.
This week’s World Politics Review column analyzed Chilean President Boric’s recent trip to Antarctica as a response to the global great power competition going on there.
This week’s newsletters:
Tuesday - Ten predictions for 2025 that are 80% likely to happen
Wednesday - Ecuador - Cedatos says Noboa is in the lead
Thursday - Six Stories - comments on authoritarianism in Venezuela, Nicaragua, Cuba and Mexico as well as Colombia and Brazil’s response to Maduro’s election stealing
It’s a busy few weeks with events in Venezuela and the new administration in the US. I’m publishing information about US policy in Latin America every Monday for paying subscribers. Every Thursday I provide six comments about political and security risks around the region. Tuesday’s newsletter and the Friday list of links continue to be free for everyone. If you work for an organization that needs more analysis about Latin America, please consider paying to subscribe.
Reading List
Journal of Democracy - How Covid Changed Latin America
NYT - Brazil Is in Grave Danger. These 1,105 Pages Prove It.
NYT - Venezuela’s Autocrat Detains U.S. Citizens As He Tightens Grip on Power
AP - More Americans jailed in Venezuela pose a test of Trump's deal-making foreign policy
WSJ - Venezuelan Regime Hunts for Foreign Hostages to Pressure Its Rivals
BBC - 'I thought I was going to die': Jailed Venezuelan activist details brutality of prison life
Guardian - Venezuela tumbles deeper into dictatorship with Nicolás Maduro set to extend 12-year rule
Atlantic Council - Recalibrating the use of individual sanctions in Venezuela
Journal of Democracy - How Maduro Stole Venezuela's Vote
InSight Crime - Colombia’s Peace Efforts Spark Criminal Disputes and Divisions
Americas Quarterly - Colombia’s First Unicorn Keeps Delivering
El Faro - Bitcoiners: los nuevos dueños de El Zonte
Miami Herald - Leaked documents show Cuban military sitting on billions of dollars amid humanitarian crisis
Bloomberg - Wealth Managers Flock to South American Beach Haven for the Rich (Uruguay)
Foreign Policy - This Trump Administration Is Shaping Up to Be Latin America-First
WSJ - Global Mining’s Dangerous New Reality: Guns, Hostages, Arrests
Foreign Affairs - Migration Can Work for All: A Plan for Replacing a Broken Global System
Thanks for reading
Have a great weekend!
