Good morning and happy Friday from the Great Smoky Mountains! This week is likely to be the last week without a newsletter, I should be back to a more regular schedule next week. My weekly column for World Politics Review covered the BRICS trade bloc and its potential expansion.
As a reminder, from 2-6 October I will be teaching a virtual course titled “Analyzing Protests” that will give you the tools to analyze protests as they are happening and deliver better products to your readers and clients. The class sold out several weeks early when I held it last April, so don’t wait until the last minute. Sign up before 31 August with the coupon code EARLY20 for a 20% discount!
Here is this week’s reading list and upcoming events:
Reading List
Foreign Affairs - The Border Crisis That Wasn’t
Wall Street Journal - Rising Money Flows, Fueled by Record Migration, Prop Up Autocrats
Economist - Latin America could become this century’s commodity superpower
Foreign Policy - How Drugs Are Destroying the Amazon
InSight Crime - Stolen Amazon: The Roots of Environmental Crime in the Tri-Border Regions
Americas Quarterly - Can Amazon Basin Presidents Find Consensus on Protecting the Forest?
LA Times - One thing Joe Biden could learn about Latin America from Donald Trump and Ron DeSantis
Americas Quarterly - Brazil’s Economic Uptick Is Boosting Lula’s Foreign Policy
Folha de São Paulo - Lula assina decreto que autoriza Brasil a comprar energia da Venezuela
Wall Street Journal - Rags-to-Riches Female Candidate Shakes Up Mexico Presidential Race
Guardian - Mexico: outrage as Amlo suggests critics guilty of ‘gender-based violence’ against him
BBC - Ecuador politician murder: Prison gangs in terror reign
El Universo - Asesinan al candidato presidencial Fernando Villavicencio tras un mitin en el centro norte de Quito
New York Times - Who Was Fernando Villavicencio?
Road to the Casa Rosada - Argentina Politics Update - 9 August 2023
Americas Migration Brief - August 7, 2023
New York Times - Colombia and Rebel Group Begin Cease-Fire After Decades of Combat
La Silla Vacía - Quién es “El Turco” Hilsaca, presunto financiador ilícito de Petro
WTW - Understanding the impact of a low carbon transition on Colombia
Al Jazeera - Could El Salvador’s gang crackdown spread across Latin America?
Americas Quarterly - Paraguay’s New President Wants Change at Home and Abroad
Economist - Why the nightmare in Niger is the world’s problem
Upcoming Events
16 August, Wilson Center - A Conversation with Mexico's Former Secretary of Economy and Current Federal Deputy Ildefonso Guajardo
16 August, Georgetown Americas Institute - Israel and Latin America in the Twenty-first Century
16 August, AS/COA - BRAVO Dialogues: Exploring New IFRS Sustainability Disclosure Standards
22 August, Institute of the Americas - Argentina Energy Roundtable
22 August, AS/COA - 2023 Latin American Cities Conferences: Brasília
24 August, AS/COA - 2023 Latin American Cities Conferences: Buenos Aires
6 September, Center for Global Development - Adaptive Management in Protracted Crises: What We’re Learning and Where to Next
8 September, Atlantic Council - Summit: Accelerating US-emerging market clean energy partnerships
18 September, Wilson Center - Understanding the Fentanyl and Opioid Crisis: US-Mexico Solutions
18 September, Migration Policy Institute - 20th Annual Immigration Law and Policy Conference
27-28 September, Wilson Center - The Rules-Based Order in Antarctica and Global Challenges
2-6 October, Hxagon - Analyzing Protests (use coupon code EARLY20 for a 20% discount)