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Friday Reading List - 11 February 2022
Friday Reading List - 11 February 2022
Friday Reading List - 11 February 2022
Good morning and Happy Friday!
Here are the four newsletters published this week
Monday - Honduras - Hernández's future
Tuesday - Argentina and Ecuador turn to China while the US Congress flounders
Wednesday - Politics and Polls (Costa Rica)
Thursday - Peru - Castillo's new, new cabinet
Thanks to everyone who sent me positive feedback on Tuesday’s newsletter, which is available to everyone. The other articles are behind the paywall. If you want to support this newsletter and receive additional content, please consider subscribing for $9 per month.
Reading List
Financial Times - Latin American leaders target economic prizes during Beijing Winter Olympics
Financial Times - Rate rises fail to stem Latin America inflation, Chile finance minister warns
Economist - How drug trafficking is (and isn’t) to blame for violence in Latin America
Bloomberg - Latin American Unicorns Are Helping Drive a Regional Hiring Boom
World Politics Review - South America’s Cocaine Traffickers Are Heading South
Foreign Policy - Russia Has Taken Over Spanish-Language Airwaves on Ukraine
Spiegel - Young People from Poor Neighborhoods Set Out to Conquer the Digital World
Washington Post - Floundering in the polls, Brazil’s Bolsonaro woos a surprising new demographic: The poor
Economist - Despite thriving trade, China’s relationship with Brazil is weakening
Bloomberg - Brazil Needs More Tools to Fight Inflation, Lula’s Adviser Says
Reuters - Brazil plans to unleash $707 mln in fresh agriculture subsidies - source
Guardian - ‘Loophole’ allowing for deforestation on soya farms in Brazil’s Amazon
InSight Crime - How Brazil's Gangs Took Their War to Santa Cruz, Bolivia
Americas Quarterly - Mexico’s Energy Reform: 3 Risks to Investors
Bloomberg - Mexico Suggests Pause in Relation with Spain on Energy Fight
Associated Press - Kerry calls for keeping power markets open in Mexico
Washington Post - U.S. blocks Mexican fishermen from ports, cites years of illegal fishing in U.S. waters
CNN - Texas national guardsmen say their mission to secure the border is a waste of time and resources
Animal Político - Fiscalía y la Ley de Prácticas Corruptas en el Extranjero
Reuters - U.S. weighs Chevron request to take Venezuela oil for debt payments
InSight Crime - El Koki, Venezuela's Most Notorious Gang Boss, Shot Dead
InSight Crime - Why the ELN is Attacking One Specific Town Along Venezuela's Orinoco River
Amnesty International - Venezuela: New research shows how calculated repression by Maduro government could constitute the crime against humanity of persecution
Armando Info - Estado Amazonas, de retaguardia a colonia de la guerrilla colombiana
Guardian - Venezuelans despair at smears, stigmatization and arbitrary arrests
Reuters - Russia says military aid to Venezuela will not be used to attack Colombia
CNN - Colombia struck a peace deal with guerrilla groups years ago. So why is violence surging?
El Tiempo - El informe de inteligencia sobre la injerencia rusa en Venezuela y Colombia
World Politics Review - Peru Is Tired of Castillo’s On-the-Job Training
Reuters - Mining activity at Peru's Las Bambas tumbles amid blockade -data, source
Guardian - Misinformation and distrust: behind Bolivia’s low Covid vaccination rates
Bloomberg - Chile’s Green Dream to Reinvent Itself Is Spooking Investors
Guardian - ‘We need politicians and experts’: how Chile is putting the climate crisis first
Bloomberg - Chile Inflation ‘Running Wild’ as Prices Unexpectedly Surge
Guardian - Legendary Sandinista commander sentenced as Ortega crushes dissent
Wall Street Journal - A Who’s Who of Daniel Ortega’s Critics Are On Trial in Nicaragua
Foreign Policy - Costa Rica’s Boring Elections Are a Model for the World
Americas Quarterly - Costa Rica’s Election: A Bad Day for Incumbents, but Some Hope Ahead
Associated Press - El Salvador, Nicaragua accuse each other of entering waters
Infobae - El cuento chino de Nayib Bukele
Radio YSKL - Encuentran 26 cuerpos en cinca de Nuevo Cuscatlan
U.S. State Department - U.S. Actions Against Former Honduran President Juan Orlando Hernandez for Corruption
Associated Press - Ex-Honduran leader placed on US list of corrupt officials
Reuters - Teen risked all to flee Guatemala. Her payoff: grueling job in U.S. chicken plant
Washington Office on Latin America (WOLA) - International Organizations Reject the Criminalization of Judge Pablo Xitumul and Denounce the Persecution of Justice Operators in Guatemala
Foreign Policy - Boxing Cuba In Benefits No One
Washington Post - Opinion: Cuba chooses mass trials and repression over the needs of its citizens
Foreign Affairs - Haiti’s Fight for Democracy
New York Times - Haiti Opposition Group Calls on U.S. to End Support for Current Government
Economist Intelligence Unit - Democracy Index 2021: less than half the world lives in a democracy
Wilson Center - Oil: A New Chapter in U.S.-India Relations
Rest of World - Exposed documents reveal how the powerful clean up their digital past using a reputation laundering firm
National Public Radio (NPR) - Uyghur kids recall physical and mental torment at Chinese boarding schools in Xinjiang
Upcoming Events
16 February, AS/COA - Paving the Way for Women in Technology in Central America
17 February, Atlantic Council - #ProactiveLAC: A digital future for regional recovery
17 February, Boston University - Globalizing Patient Capital: The Political Economy of Chinese Finance in the Americas
17 February, Inter-American Dialogue - Play in Colombia – Education, Family and Public Spaces
23 February, William J. Perry Center - Security and Defense Challenges in Latin America
25 February, Institute of the Americas - Dr. Moisés Naím on The Revenge of Power
Thanks for reading
Have a great weekend!