Friday Reading List - 11 November 2022
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Reading List
OECD - Latin American Economic Outlook 2022
New York Times - A Girl Loses Her Mother in the Jungle, and a Migrant Dream Dies
World Politics Review - Musk's Twitter Purchase Is Bad News for Latin America's 'Public Square'
The Economist - The race to be Latin America’s next top development banker
Insight Crime - Stolen Amazon: The Roots of Environmental Crime in Five Countries
Foreign Policy - The United States’ Easiest Climate Win Is in Latin America
Foreign Affairs - What Lula’s Return Means for the Amazon
Financial Times - Amazon destruction woes overshadow Brazil’s farming advances
Persuasion - Why Bolsonaro Is Going Quietly
Associated Press - Brazil’s da Silva forms mixed economics team for transition
The Guardian - Musk promises to investigate Twitter suspension of far-right Brazilian figures
Associated Press - Report by Brazil’s military on election count cites no fraud
Americas Quarterly - How the U.S. Can Use Trade to Fight Deforestation in Brazil
Folha - Inflação sobe 0,59%, surpreende analistas e deixa para trás 3 meses de queda
The Guardian - Mexico will try to ‘deceive the world’ at Cop27, experts warn
Associated Press - Botched autopsy in Mexico killing leads to cover-up charge
Associated Press - Venezuela’s bid to save ‘diplomat’ from US charges takes hit
Insight Crime - Why Are Murders Spreading Across Argentina's Most Violent City?
Insight Crime - Telegram Becoming Drug Dealing Marketplace of Choice in Argentina
New York Times - How Belize Cut Its Debt by Fighting Global Warming
Americas Quarterly - A Young Mayor Rides Bolivia’s Political Shake-up
Rest of World - In a region united by language, the word “fintech” can have very different meanings
El País - La paz total vista desde quienes han sufrido la guerra
Foreign Policy - Can Colombia’s President Achieve ‘Total Peace’?
CSIS - Colombia’s Relationship with the PRC
El País - Chile, the land of mines, leads the way in solar energy
Global Americans - Ecuador and the U.S.-China Rivalry: Between Two Great Powers
Insight Crime - Transfers of Gang Leaders Focus Points for Ecuador’s Prison Violence
Global Americans - Haiti: The Crisis No One Wants to Own and the Future of Latin America
Financial Times - Haiti’s chaos deepens as its neighbours weigh intervention
Associated Press - Sandinistas complete their political domination of Nicaragua
The Economist - Under Daniel Ortega, Nicaragua has become a one-party state
Inter-American Dialogue - Dictatorial Radicalization in Nicaragua: From Repression to Extremism?
Upcoming Events
14 November, Atlantic Council - How might dynamics within and toward Venezuela change?
14 November, Center for Global Development - Future of Development Forum
14 November, WOLA - The Americas Today: In Search of a New Agenda
14 November, CSIS - Report Launch: Mitigating Financial Access Challenges; Proposals from the CSIS Multi-Stakeholder Working Group on Financial Access
15 November, AS/COA - An Emerging Energy Alliance: Europe, Latin America, and the Caribbean
15 November, Institute of the Americas - Expanding North American Cooperation in an era of Changing Geo-Politics
15 November, Inter-American Dialogue - The Implementation of Instruments for Measuring Child Development During the Pandemic – Challenges and Lessons Learned
16 November, Center for Global Development - Defeating Inflation: Latin America’s Most Immediate Challenge
16 November, FIU Gordon Institute - Regional Initiative for Cybersecurity Education and Training (RICET)
16 November, Atlantic Council - The future of immunization financing in Latin America and the Caribbean
17 November, WOLA - Advancing a Democratic Solution to Venezuela’s Crisis: Civil Society Perspectives
17 November, Canadian Council of the Americas - Drug policy reform: regional convergence points / Puntos de convergencia regional
17 November, Inter-American Dialogue - Sixth Annual Latin America Energy Conference – Transformation though Turmoil
22 November, Canadian Council of the Americas - How Brazil confronted election disinformation / Como o Brasil enfrentou desinformação durante as eleições
22 November, Chatham House - Strengthening cyber resilience conference
6 December, Wilson Center - Water @ Wilson Series Launch | Water, Peace, & Security: New Tools for a New Climate
13 December, AS/COA - 2022 Latin American Cities Conferences: Lima