Friday Reading List - 11 October 2024

I need a map to respond to "Ha comenzado el fin de semana"

Good morning. 

This week’s newsletter covered Brazil’s municipal elections and the implications for national politics.

My World Politics Review column described the efforts by corrupt and anti-democratic forces in Guatemala to undermine President Arevalo.

I posted a map to Twitter about claims of coup plots in Latin America. The map is also at the bottom of this newsletter.

Reading List

Americas Quarterly - Is There a Real-World Alternative to Bukele on Crime?

WSJ - Mexico Wants to Curb Chinese Imports With Help From U.S. Companies

Bloomberg - Mexican President’s Clean Power Plan Dismissed as ‘Pipe Dream’

Economist - American women go to Mexico for abortions

WSJ - Inside Mexico’s New Plan to Take On Cartel Violence

InSight Crime - Mayor's Beheading Is Ominous Sign of Security Crisis Facing Mexico’s New President (also, congrats to InSight Crime for the award and for 15 years of great coverage!) 

NYT - A Cartel Double-Cross Turns a Mexican State Into a War Zone

NYT - Climate Change Is Scorching Stretches of the Amazon River in Brazil

Washington Post - Twitter is back online in Brazil, but it’s still a defeat for Musk

Foreign Policy - Brazil's Lula Is Finally Turning on Venezuela

Foreign Affairs - A Containment Strategy for Venezuela

Caracas Chronicles - After Venezuela's Credit Crunch, Cashea, a BNPL App, Is Booming

Haaretz - NSO's Cash-for-cyber Deal Pushed by Israeli Official Sparks Criminal Probe in Colombia 

Bloomberg - Ecopetrol Bond Sale Delayed Amid Probe on President, CEO 

Americas Quarterly - In Ecuador, Mounting Challenges Threaten Noboa’s Reelection

Reuters - Bolivia wildfires burn record area, scorching homes and farms

Bloomberg - Milei the Libertarian Meets Some Communists He Likes 

Reuters - In Argentina's poverty-hit barrios a food emergency takes hold (poverty at 53%; extreme poverty at 18%; 10% of Argentine children under 5 years old are malnourished)

Economist - The beating of Argentina’s former first lady fits a shameful pattern

Reuters - Uruguay referendum could see retirement age falling to 60 

Guardian - El Salvador faces scrutiny for ‘political’ trial of five environmental activists

Confidencial - La disputa del poder entre Ortega y Murillo

World Politics Review - After a Strong Start, Panama’s Mulino Faces Tough Challenges Ahead 

Human Rights Watch - Haiti: Criminal Violence, Hunger Trapping Children

AP - Another town in Haiti comes under attack a week after gangs killed at least 115 people

ACLED - Latin America and the Caribbean Overview - September 2024

WSJ - U.S. Wiretap Systems Targeted in China-Linked Hack (Friendly reminder, if China can get into US systems, they also get into LatAm systems. The breaches in LatAm simply aren’t reported.)

Chain Analysis - 2024 LATAM Crypto Adoption: The Rise of Stablecoins

Bloomberg - Latin America Startup Rappi Plans $5 Billion IPO on Fast Delivery

Thanks for reading

Have a great weekend!