Friday Reading List - 12 August 2022
Good morning and happy Friday! Here are the links to the four newsletters we published this week:
Tuesday - Brazil - Bolsonaro fears losing
Wednesday - Politics and Polls (Brazil, Chile and Costa Rica)
Thursday - Cuba - Oil fire
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Reading List
The Economist - Inequality in Latin America is fuelling a new wave of populism
New York Times - How Russian Propaganda Is Reaching Beyond English Speakers
The Guardian - Global heating has caused ‘shocking’ changes in forests across the Americas, studies find
Wall Street Journal - The Place With the Most Lithium Is Blowing the Electric-Car Revolution
Bloomberg Línea - A fondo: qué muestran las entrañas del litio en América Latina
The Economist - The drift to authoritarianism accelerates in Central America
New York Times - In the Amazon, a U.N. Agency Has a Green Mission, but Dirty Partners
World Politics Review - Bolsonaro Won’t Accept Defeat in Brazil’s Upcoming Presidential Election
Insight Crime - Why is Brazil’s Highway Police Suddenly Killing So Many People?
Politico - The new BBB: Bernie’s Brazil Bill
Bloomberg - Brazil Prices Tumble Most Since 1980 on Bolsonaro’s Tax Cuts
Washington Post - Arrests in western Mexico set off destruction in 2 states
New York Times - Mexico City Declared Police Abuse Over. Reports of Misconduct Kept Rising.
Bloomberg - AMLO Seeks to Further Expand Role of the Military in Mexico
El Universal - La Guardia Nacional y la transacción oculta
La Silla Rota - ¿De qué sirven las reuniones de Gabinete de Seguridad de AMLO en Palacio Nacional?
Reuters - 'We need rain': Mexican farmers ravaged by northern drought
Washington Post - Northern Mexico has a historic water shortage. These maps explain why.
New York Times - Think 9% Inflation Is Bad? Try 90%.
Bloomberg - Argentina’s Inflation Surges Past 70% on Political Turmoil
The Guardian - How Bolivia’s ruthless tin baron saved thousands of Jewish refugees
Insight Crime - Can the ELN and Colombia's Government Chart a New Path Towards Peace?
Americas Quarterly - Could Democracy Backslide in Colombia?
The Guardian - Colombian narco militia seeks peace talks after calling ‘unilateral’ ceasefire
WOLA - Colombia to Implement Law on Alternatives to Incarceration for Women Heads of Household
Washington Post - Colombia wants him adopted. But he has a family — and they want him back.
El País - El tráfico de animales, un negocio millonario que amenaza 1.300 especies en Colombia
Insight Crime - Dominican Republic Struggles to Curb Rampant Sex Trafficking
El Faro - Los expedientes ocultos del Régimen: cientos de arrestos por “nerviosismo” y “ficha policial”
Americas Quarterly - Guatemala’s March Toward Authoritarianism
World Politics Review - The World Can’t Afford to Ignore Haiti’s Deepening Security Crisis
CNN - Gangs gain the upper hand in war with Haitian police
BBC - Panama Canal grapples with climate change threat
Upcoming Events
18 August, AS/COA - 2022 Latin American Cities Conferences: Buenos Aires
25 August, Georgetown Americas Institute - Chile’s Historic Vote
25 August, Center for Global Development - Introducing the IMF’s First Gender Strategy
6 September, FIU - A Celebration of Brazil: 200+ Years of Culture and Independence
20 September, Migration Policy Institute - 19th Annual Immigration Law and Policy Conference
22 September, The George Washington University - The 24th Federal Forecasters Conference