Good morning and happy Friday the 13th. Here are the links to the four newsletters I published this week.

• Monday - Region - Haiti’s crisis highlights the role of foreign mercenaries

• Tuesday - Region - Outlook for climate policy coordination

• Wednesday - Politics and polls (Peru)

• Thursday - Brazil - Bolsonaro's attacks on democracy

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By Boz

Reading list

Bloomberg - No U.S. Court Can Make Mexico’s Streets Safe

Politico - Adm. Faller: China exploiting corruption in Latin America

InSight Crime - Chinese Broker Laundered Latin American Drug Money Around the World

New York Times - A new initiative will bring more vaccines to Latin America and the Caribbean.

Bloomberg - The Drug War at Sea Is Getting Bigger and Bigger

Rest of World - Major surveillance firms are ‘gifting’ tools to find a foothold in Latin America

Daily Beast - How America Taught Mexico to Hack the Hell Out of Its Own People

Guardian - UN refugee agency concerned as US deports migrants to southern Mexico

CSIS - The Biden-Harris Strategy on the Root Causes of Migration (and Fragility) in Central America

BBC - Mexican drug cartel threatens to kill TV reporter

Washington Times - DHS: Cartels earn up to $6 billion a year from smuggling migrants

Washington Post - Legal U.S. marijuana is pouring into Mexico. It’s pricey, popular and has names such as ‘Bubba Kush.’

InSight Crime - The Next Generation of Criminal Groups Driving Violence in Mexico

CEEEP - Mexico: A Deepening Crisis and Strategic Challenge for the US

National Geographic - 500 years after Aztec rule, Mexico confronts a complicated anniversary

Milenio - Segmentación de cárteles ha dado paso a 227 bandas criminales activas en México

InSight Crime - Quarter of Pesticides in Brazil Illegally Smuggled from China

Human Rights Watch - Supply Chain Laws to Fight Deforestation Must Back Indigenous Rights

Reuters - U.S. warned Brazil that Huawei would leave it 'high and dry' on 5G

Miami Herald - Venezuelan’s bond: $21 million in Swiss account, plane, yacht, lots of Miami condos

Financial Times - Venezuela’s opposition targets ‘narrow’ chance to tame Maduro

EFE - Venezuela’s vaccine drive sputtering due to lack of Russian doses

Associated Press - Hyperinflation, US dollars pricing out Venezuelan consumers

Global Americans - Colombia urgently needs help with the economic integration of Venezuelan immigrants

Bloomberg - Colombia Gets a Leg Up in Global Marijuana Export Market

Washington Post - Chaotic start to Castillo’s presidency leaves Peruvians wondering who’s in charge

RPP - Fiscalía incluye a Vladimir Cerrón y Guido Bellido en investigación por lavado de activos (Peru)

Reuters - Nicaragua paper says it can no longer do print editions, blames government

Guardian - ‘We are in this nightmare’: Nicaragua continues its brazen crackdown

CSIS  - Nicaragua’s Upcoming Election Highlights Need for Long-Term Forms of Pressure on the Ortega Regime

Politico - Guatemala is key to Biden’s migrant policy. Its corruption is worsening.

Los Angeles Times - Living in squalor, Guatemalan mudslide survivors see stark choice: Emigrate to U.S. or die

New York Times - Cubans Want Much More Than an End to the U.S. Embargo

Reuters - Cuban diaspora sends medicines to alleviate dire shortages

Financial Times - Cuba regime ‘backed into corner’ by shortages, protests and US embargo

Economist - Cuba’s government approves small and medium-sized enterprises

International Consortium of Investigative Journalists - ‘A Kleptocrat’s dream’: US real estate a safe haven for billions in dirty money, report says

Atlantic - How The Pandemic Now Ends

Upcoming events

17 August, Wilson Center - Getting Closer to Distance Learning: Online Education in Latin America

19 August, AS/COA - A Conversation with Roberto Campos Neto

24 August, NYU - Confronting Escalating Cyber Attacks: Strategies for Addressing Future Attacks on Critical Infrastructure

26 August, AS/COA - 2021 Latin American Cities Conferences: Buenos Aires

14 September, Center for Global Development - Capital Flow Volatility in Latin America—Will Next Time Be Different?

Thanks for reading

Have a great weekend!