Friday Reading List - 13 September 2024
Thanks to everyone who tells me they enjoy the list of articles every week!
Good morning and happy Friday the 13th!
This week’s newsletter discussed recent security trends in Colombia.
My World Politics Review column covered the recent corruption scandal in Honduras.
Reading List
Foreign Affairs - A Less Lethal Latin America: Smarter U.S. Security Assistance Can Make the Region Safer
Foreign Policy - Alberto Fujimori Transformed Peru—for Better and Worse
Reuters - South America's rivers hit record lows as Brazil drought impact spreads
Reuters - As Bolivia wildfires rage, smoke turns day into night
Reuters - Nearly 40% of Amazon rainforest most vital to climate left unprotected, data show
NYT - Reform or the End of Justice? Mexico Is Split on Plan to Elect Judges.
WSJ - Why Mexico’s Looming Judiciary Overhaul Spooks U.S. Business
CSIS - Mexico’s Telecommunications Sector Competitiveness amid a Changing Economic Landscape
Economist - Venezuela’s opposition is getting smashed
Washington Post - Maduro likely lost Venezuela’s election but refuses to leave. What now?
Rolling Stone - 'We Will Prevail': Venezuela's Opposition Leader Is Not Giving Up
WSJ - Tether: The Cryptocurrency Fueling the Financial Underworld (Venezuela)
InSight Crime - Ecuador’s Criminals are Taking Advantage of Private Security Firms
Buenos Aires Herald - Milei wins as IMF removes Valdés from Argentina supervision
Reuters - Latin America's e-commerce king says MercadoLibre has huge room for growth
Americas Quarterly Podcast - An X-Ray of Javier Milei's Argentina
Global Americans - Separated at Birth? Why Uruguay Succeeds While Argentina Struggles
BBC -El Salvador police chief dies in 'suspicious' copter crash
El Faro - Los fundadores de Chivo Wallet lideran la negociación del TLC con China
AP - Nicaragua strips citizenship from 135 prisoners released to Guatemala
World Politics Review - Nicaragua Has Become a State Sponsor of Migrant Trafficking
Confidencial - Nicaragua reforzará vigilancia con apoyo de Rusia y China
Politico - ‘Dragon-Bear’: How China and Russia’s spy operations overlap in Europe
Economist - Antony Blinken swoops into a violent hotspot close to home
Bloomberg - More Debt Is No Climate Solution for Poor Nations
Thanks for reading
I’ll be in London next week. Have a great weekend!
