Friday Reading List - 14 April 2023
Good morning and happy Friday! This week’s newsletter assessed Guatemala’s presidential election:
As a reminder, Boz will be teaching a week-long course on analyzing protests at the end of this month. The course is totally sold out at this point, but you can still view the course page here. Thanks to everyone who signed up! Please feel free to reach out to info@hxagon.com with any questions.
Here are this week’s links and upcoming events.
Reading List
New York Times - In Latin America, Populism Is Winning Over Democracy
Financial Times - In power but not in agreement: Latin America’s quarreling left
CSIS - Democracy Dies under Mano Dura: Anti-crime Strategies in the Northern Triangle
Guardian - Environmental defenders reel from Mexico and Central America attacks
Foreign Policy - Can South American Lithium Power Biden’s Battery Plans?
AS/COA - Seven Numbers to Understand Lula's First 100 Days
World Politics Review - In Brazil, Lula’s Global Focus Is Distracting Him From Regional Opportunities
Washington Post - The West hoped Lula would be a partner. He’s got his own plans.
Americas Quarterly - Courting Lula, China Seeks to Show It Has More to Offer than the U.S.
USIP - Brazil’s Economic Ties with China Flourish Despite Political Shifts
Economist - Brazil’s foreign policy is hyperactive, ambitious and naive
New York Times - A Problem for Ukraine: Countries Like Brazil Won’t Sell It Arms
El País - CFE corruption accusation against former executives advances in US court
New Yorker - The Covert Mission to Solve a Mexican Journalist’s Murder
Bloomberg - Mexico’s Carnage Has No Military Solution
Washington Post - In Mexico, López Obrador’s provocations may soon get opponents killed
The Guardian - ‘All the doors are closed to Afghans’: from fall of Kabul to limbo in Mexico
El País - Can Colombia help advance a roadmap for a democratic solution in Venezuela?
Insight Crime - Inside the Evaporating Black Market for Gasoline in Zulia, Venezuela
Bloomberg - Argentina’s Epic Drought Is Pushing Economic Crisis to New Extremes
El País - Un agujero entre dos países: las desapariciones forzadas en la frontera entre Colombia y Venezuela
Economist - An ambitious plan for “total peace” in Colombia is faltering
Americas Quarterly - Ecuador’s Crime Wave and Its Albanian Connection
LA Times - U.S. courts Ecuador president even as Latin American country’s democracy deteriorates
Miami Herald - Long before U.S. intel leak revealed group’s plan, Russia was showing interest in Haiti
Foreign Policy - Washington Needs a Democracy-First Approach to Haiti
SAIS Review - Integration Meets Insecurity: How Paraguay is Shaping South America’s Center
BBC - Gran Chaco: Will a new road improve or destroy the 'green hell'?
Insight Crime - Paraguay Shown as Key Link in Bolivia-Europe Cocaine Route
Americas Quarterly - Why Dina Boluarte Could Make it to 2026
El País - Ortega regime steps up religious persecution of Catholics during Holy Week
Economist - Uruguay is losing its reputation as Latin America’s success story
Citizen Lab - Sweet QuaDreams: A First Look at Spyware Vendor QuaDream’s Exploits, Victims, and Customers
Upcoming Events
14 April, AS/COA - 8th Women's Hemispheric Network Conference in Miami
17 April, Inter-American Dialogue - A Conversation with Assistant Secretary Geoffrey Pyatt
18 April, FIU - The State of the Venezuelan Military and Police Forces
18 April, Wilson Center - Electoral Reform in Mexico: A Threat to Democracy
18 April, Wilson Center - Nicaragua’s Political Crisis and Its Impact on the United States
18 April, CSIS - Report Launch: Seven Critical Technologies for Winning the Next War
18 April, Inter-American Dialogue - Information About Child Migration
18-20 April, Institute of the Americas - Madrid Energy Conference 2023
19 April, Colombia Risk Analysis - Percepciones locales sobre la inversión china en Colombia
19 April, WOLA - Women Defending Peace in Colombia–A Gendered, Environmental, and Rural Perspective
24-28 April, James Bosworth - Analyzing Protests
28 April, Wilson Center - Addressing the Converging Risks of Climate, Insecurity, and Migration in Central America
28 April, AS/COA - AS/COA Women's Hemispheric Network Conference: Mexico City
2 May, AS/COA - 53rd Annual Washington Conference on the Americas
2-3 May, FIU - Hemispheric Security Conference
5 May, Institute of the Americas - Geothermal across the Americas – A Three-Part Webinar Series exploring the potential of geothermal
8 May, Inter-American Dialogue - Unlocking Climate Finance in Latin America and the Caribbean
23 May, Institute of the Americas - Webinar sobre la Huella Ecológica de la Industria Marítima
1-2 June, Inter-American Dialogue, OAS, CAF Development Bank of Latin America - 26th Annual CAF Conference
21 June, Wilson Center - Building a Competitive U.S.-Mexico Border Conference