Friday Reading List - 14 March 2025
I kept adding links until the clock voted for cloture
Good morning from Vienna, Virginia.
This week’s articles and newsletters
WPR - Blackouts Are Casting a Shadow on Key Latin American Elections
Monday - US Policy in Latin America - Tariffs, Panama Canal, Deportations, Canada border, and Venezuela policy flip-flops
Tuesday - Ramdin's challenges at the OAS
Wednesday - Ecuador - Prediction markets shift against Noboa
Thursday - Six Stories - Hitting the "pay attention" button on Argentina's protests; A grenade attack in Bogota; Honduras's election mess; Bolivia's economy is spiraling; Link to recording of this week’s webinar
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Thanks to everyone who reads.
Reading List
International Crisis Group - Curbing Violence in Latin America’s Drug Trafficking Hotspots
NYT - Why China Is Worried About Trump’s Tariffs on Mexico
NYT - How Mexico President Claudia Sheinbaum Won Trump’s Praise
BBC - From Mexico cartel safe house to US streets: BBC tracks deadly fentanyl targeted by Trump tariffs
Washington Post - Inside a Mexican cartel ‘extermination’ camp: Ovens, shoes and teeth
Folha - Petrobras pagará US$ 283 mi para encerrar litígio com EIG Energy nos EUA
BBC - Amazon rainforest cut down to build highway for COP climate summit
Miami Herald - Gold mining operations reach Venezuela’s Angel Falls
Miami Herald - Likening him to Zelensky, Maduro accuses Guyana president of seeking war with Venezuela
Bloomberg - Chevron Contractors in Venezuela Carry On Despite Trump Deadline
Efecto Cocuyo - Revocatoria de licencia de Chevron puede empujar a nueva negociación entre Miraflores y oposición, señalan politólogos
Fox News - Venezuela agrees to resume deportation flights following Trump pressure
CNN - Venezuelan deported from US and held in Guantanamo for 15 days says it was ‘hell’
Politico - South Florida Republicans scramble for fix after Trump targets Venezuelans
CNN - This American went to Colombia to kite surf. He’s been detained in Venezuela for months.
AFP - Colombian guerrillas warn of 'total war' as peace plan falters
La Silla Vacia - Canciller pide a ONU sacar la hoja de coca de lista de sustancias ilícitas
Bloomberg - Colombia Foreign Minister Sarabia Seeks US Reset After Petro-Trump Feud
InSight Crime - Guayaquil Massacre a Harsh Reminder of Ecuador Security Reality
Guardian - Fears for human rights as Peru passes ‘simply brutal’ anti-NGO law
AP - Argentine retirees and soccer fans clash with police during protests against austerity measures
CNN - Why Argentina’s military is deploying to surveil hundreds of Chinese fishing boats off its coast
WLRN - As USAID exits Latin America, will more people exit for the U.S. border — and will China move in?
NBC - Trump White House has asked U.S. military to develop options for the Panama Canal, officials say
Economist - Panama’s giveaway game
Americas Quarterly - Panama May Need a New Trump Strategy
Guardian - China criticises Hong Kong firm’s sale of majority stake in Panama ports
AP - Caribbean leaders fight US policy targeting Cuban medical missions
NYT - Why I’m Feeling the A.G.I.
WSJ - China Is Waging a ‘Gray Zone’ Campaign to Cement Power. Here’s How It Looks.
Bloomberg - China Piles the Pressure on India in Its Own Backyard
Upcoming events
14 March, Wilson Center - AI in Uruguay
18 March, CSIS - Book Talk: King Dollar with Paul Blustein
18 March, Atlantic Council - The age of economic warfare: Behind US sanctions against Russia, China, and Iran
20 March, Wilson Center - AI in Argentina
25 March, Inter-American Dialogue - Launch of the Regional Repository of Chinese Investments in Latin America
31 March, Wilson Center - The Future of Haiti
3 April, Wilson Center - The North American Tariff Landscape
10 April, CSIS - Cultivating Competitiveness: Positioning North America as a Strategic Agricultural Bloc
Thanks for reading
Have a great weekend!
