Happy Friday. Two announcements before I get to the list of articles.
First, I’ve been working with a journalist in Peru to interview advisors to the two presidential candidates as well as several newly elected members of Congress to better understand the political and economic policy implications of the election. Several newsletters next week will focus on Peru as we publish the results of the interviews.
Second, at 2PM EDT (1PM Bogota) today, I’ll be on Twitter Spaces with Sergio Guzman and Jordana Timerman talking about protests and politics in Latin America. It’s a bit of an experiment, but if you have the Twitter app on your phone and follow me @bloggingsbyboz, try dropping in and listening.
Here are the links to the four newsletters I published this week.
Per usual, Tuesday’s was free for everyone and the others are behind a paywall. If you want to support the newsletter and receive additional content, please subscribe for $9 per month or $90 per year. Thanks to everyone who subscribes including the many new subscribers this week. I really do appreciate it.
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Friday Reading List - 14 May 2021
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Happy Friday. Two announcements before I get to the list of articles.
First, I’ve been working with a journalist in Peru to interview advisors to the two presidential candidates as well as several newly elected members of Congress to better understand the political and economic policy implications of the election. Several newsletters next week will focus on Peru as we publish the results of the interviews.
Second, at 2PM EDT (1PM Bogota) today, I’ll be on Twitter Spaces with Sergio Guzman and Jordana Timerman talking about protests and politics in Latin America. It’s a bit of an experiment, but if you have the Twitter app on your phone and follow me @bloggingsbyboz, try dropping in and listening.
Here are the links to the four newsletters I published this week.
Monday - Colombia - Dueling narratives amid the protests
Tuesday - Colombia's protests signal a region primed for a new protest wave - part two
Wednesday - Politics and Poll (Peru, Chile)
Thursday - Brazil - Over two dozen killed by police and witnesses threatened
Per usual, Tuesday’s was free for everyone and the others are behind a paywall. If you want to support the newsletter and receive additional content, please subscribe for $9 per month or $90 per year. Thanks to everyone who subscribes including the many new subscribers this week. I really do appreciate it.
Reading List
El País - El dilema de Latinoamérica: subir impuestos o el abismo de la deuda
Atlantic Council - China-LAC Trade: Four Scenarios in 2035
Latin American Research Review - Violent Nonstate Actors and the Emergence of Hybrid Governance in South America
The Dialogue - State of Charge: Energy Storage in Latin America and the Caribbean
The Dialogue - Energy And Mining In The Amazon
Economist - Why Latin America’s economy has been so badly hurt by covid-19
Americas Quarterly - The Case for Sustainable Development in the Amazon
InSight Crime - Dirty Business – The Smuggling Pipeline Carrying Mercury Across the Amazon
Voice of America - Spain Promises Ambitious Vaccine Diplomacy in Latin America
New York Times - ¿Tiene remedio el populismo en América Latina?
Washington Post - Central American leaders resisting Biden’s anti-corruption efforts
Rest of World - How migrant caravans are organized—and scammed—via Facebook and WhatsApp
Financial Times - Central American stagnation drives migrant exodus
Wall Street Journal - A Small Brazilian Town Is Beating Covid-19 Through a Unique Experiment
BBC - Brazil Amazon: Illegal miners fire on indigenous group
InSight Crime - How Chinese Criminals Secretly Move Millions for Mexico Cartels
Bloomberg - Cash-Strapped Pemex Delays Payments to Some Private Oil Partners
Washington Post - White House calls on Mexican government to probe possible labor violations at GM auto plant
BBC - 'Cocaine of the sea' threatens critically endangered vaquita
Slate - Desperation Is Creating a Black Market of Fake COVID-19 Shots in Mexico
Bloomberg - Maduro and Washington Send Signals of Tentative Detente
Reuters - Venezuela's Guaido backs easing U.S. sanctions as incentive for elections
Juan Guaidó (via Twitter) - Este es mi mensaje al país
Associated Press - Colombian rebel group says it captured 8 Venezuela soldiers
Reuters - Venezuela needs $58 bln to restore crude output to 1998 levels -document
New York Times - Colombia Is in Turmoil. Biden Must Push It Toward Dialogue.
CNN - In Colombia's protests, pandemic pressures collide with an existential reckoning for police
Guardian - Cali is the cockpit of chaos as Colombia protests threaten to spiral out of control
Amnesty International - Colombia: Concerning reports of disappearances and sexual violence against protesters
Connectas - Tirar a matar
El Espectador - La “legítima defensa” y otras propuestas del uribismo y empresarios en Pereira para frentear el paro nacional
Washington Post - Peru’s upcoming presidential election is really a referendum on its troubled constitution
Washington Post - Uruguay, once a coronavirus model, struggles against a deadly wave
U.S. State Department - Ortega’s Electoral Legislation, Biased Council Undermine Credibility of Nicaraguan Elections
Confidencial (Nicaragua) - Will There Be a Four-Way Election on November 7?
NPR - Citizens Work To Expose COVID's Real Toll In Nicaragua As Leaders Claim Success
BBC - Has Honduras become a 'narco-state'?
AFP - Honduras Says El Salvador Will Help It Get Chinese Vaccines
Miami Herald - US urges OAS to quickly organize mission to Haiti as nation’s turmoil deepens
The Nation - The ‘ICE Kids’
Global Trade Review - Patchy gold data could suggest smuggling risk, research finds
Guardian - ‘A dirty business’: how one drug is turning Syria into a narco-state
Byline Times - Corruption Doesn’t Come With Just One Smoking Gun Which Is Why It’s So Hard to Expose
New York Times - Mysterious Ailments Are Said to Be More Widespread Among U.S. Personnel
Financial Times - Sanctions must not impede humanitarian relief
Upcoming events
14 May, WOLA - Militarization and Militarism in Mexico: Implications for Security and Democracy
14 May, Wilson Center - Resilient Supply Chains for North America
17-21 May, FIU
17 May, Inter-American Dialogue - Evaluating the Socioemotional Competencies of Students During the Pandemic and School Reopening
18 May, Inter-American Dialogue - The Decisions of Facebook's Oversight Board - Implications for the Global South, particularly in Latin America - The Dialogue
19 May, Wilson Center - North America 2.0 | Strengthening Security and Tapping Talent Across the Continent
19 May, Institute of the Americas - La Jolla Energy Conference: Electrifying Everything
20 May, Wilson Center - Chile's Constituent Assembly Elections: Deciphering the Results
21 May, Institute of the Americas - La Jolla Energy Conference: Country Updates
21 May, Wilson Center - Nicaraguan Elections and Prospects for Democracy in 2021
26 May, Institute of the Americas - La Jolla Energy Conference: Future of Hydrocarbons
27 May, CSIS - Outlining a Roadmap for Successful Negotiations in Venezuela
28 May, Institute of the Americas - La Jolla Energy Conference: Financing Recovery
Thanks for reading
Have a great weekend.