Friday Reading List - 15 April 2022
Good morning and happy Friday! Here are the links to the four newsletters we published this week.
Tuesday - Notes from Ciudad del Este
Wednesday - Politics and Polls (Mexico and Peru)
Thank you to everyone who reads and supports this newsletter.
Reading List
The Economist - Latin America is becoming more secular
Global Americans - Los medios ya no son lo que una vez fueron en América Latina
Washington Post - A historian at ICE hunts Latin American war criminals in the U.S.
LA Times - Mexico, other Latin American countries condemned in annual U.S. report on human rights
World Politics Review - A South American Lithium Cartel Faces Long Odds
DW - How Russia is waging a successful propaganda war in Latin America
Bloomberg - Cash Handouts are Saving Brazil’s Poorest — and Bolsonaro’s Campaign
The Guardian - Brazil military ‘posed as NGOs on social media’ to play down deforestation
Wall Street Journal - Ukrainian Enclave in Brazil Offers Warm Welcome to War Refugees
The Guardian - Bolsonaro faces stiff questioning over Brazilian army’s Viagra purchase
The Brazilian Report - How the UAE conquered Brazilian military technology
New York Times - Despite Low Turnout, Mexico Voters Back President to Stay in Office
Americas Quarterly - How Mexico’s Middle Class Holds the Key to 2024
Brookings - López Obrador’s flirtation with Russia risks worsening US-Mexican relations
Washington Post - The war next door: Conflict in Mexico is displacing thousands
Wilson Center - De una fuerza de combate en plena modernización a gerentes del desarrollo nacional: Las fuerzas armadas de México bajo AMLO
Insight Crime - Has Cali Become an Operational Hub for Mexican Cartels in Colombia?
New York Times - This Beach in Mexico Is an L.G.B.T.Q. Haven. But Can It Last?
Washington Post - White House, truckers blast Texas as inspections snarl Mexico traffic
Wilson Center - The New Minimum Working Age for Agricultural Labor in Mexico
Insight Crime - Mexico's Vaquita Marina Struggle to Survive Amidst Intense Illegal Fishing in Mexico
Animal Político - En 4 estados gobernados por Morena, hubo casillas con el 99% de participación e incluso con más votos que electores
CPJ - How Venezuela’s government uses private internet providers to restrict access to the news
Miami Herald - Biden’s team is divided over new talks about oil with Maduro in Venezuela
New Yorker - Aging and Abandoned in Venezuela’s Failing State
Americas Quarterly - Javier Milei’s Unexpected Rise
La Nación - Candidato o el gran elector: el plan de Mauricio Macri para mover los hilos de la oposición
Financial Times - Chileans grow disenchanted with chaotic constitutional rewrite
Insight Crime - The Paramilitaries and Sexual Violence Along Colombia's Caribbean Coast
The Guardian - Colombia urged to investigate botched army raid that left four civilians dead
El Faro - Entre el Régimen de Excepción y las pandillas
Washington Post - Peruvians are over their president. Latin America seems over democracy.
Time - They Left Guatemala for Opportunities in the United States. Now They Want to Help Others Stay
Washington Post - Nicaragua is Russia’s new BFF in Latin America. The U.S. must respond.
El Confidencial - CABEI’s support for Ortega exceeds that of El Salvador and Guatemala combined
Upcoming Events
19 April, CSIS - Brazil’s Economic Future in Times of Change
19 April, Wilson Center - Mexico's Vision for Regional Development in the 21st Century: A Conversation with AMEXCID Director Dr. Laura Carrillo
19 April, Inter-American Dialogue - New technologies—Do They Strengthen or Weaken the Rule of Law and Human Rights?
20 April, Migration Policy Institute - With Millions of Unfilled U.S. Jobs, What Role Is There for Immigration?
21 April, Inter-American Dialogue - Strengthened School Leaders
26 April, William J. Perry Center - Systems Analysis of the Salvadoran Gangs
28 April, AS/COA - 2022 Latin American Cities Conferences: Mexico City
12 May, AS/COA - 52nd Annual Washington Conference on the Americas
17-20 May, Jack D. Gordon Institute for Public Policy - 7th Annual Hemispheric Security Conference
Have a great weekend.