Good morning and happy Friday! My column in World Politics Review this week covered the recent Mercosur meeting.
Here is this week’s reading list and upcoming events.
Reading List
Americas Migration Brief - 5 migration trends in the Americas to watch in 2024
Americas Migration Brief - December 11, 2023
AP News - Brazil’s Lula takes heat on oil plans at UN climate talks, a turnaround after hero status last year
Americas Quarterly - The Real Reasons for AMLO’s Popularity
AP News - Drug lords go on killing spree to hunt down corrupt officers who stole shipment in Mexico’s Tijuana
Americas Quarterly - A New Wave of Migration Is Changing Mexico
New York Times - Cartel Tried to Extort a Town, but the Town Fought Back, Officials Say
Bellingcat - A War of Flags Between Guyana and Venezuela
Foreign Policy - What’s Wrong With Biden’s Venezuela Policy
New York Times - Guatemala’s Antigraft Crusader Won in a Landslide. Will He Actually Take Office?
World Politics Review - Guatemala’s Democratic Transition Is on Life Support
AP News - Costa Rican president expresses full support for Guatemala’s President-elect Bernardo Arévalo
Washington Post - Javier Milei’s study of Judaism sets him apart from far-right leaders
Foreign Policy - Will Milei Rewrite Argentina’s History?
Reuters - Argentina's Milei needs to deactivate $400 bln 'debt bomb'
Road to the Casa Rosada - Argentina Politics Update - 13 December 2023
Reuters - With soy and lithium trade in the balance, Argentina's Milei has a China conundrum
US Institute of Peace - In the Global Rush for Lithium, Bolivia is at a Crossroads
Bloomberg - How Coal Giant Colombia Is Trying to Wean Its Economy Off Fossil Fuels
AP News - Colombian congressional panel sets probe into president over alleged campaign finance misdeeds
Americas Quarterly - Meet the Candidates: El Salvador
Washington Post - A dictatorship takes on Miss Universe and a beauty-queen ‘coup’
Reportar Sin Miedo - Los narcomilitares nunca se fueron de Honduras: la destitución de Elías Melgar, un complot y el ascenso de los militares en el gobierno de Xiomara Castro
Global Americans - Chile’s Constitutional Rewrite
Americas Quarterly - Chile: What the Upcoming Referendum Will Not Resolve
Global Americans - Chile Shifts Rightward on the Eve of Another Constitutional Vote
Global Americans - How Long Will Chile’s Dissatisfied Democrats Remain Democrats?
Bloomberg - The World’s Poorest Countries Buckle Under $3.5 Trillion in Debt
Upcoming Events
9 January, Canadian Council of the Americas - 14th Annual Economic and Political Outlook for the Americas
19 February - A Brazilian Perspective on the G20: Debriefing the First Ministerial Meeting