Friday Reading List - 15 March 2024
Everyone is writing about Haiti this week, but I found some other articles too.
Good morning and happy Friday!
This week’s newsletter provided commentary and questions about Ecuador’s security situation.
This week’s World Politics Review column looked at the state of Biden’s Latin America policy going into year four. Three crises - the border, Venezuela, and Haiti - hang over the administration.
Here is this week’s reading list and upcoming events.
Reading List
Americas Quarterly - How Russia Tries to Sway Latin America on Ukraine
Bloomberg - JPMorgan Is Right to Be Bullish on Latin America
NYT - Rains Are Scarce in the Amazon. Instead, Megafires Are Raging.
NYT - Brazil’s Clashing Goals: Protect the Amazon and Pump Lots More Oil
Guardian - Brazil to release millions of anti-dengue mosquitoes as death toll from outbreak mounts
Economist - Mexico and Brazil dither as chip supply chains are reforged
Economist - Could there be a US-Mexico trade war?
Xeneta - Intriguing evolution of China trades into Mexico and US west coasts
NYT - Mexican Officers Shoot and Kill Student From Rural Teachers College
Fox News - Pentagon commander warns of 'alarming' number of drone incursions at US-Mexico border
Americas Quarterly - Venezuela’s Opposition Should Draw Inspiration From an Unlikely Figure
Atlantic Council - Venezuela’s opposition is challenging Maduro in the next election. The only question is how.
Reuters - Venezuela rushes to mend Iran relationship as US sanctions loom
AP - A seasoned prosecutor with few political ties is selected as Colombia's attorney general
Bloomberg - LVMH’s Loro Piana Relies on Free Labor in Peru for $9,000 Vicuña Sweaters
Bloomberg - Javier Milei’s Bold Decree Suffers Setback After Repeal in Argentina's Senate
Bloomberg - Argentina’s Milei Can't Whip Inflation Without Wooing Opposition
Global Americans - How the U.S. Could Help Bolster Chile’s Role in the Critical Mineral Supply Chain
El Faro - Not All U.S. Conservatives Buy the Bukele Act
AP - Honduras ex-first lady says presidential bid not meant to protect herself after husband's conviction
WSJ - Council That Would Rule Haiti Must Navigate Gangs, Other Powerful Forces
NYT - Why Everything Changed in Haiti: The Gangs United
Al Jazeera - Al Jazeera films Haitians being deported back across border into chaos
AP - Violence is battering Haiti’s fragile economy and causing food and water shortages
CSIS - Catalysts of Change: How Entrepreneurs Are Transforming Latin America
Good Judgment - Superforecasting the Origins of the Covid-19 Pandemic
Foreign Affairs - Geopolitics in the C-Suite: More Than Ever, U.S. Foreign Policy Depends on Corporations—and Vice Versa
Upcoming Events
18 March, CSIS - From Terrestrial to Celestial: Unlocking the potential to enhance US-Latin American B2B collaboration
19 March, Atlantic Council - General Laura Richardson on security in the Western Hemisphere
Thanks for reading
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