For paying subscribers, the signup for the webinar on 28 April is at the bottom of Thursday’s newsletter (and I’ll probably send it in a few others as well). If you want to support the newsletter, attend the webinar and receive additional analysis each week, it’s only $9.
Most of you wanted either the same or more links (though, as with Ecuador’s and Peru’s election, absenteeism was fairly strong). Thanks to those who responded.
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Friday Reading List - 16 April 2021
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Good morning. We’re locked down again here in Bogota from Friday to Sunday for the next two weekends.
Here are the links to the four newsletters I published this week:
Monday - Ecuador - Lasso's mano dura security agenda reflects old thinking
Tuesday - Ecuador - Lasso wins the election. Can he govern?
Wednesday - Politics and Polls (Peru, Bolivia, Colombia)
Thursday - Region - Disinfo reports - April 2021
Also, I have this announcement:
For paying subscribers, the signup for the webinar on 28 April is at the bottom of Thursday’s newsletter (and I’ll probably send it in a few others as well). If you want to support the newsletter, attend the webinar and receive additional analysis each week, it’s only $9.
Reading list
BBC - Steven Levitsky: "En América Latina son gobiernos elegidos con los mecanismos de la democracia los que a veces tumban la democracia"
World Politics Review - Latin America’s Surprisingly Resilient Democracies
Chatham House - The economics of populism is failing in Latin America
New York Times - Latin America’s Former Presidents Have Way Too Much Power
Financial Times - Latin America needs better leaders after Covid
Reuters - Analysis: Biden’s migrant strategy clouded by Central American graft
Washington Post - Brazil battles coronavirus with a Chinese vaccine even the Chinese concede could be better
Associated Press - Shortage of intubation drugs threatens Brazil health sector
Economist - The Mexican economy has been battered by the pandemic
AFP - Mexican villagers take anti-narco fight into own hands
Washington Post - Opinion: AMLO busca el control total de las elecciones en México
Americas Quarterly - AMLO and Mexico’s Most Important Electoral Body Are on a Collision Course
Los Angeles Times - For Mexico’s president, the future isn’t renewable energy — it’s coal
Associated Press - Growers fret as Mexico moves to legalize marijuana
Human Rights Watch - Mexico: Online Free Speech at Risk
El Universal - Las alertas ignoradas de Laguna Verde
New York Times - The Only Ones Arrested After a Child’s Rape: The Women Who Helped Her
Americas Quarterly - Europe’s Window of Opportunity on Venezuela Is Closing
Bloomberg - Peru Stocks Tumble as Presidential Vote Spooks Investors
Carnegie Endowment for International Peace - Five Things Ecuador’s Election Shows About Latin American Politics
Bloomberg - Ecuador Detains Former Top Oil Officials in Latest Graft Probe
Guardian - Colombia’s cartels target Europe with cocaine, corruption and torture
Global Americans - Will the indictment of Sergio Fajardo redefine his candidacy?
Reuters - Road to ruin: informal byways sow seeds of destruction in Colombia's Amazon
InSight Crime - US Announcement Against Corrupt Paraguay Official May Signal Shift
New York Times - Paraguay’s ‘Life and Death’ Covid Crisis Gives China Diplomatic Opening
NPR - How One Man – And A Creative Map – Made A Difference In Panama's COVID-19 Crisis
Confidencial - La maquinaria del fraude electoral del FSLN
El Faro - Government Fabricates a New Case against El Faro
Economist - Costa Rica is struggling to maintain its welfare state
Associated Press - Guatemala’s top court refuses to seat female justice
Reuters - Haiti's prime minister resigns amid deepening insecurity, political turmoil
Reuters - Analysis: Raised fist, dangling handcuffs: a snapshot of Cuban dissent
Miami Herald - Cuba’s budding civil society asks to be heard as island prepares for historic congress
Economist - The war against money-laundering is being lost
Economist - How spooks are turning to superforecasting in the Cosmic Bazaar
Europol - European Union Serious And Organised Crime Threat Assessment
Insight Crime - What Criminals Plan Via Encrypted Messaging Services
Upcoming events
19 April, AS/COA - Central America: The Immigration Dilemma and Root Causes
19 April, Wilson Center - Peru and Ecuador: Elections and Democracy in the Andes
20 April, AS/COA - The Impact of COVID-19 on Illicit Trade Networks
20 April, Inter-American Dialogue - Is Latin America Maximizing (or Missing Out on) China’s International Development Strategy?
21 April, Inter-American Dialogue - Addressing the Root Causes of Migration from Central America
21 April, WOLA - Con Líderes Hay Paz: Support the Work and Protect the Lives of Colombia’s Social Leaders
22 April, Atlantic Council - Latin America and the Caribbean’s post-COVID-19 outlook
22 April, SVB/LAVCA - VC Trends in Latin America: A year into the Pandemic
28 April, Latin America Risk Report Webinar
29 April, Inter-American Dialogue - Energy Transition in Latin America – The Role of the Private Sector
29 April, Institute of the Americas - Renewing U.S. Hemispheric Engagement in a Changing World, a keynote address by Governor Bill Richardson
Thanks for reading
Here are the results of last week’s poll.
Most of you wanted either the same or more links (though, as with Ecuador’s and Peru’s election, absenteeism was fairly strong). Thanks to those who responded.