Good morning and happy Friday! This week we published an odds and ends newsletter, covering the impact of El Niño, Argentina’s and Mexico’s elections, and China’s alleged spy base in Cuba.
https://boz.substack.com/p/odds-and-ends-13-june-2023
Here are this week’s links and upcoming events. If you find the newsletter useful, please encourage others to subscribe at the link below:
Reading List
Global Americans - A Global Americans Review of Development and Stabilization in Small Open Economies
Bloomberg - Central Banks Across Latin America Get Welcome Inflation News
Bloomberg - US Should Look South, Not Far East, on Trade Pacts
Economist - Latin America’s single mothers are being left behind
Global Americans - The Impact of Russia’s Ukraine Invasion on Latin America
Americas Migration Brief - June 12, 2023
NBC - Critics slam The Economist for 'racist' article calling Latin American workers 'useless'
Washington Post - The Nile is the world’s longest river? The Amazon would like a word.
Reuters - Glencore, automakers to back $1 billion nickel, copper SPAC deal in Brazil
Economist - Lula’s ambitious plans to save the Amazon clash with reality
Reuters - Neo-Nazi groups multiply in a more conservative Brazil
A dónde van los desaparecidos - Oculta Sedena investigación interna sobre Ayotzinapa
Al Jazeera - Mexico’s City mayor, top diplomat resign for presidential bid
Bloomberg - Huge Gasoline Queues Return to Venezuela as Fuel Supply Runs Low
SpyTalk - US Spurns Blockbuster Venezuelan Prisoner Trade Offer
Reuters - International criminal court opens office in Venezuela amid probe
Reuters - Iran, Venezuela eye trade increase, sign petrochemical deal
Road to the Casa Rosada - Argentina Politics Update - 14 June 2023
El País - La crisis climática, el tema ausente en la campaña a la Presidencia argentina
Financial Times - Argentina turns to IMF in last-ditch bid to stave off devaluation
World Politics Review - A Surge in Crime and Violence Has Ecuador Reeling
New York Times - Colombian Children Rescued in Jungle Had Been Fleeing for Their Lives
InSight Crime - Humanitarian Aid Blocked by Armed Groups in Colombia
New York Times - Colombia’s Mustard Lovers Grow Desperate Amid Saucy Shortage of Dijon
World Politics Review - Another Scandal Puts Colombia’s Petro in Even Hotter Water
World Politics Review - Hysteria Won’t Help the U.S. Counter China’s Spy Base in Cuba
Miami Herald - Record hunger, armed gangs and raging inflation: U.N. convenes special meeting on Haiti crisis
Global Americans - The Advance of China and Authoritarian Populism in Honduras
New York Times - He Exposed Corruption in Guatemala. Now He Faces Prison.
Los Angeles Times - A dictator’s daughter runs for president, unleashing memories of Guatemala’s dark past
El Faro - Costa Rica: malas señales en el remanso centroamericano de la libertad de prensa
Global Americans - Is Uruguay’s Trade Agenda Poised for a Breakthrough?
Washington Post - U.S. seeks to expand developing world’s influence at United Nations
Foreign Affairs - The Great Convergence
New York Times - The World’s Demand for Oil Is Set to Slow
Upcoming Events
20 June, Wilson Center - Voices Behind the News: Promoting Freedom of Expression & Strengthening Independent Media in Central America
21 June, CSIS - The Future of U.S. Counter-Narcotics Strategy: A Conversation with Dr. Rahul Gupta
21 June, Wilson Center - Building a Competitive U.S.-Mexico Border Conference
21 June, Atlantic Council - A conversation with Dr. Jarbas Barbosa, director of the Pan American Health Org
23 June, USIP - Commemorating Jimmy Carter’s Legacy in the Americas
25 May, Wilson Center - Beyond Debt Traps: The Co-Production of China-Latin America Relations
25 June, AS/COA - 2023 Latin American Cities Conferences: Bogotá
27-28 June, Institute of the Americas - Brazil Energy and Sustainability Roundtable
6 July, Atlantic Council - Launch and key takeaways of the 2023 Freedom and Prosperity Indexes
13 July, Chatham House - Lula part two: Brazil’s role on the international stage