Friday Reading List - 16 September 2022
Good morning and happy Friday! Here are the links to the four newsletters we published this week.
Monday - Colombia - Petro’s security agenda
Tuesday - Region - Fertilizer is the new political stability issue
Wednesday - Politics and Polls (Chile and Brazil)
Thursday - Mexico - More on militarization
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Reading List
Bloomberg - Inflation Is Upending Politics in the Most Unequal Region on Earth
Americas Quarterly - Three Ways to Fix Latin America’s Public Finances
Financial Times - Repression and poverty trigger record migration in the Americas
El Confidencial - The banker who funds dictators seeks reelection
Americas Quarterly - Two Rallies, Two Brazils, and a Still Uncertain Election
The Guardian - The Guardian view on Brazil’s election: never mind the voters – Bolsonaro plans to win
Americas Quarterly - Brazil Has Never Been So Prepared to Fight Fake News
The Guardian - ‘Bolsonaro promotes hatred’: violence stalks run-up to crucial Brazil election
Estadão - Mulheres de frente evangélica entregam cartas em apoio às candidaturas de Lula, Haddad e França
Wall Street Journal - Soaring Food Prices in Brazil Lead Many to Take Up Urban Farming
Foreign Policy - What Could Brazil’s Post-Bolsonaro Climate Policy Look Like?
Diálogo Chino - Aerial images show deforestation ‘race’ in Amazon ahead of Brazilian elections
New Yorker - The Last Member of an Uncontacted Tribe
New York Times - The U.S. Touts Big Investments for Mexico, Testing Its Nationalist Policies
El Universal - Bailar con desgana
Bloomberg - Chinese Manufacturers Get Around US Tariffs With Some Help From Mexico
LA Times - U.S. invites Mexico to join semiconductor production effort
World Politics Review - AMLO Doubles Down on Mexico’s Failed Security Policy
World Politics Review - Accountability for Mexico’s Ayotzinapa Massacre Won’t Come Easy
Insight Crime - A Cartel Bodyguard in Mexico’s Hot Land
Bloomberg - Mexico Officials Abused 47% of Migrants Awaiting US Asylum
Rest of World - “Our main demand is not to get killed”: Mexican women find safety in location-tracking Facebook groups
New York Times - Unearthing a Maya Civilization That ‘Punched Above Its Weight’
GIS - Nicolas Maduro strengthens his hold over Venezuela
DW - La profunda crisis del sistema eléctrico de Venezuela
New York Times - A Man Tried to Kill the Vice President. Then Came the Conspiracy Theories.
Bloomberg - Cash-Strapped Argentina Goes All or Nothing on New Economy Chief
El País - El renacer indígena: crece la búsqueda de las raíces aborígenes en Argentina
New York Times - Chile’s Constitutional Moment Is Not Over
Colombia Risk Analysis - The Colombian Government's New Relationship with Latin America
Insight Crime - Colombia's Risky Bet on Total Peace
La Prensa Gráfica - “Captúrenlos a todos”: la verdadera historia del régimen de Bukele
El Faro - Régimen de Excepción confirma división entre Demócratas y Republicanos respecto a Bukele
Miami Herald - Ignited by fuel costs, Haiti looting, violence escalate, targeting charities, politicians
Financial Times - US move deepens worries over organized crime in Paraguay
The Guardian - Abimael Guzman, Shining Path’s leader, died a year ago. The terror he unleashed on Peru lives on
International Crisis Group - Ten Challenges for the UN in 2022-2023
Upcoming Events
19 September, Wilson Center Mexico Institute - Roundtable Discussion on the National Guard: The Militarization of Mexican Security
19 September, Atlantic Council - From Ukraine to the Americas: Fortifying recovery against global shocks
20 September, Migration Policy Institute - 19th Annual Immigration Law and Policy Conference
22 September, The George Washington University - The 24th Federal Forecasters Conference
22 September, Wilson Center Mexico Institute - Reducing Poverty in Mexico: The Case of the State of Oaxaca
28-29 September, Institute of the Americas - XXXI La Jolla Energy Conference
30 September, AS/COA - Investment Opportunities in Argentina’s Norte Grande Region
30 September, CSIS Project on Prosperity and Development - Covid-19 and Digital Payments: How the Pandemic Changed G2P Payments Globally
4 October, Wilson Center Mexico Institute - Traitor, Survivor, Icon: La Malinche – Expressions of Gender-Based Violence from Mexico’s Inception
6 October, William J. Perry Center for Hemispheric Defense Studies - Climate Migration and Security in the Western Hemisphere
10, October, Brookings - Reclaiming Human Rights in a Changing World Order
13 October, CSIS - 2022 Global Development Forum
18 October, Institute of the Americas - Geothermal across the Americas Part II: supplying sustainable low carbon energy in Latin America