Good morning and happy Friday! Here are the links to the four newsletters we published this week.
Monday - Colombia - “Fake news” and the presidential campaign
Tuesday - El Salvador - Presidential Crypto
Wednesday - Colombia - Some final notes on polling
Thursday - Odds and ends - 16 June 2022 (Mexico, Chile, El Salvador, Colombia)
Everyone can access Tuesday’s newsletter. The other three newsletters were sent to paying subscribers. Please consider subscribing to support this newsletter and receive additional content every week.
You can listen to a recording of Wednesday’s Twitter Space about Colombia’s election here. Thanks to everyone who has listened so far. Feedback is appreciated.
The Economist - Latin America’s vicious circle is a warning to the West
Financial Times - How food inflation is swallowing Latin America’s dietary staples
World Politics Review - The War in Ukraine Is a Ticking Timebomb for Latin America
The Atlantic - What’s Behind American Decline? Domestic Dysfunction
Mexico Today - Time for a Summit Post-Mortem
Rest of World - Why the crypto crash hits different in Latin America
La Nación - Avance narco. La ruta fluvial por la que navegan toneladas de cocaína hacia Europa y el prófugo de las mil caras
La Nación - La logia narco: “Tenés que matar a alguien, si no, morís”. Así opera el PCC, la hermandad criminal brasileña que llegó a la Argentina
Americas Quarterly - Brazil’s Election: A Looming Crisis for Washington
New York Times - Bolsonaro’s New Ally in Questioning Brazil’s Elections: The Military
International Crisis Group - Brazil’s True Believers: Bolsonaro and the Risks of an Election Year
The Guardian - There is a war on nature. Dom Phillips was killed trying to warn you about it
Washington Post - Read the work of missing British journalist Dom Phillips
The Guardian - The Guardian view on Dom Phillips and Bruno Pereira: justice for them, safety for others
Americas Quarterly - Mexico and Washington Can Disagree Without the World Ending
Wall Street Journal - Mexico Takes Aim at Private Companies, Threatening Decades of Economic Growth
Financial Times - Mexico elections chief sounds alarm over López Obrador’s ‘reform’ plan
Vice - Mexico's Cannabis Growers Are Going Rogue
El País - “Lo que pasa en el ejército se queda en el ejército”: el infierno de denunciar un abuso sexual en las Fuerzas Armadas de México
Americas Quarterly - Four Scenarios for Argentina’s Inflation Crisis
Clarín - Avión venezolano-iraní: la hipótesis de un experto en seguridad sobre un sexto iraní y por qué Córdoba sería clave
WSJ - Militant Indigenous Uprising in Chile Tests New Leftist Leader
Washington Post - For Colombia’s candidates, WhatsApp mockery can be good publicity
New York Times - Colombia Is Slipping Back Toward Violence. The Next President Can Stop That.
New York Times - The TikTok Star and Political Chameleon Vying for Colombia’s Presidency
Washington Post - Rodolfo Hernández planea instaurar un gabinete paralelo de empresarios
The Economist - Ecuador’s president has little chance of implementing reforms
Insight Crime - Gangsters and Preachers - The Culture of Sexism Inside the MS13
El Faro - El Régimen de Excepción: negocio y ruina
The Guardian - Sweet as a nut: Hondurans fight drought and poverty with cashews
Buzzfeed - These Haitians Were Children When A US-Funded Project Evicted Them From Their Land. They Can’t Afford College.
Insight Crime - Paraguay May Be Shifting from Producing LSD and MDMA to Consuming Them
17 June, Inter-American Dialogue - The Road Ahead – Next Steps After the Ninth Summit of the Americas
21 June, Canning House / LSE - Colombia: Election Update
21 June, Canning House / LSE - Briefing: Impact of Mining on Environmental and Human Rights in Espinar, Peru
22 June, Wilson Center - Eighth Annual Building a Competitive U.S.- Mexico Border Conference
23 June, Inter-American Dialogue - Two years after: Saving a Generation
23 June, AS/COA - Latin America’s Anti-Corruption Efforts—A 2022 Overview
28 June, Inter-American Dialogue - Low-Carbon Hydrogen in LAC – Prospects and Pathways
29 June, Canning House / LSE - Cryptocurrency
13 July, AS/COA - 2022 Latin American Cities Conferences: Bogotá
20 July, William J. Perry Center - Caribbean Maritime Security Strategy
Have a great weekend.
one to add to your reading list:
https://fair.org/home/nicaragua-a-dictatorship-when-it-follows-us-lead-on-ngos/
one to add to your reading list:
https://fair.org/home/nicaragua-a-dictatorship-when-it-follows-us-lead-on-ngos/