Good morning and happy Friday! This week, Arianna Kohan wrote in Road to the Casa Rosada about Argentina’s PASO elections and what the results mean for the future of Argentine politics.
My weekly column in World Politics Review - Protecting the Amazon Is Good Policy, but Difficult Politics - looked at the recent deforestation summit led by Lula in Belem.
I also spent three days dealing with broken air conditioning amid 90 degree heat. Barring additional surprise logistics challenges, the newsletter will return to its usual schedule next week.
Here is this week’s reading list and upcoming events.
Reading List
Foreign Affairs - Latin America Is Stronger Together
Americas Quarterly - Patricia Bullrich Prepares Her Next Move
Bloomberg - Argentina Vote Shock Leaves Investors Dreading the Next Default
Road to the Casa Rosada - Argentina Politics Update - 16 August 2023
Economist - Argentina could get its first libertarian president
Americas Migration Brief - August 14, 2023
Americas Quarterly - Caribbean Leaders Want Petrocaribe Back. Could It Happen?
Foreign Policy - Lula’s Rainforest Diplomacy Debut
Aztec Reports - Who’s behind the rise in violence in Chiapas, Mexico?
Narco Politics - The Paradox of Mexico’s Drug War and Peace
Hustle - Why the world’s best vanilla is so easy to steal
Milenio - Fentanilo reconfigura mapa criminal en México; ven fragmentación y nuevos grupos delictivos
Atlantic Council - Getting Venezuela’s historic humanitarian accord up and running
Crisis Group - Navigating Venezuela’s Political Deadlock: The Road to Elections
El País - One last chance for negotiations in Venezuela
Americas Quarterly - Even in Guatemala’s Small Towns, This Election Feels Huge
Bloomberg - The US Is Pushing Guns on a Country It Labels Violent and Corrupt
AP - Guatemala’s veterans about face to support Sandra Torres for president
New York Times - How the Narcotrafficking Industry Seized Power in Ecuador
New York Times - Ecuador’s Crime Surge Is Devastating, but There Is a Way Forward
El Financiero - Ecuador y la conexión mexicana
AP - Ecuador was calm and peaceful. Now hitmen, kidnappers and robbers walk the streets
Economist - Parts of Colombia are now awash with cocaine
Bloomberg - More Than 50 Firms Want In on New Lithium-Mining Model in Chile
World Politics Review - The U.S. Military Already Sees Climate Change as an Emergency
Upcoming Events
18 August, CSIS - Press Briefing: Previewing the BRICS 2023 Summit
22 August, Institute of the Americas - Argentina Energy Roundtable
22 August, AS/COA - 2023 Latin American Cities Conferences: Brasília
23 August, AS/COA - 2023 CFO Forum: Buenos Aires
24 August, Georgetown Americas Institute - Book Talk: Argentina at the Fund
24 August, AS/COA - 2023 Latin American Cities Conferences: Buenos Aires
31 August, Inter-American Dialogue - OAS Declaration on Migrant and Refugee Children in the Americas
6 September, Center for Global Development - Adaptive Management in Protracted Crises: What We’re Learning and Where to Next
8 September, Atlantic Council - Summit: Accelerating US-emerging market clean energy partnerships
18 September, Wilson Center - Understanding the Fentanyl and Opioid Crisis: US-Mexico Solutions
18 September, Migration Policy Institute - 20th Annual Immigration Law and Policy Conference
19 September, Wilson Center - Unlocking Climate Finance in Latin America and the Caribbean
27-28 September, Wilson Center - The Rules-Based Order in Antarctica and Global Challenges
2-6 October, Hxagon - Analyzing Protests (use coupon code EARLY20 for a 20% discount)