Friday Reading List - 18 July 2025
High winds and waves
Good morning from southwest Michigan, where I’ve spent the past week.
This week’s articles and newsletters
Monday - Trump's new tariff threats are worse than ever for LatAm and other US policy comments
Tuesday - The opportunities that China is missing
Wednesday - Pew poll shows China image slightly improving in LatAm
Thursday - Six Stories - Mexico's corruption continuity; Venezuela's economic challenges may create a new migrant surge; Chile's election polls show a two-way race, but that could change
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Reading List
Bloomberg - Mexico's Economy Faces a Second ‘China Shock’
Revista IMEF - La política proteccionista de Trump ¿simple narrativa política?
WSJ - For Mexico, Trump’s Focus on Fentanyl Brings New Tariff Blow - WSJ
Economist - Mexico’s handouts do a bit for the poor and lots for Morena
Bloomberg - Mexico City Pledges to Fight Gentrification in Protest Aftermath
Moments in Mexico - What Caused Mexico’s Medicine Shortage? Everything You Need to Know
Washington Post - Spurred by Bolsonaro’s son, Trump mulls sanctions on Brazilian judge
Dan Drezner - Five Ways Of Looking At Trump's Sanctions Against Brazil
NYT - Brazil’s Attorney General: Brazil and the United States Can Do Better
CoinTelegraph - US to investigate Brazil’s digital payment system
AP - Brazil's congress passes bill to overhaul environmental regulations
Hindustan Times - Why India must have a standalone LatAm policy
Armando - En el UCV-FC no hay bota de oro sino militar
Reuters - US Treasury sanctions leaders of Venezuelan gang Tren de Aragua
Caracas Chronicles - A Silent Emergency Is Unfolding on the Colombia-Venezuela Border
Amnesty - Venezuela: Enforced disappearances amount to crimes against humanity
NPR - Colombia deploys armed drones in escalating fight against drug gangs
Journal of Democracy - How Drug Wars Destroy Democracy
AQ Podcast - Colombia Enters a Turbulent Election Season
Bloomberg - Peru’s Rainbow Mountain Sparked a Tourism Boom, Deadly Fight Over Money
BBC - Argentina's Milei told to 'grow up' by VP in spat over pensions
InSight Crime - Costa Rica Is Facing Its Worst-Ever Narco Corruption Scandal
Reuters - Exclusive: El Salvador rights group flees Bukele's deepening crackdown
WSJ - China Threatens to Block Panama Ports Deal Unless Its Shipping Giant Is Part of It
BBC - Cuban minister resigns after saying 'there are no beggars in Cuba'
Economist - Justice for Haiti’s murdered president is messy
NYT - The Future of Weather Prediction Is Here. Maybe.
Irregular Warfare - Development or Dependence? Rethinking China's Economic Playbook in the Americas
Chatham House - Understanding and improving sanctions today
Thanks for reading
Have a great weekend!
