Friday Reading List - 18 November 2022
Good morning and happy Friday! Here are the links to the four newsletters we published this week.
Monday - Nicaragua - Sandinistas complete municipal power consolidation
Tuesday - Brazil - Lula vs market expectations
Wednesday - Politics and Polls (Chile and Mexico)
Thursday - Mexico - Pemex flaring and deficits
Boz will be in Miami during the final week of November to attend the Bonds and Loans Latin America and the Caribbean 2022 conference. If you are going to be in Miami at the same time, feel free to reach out!
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Reading List
CEPAL - Demographic Observatory of Latin America and the Caribbean 2022
Americas Quarterly - A Second Pink Tide Might Not Unify Latin America
Foreign Policy - Latin America’s Pink Tide Is an Opportunity for Washington
Chatham House - Regulating facial recognition in Latin America
Americas Quarterly - Latin America’s “CPAC Right” Still Has Big Ambitions
New York Times - In Brazil, Lula Beat Bolsonaro. Now Comes the Hard Part.
Observer Research Foundation - Lula 3.0: Brazil’s return to the world stage
Reuters - Brazil's tussle over bank job hints at power of Lula's leftist aides
The New Yorker - The Future of the Amazon, and Maybe the Planet, Depends on Brazil’s President-Elect Lula
The Guardian - Lula vows to undo environmental degradation and halt deforestation
Washington Post - A probing look at evangelicalism in Brazil
Brazilian Report - Government welfare databases in Brazil expose the most vulnerable
C&EN - What Lula means for Brazilian science
AP - Massive turnout in defense of Mexico’s electoral authority
Reuters - Mexico's Pemex risks fines rather than fix violations
Insight Crime - Mexico’s Sinaloa Cartel, CJNG Share Fentanyl Chemical Suppliers
AP - Mexico steps up immigration controls in south
Insight Crime - Violence Rising in Hidalgo, Mexico's Oil Theft Center
New York Times - How Droughts in Mexico Could Shape the Future of the Beer Industry
Narco Politics - Mexico City's Murder Rate is Lower Than Portland or Dallas; It's a Reason the Gringos are Flocking Here
AP - US-owned firms appear to help Venezuela avoid US sanctions
The Guardian - ‘Asking an arsonist to put out a fire’: climate offender Maduro makes Cop27 comeback
The Economist - Argentina could help the world by becoming a big lithium exporter
Americas Quarterly - 100 Days of Sergio Massa’s Balancing Act
Foreign Policy - Boric Is Trapped on Trade
Washington Post - Chile’s millennial first lady wants to end the job for good
New York Times - In Colombia, Drilling Pays the Bills. The Country’s Leaders Want to Quit Oil.
AP - DEA’s most corrupt agent: Parties, sex amid ‘unwinnable war’
Insight Crime - Femicides in Tibú, Colombia: Cocaine, Gunmen, and a Never-Ending War
Pirate Wire Services - The Ship's Log: Colombia's gangsters are getting guns from the army
El País - Sostenibilidad, pesca y cocaína: la encrucijada de la Costa Rica marítima
AP - Migration talks mark progress in tense U.S.-Cuba relations
The Guardian - China circles El Salvador’s economy as country edges toward crypto plunge
The Economist - El Salvador’s bitcoin experiment is not paying off
Politico - A meltdown in Haiti is testing Biden’s diplomatic mojo
The Guardian - ‘Women’s bodies weaponized’: Haiti gangs use rape in spiraling violence
Insight Crime - From Deception to Demand: US Fentanyl Users Now Want Fentanyl
Upcoming Events
18 November, Atlantic Council - Eyes on the IDB presidency: What should be the institution’s future priorities?
20 November, WOLA - In the Key of Justice: Human Rights and Music in Venezuela
22 November, Canadian Council of the Americas - How Brazil confronted election disinformation / Como o Brasil enfrentou desinformação durante as eleições
28 November, Wilson Center - Feeding the World: A Conversation with Latin American Agriculture Ministers
22 November, Chatham House - Strengthening cyber resilience conference
5 December, Wilson Center - Protecting, Defending and Promoting Civic Space in Central America
6 December, Wilson Center - Water @ Wilson Series Launch | Water, Peace, & Security: New Tools for a New Climate
7 December, AS/COA - Improving Sustainability of Healthcare Systems Through Value-Based Procurement
13 December, AS/COA - 2022 Latin American Cities Conferences: Lima
14 December, Wilson Center - 200 Years of U.S.-Mexico Bilateral Relations: An Ambassadorial Perspective