Good morning and happy Friday!
Links to articles and events are below. First here are the newsletters I published this week:
Monday - Colombia's protests signal a region primed for a new protest wave
Tuesday - Peru's political crisis
Wednesday - Politics and Polls (Bolivia, El Salvador, Peru)
Thursday - Nicaragua - Threats of a new round of repression
If you enjoyed any of my newsletters this week, please encourage your friends and colleagues to sign up by by entering their email at https://boz.substack.com. They can also email me at boz@substack.com and I’ll add them to the distribution list.
InfoAmazonia - Tracing Tainted Gold (ES | PT)
Perry Center - Great Power Competition and Counternarcotics in the Western Hemisphere
Bloomberg - In Latin America, a Covid Vaccine Is No Panacea
Reuters - Burned jaguars, fire tornadoes: Blazes in Brazil wetland deliver climate warning
Animal Político - 10 ayudantes de AMLO han conseguido puestos directivos y el respectivo aumento salarial
Wall Street Journal - Mexican Leader Vowed to End Corruption, but Some Ask: ‘What Is Different Now?’
Financial Times - Plane raffle shows healthcare is a lottery in Mexico
Washington Post - Mexican farmers occupy dam to stop water payments to the United States
Houston Chronicle - With midterms looming, AMLO sees chance to repeal Mexico’s energy reforms
UN Commission on Human Rights - Venezuela: UN report urges accountability for crimes against humanity (ES)
Responsible Statecraft - Trump’s attempt to get rid of Maduro has failed. What now?
Foreign Policy - Sanctions Are Driving Iran and Venezuela Into Each Other’s Arms
Financial Times - What Venezuela’s opposition can learn from Belarus
El País - Una firma española pagó 7,4 millones a un exviceministro de Chávez tras recibir obras en Argelia y Chile
El Faro - Series of Corruption Allegations Stains El Salvador’s Promise — What Political Impact Will It Have?
IBI Consultants - How to Make a Billion Dollars Disappear (El Salvador)
La Razon - Jeanine Áñez y Samuel Doria Medina abandonan la carrera electoral ‘por el bien mayor’
Americas Quarterly - After the Default: Argentina’s Unsustainable “20/80” Economy
Economist - Why Colombia’s militarised police need reform
AFP - Haiti capital Port au Prince brought to standstill by protesting police
Guardian - Chinese fishing armada plundered waters around Galápagos, data shows
Guardian - Violence intensifies in Paraguay after ex-vice-president kidnapped
Politico - 25 years wiped out in 25 weeks: Pandemic sets the world back decades
Washington Post - Chinese firm harvests social media posts, data of prominent Americans and military
Vox - Trump loves sanctioning foreign countries — but he’s terrible at it
21 September, Wilson Center - Trump or Biden: What Would it Mean for Latin America and the Caribbean?
23 September, CSIS - The Effects of Covid-19 on Latin America and the Economic Outlook
24 September, Atlantic Council - Event on Venezuela and UNGA with Juan Guaido
28 September, Institute of the Americas - The Madrid Energy Virtual Conference
5 October, AS/COA - A Conversation with Admiral Craig Faller, Commander, SOUTHCOM
6 October, Inter-American Dialogue - Latin America Energy Conference
Have a great weekend!
Friday Reading List - 18 September 2020
Friday Reading List - 18 September 2020
Friday Reading List - 18 September 2020
Good morning and happy Friday!
Links to articles and events are below. First here are the newsletters I published this week:
Monday - Colombia's protests signal a region primed for a new protest wave
Tuesday - Peru's political crisis
Wednesday - Politics and Polls (Bolivia, El Salvador, Peru)
Thursday - Nicaragua - Threats of a new round of repression
If you enjoyed any of my newsletters this week, please encourage your friends and colleagues to sign up by by entering their email at https://boz.substack.com. They can also email me at boz@substack.com and I’ll add them to the distribution list.
Reading List
InfoAmazonia - Tracing Tainted Gold (ES | PT)
Perry Center - Great Power Competition and Counternarcotics in the Western Hemisphere
Bloomberg - In Latin America, a Covid Vaccine Is No Panacea
Reuters - Burned jaguars, fire tornadoes: Blazes in Brazil wetland deliver climate warning
Animal Político - 10 ayudantes de AMLO han conseguido puestos directivos y el respectivo aumento salarial
Wall Street Journal - Mexican Leader Vowed to End Corruption, but Some Ask: ‘What Is Different Now?’
Financial Times - Plane raffle shows healthcare is a lottery in Mexico
Washington Post - Mexican farmers occupy dam to stop water payments to the United States
Houston Chronicle - With midterms looming, AMLO sees chance to repeal Mexico’s energy reforms
UN Commission on Human Rights - Venezuela: UN report urges accountability for crimes against humanity (ES)
Responsible Statecraft - Trump’s attempt to get rid of Maduro has failed. What now?
Foreign Policy - Sanctions Are Driving Iran and Venezuela Into Each Other’s Arms
Financial Times - What Venezuela’s opposition can learn from Belarus
El País - Una firma española pagó 7,4 millones a un exviceministro de Chávez tras recibir obras en Argelia y Chile
El Faro - Series of Corruption Allegations Stains El Salvador’s Promise — What Political Impact Will It Have?
IBI Consultants - How to Make a Billion Dollars Disappear (El Salvador)
La Razon - Jeanine Áñez y Samuel Doria Medina abandonan la carrera electoral ‘por el bien mayor’
Americas Quarterly - After the Default: Argentina’s Unsustainable “20/80” Economy
Economist - Why Colombia’s militarised police need reform
AFP - Haiti capital Port au Prince brought to standstill by protesting police
Guardian - Chinese fishing armada plundered waters around Galápagos, data shows
Guardian - Violence intensifies in Paraguay after ex-vice-president kidnapped
Politico - 25 years wiped out in 25 weeks: Pandemic sets the world back decades
Washington Post - Chinese firm harvests social media posts, data of prominent Americans and military
Vox - Trump loves sanctioning foreign countries — but he’s terrible at it
Upcoming Events
21 September, Wilson Center - Trump or Biden: What Would it Mean for Latin America and the Caribbean?
23 September, CSIS - The Effects of Covid-19 on Latin America and the Economic Outlook
24 September, Atlantic Council - Event on Venezuela and UNGA with Juan Guaido
28 September, Institute of the Americas - The Madrid Energy Virtual Conference
5 October, AS/COA - A Conversation with Admiral Craig Faller, Commander, SOUTHCOM
6 October, Inter-American Dialogue - Latin America Energy Conference
Thanks for reading
Have a great weekend!