Friday Reading List - 19 August 2022
Good morning and happy Friday! Here are the links to the four newsletters we published this week.
Monday - Mexico - National guard reform
Tuesday - Ecuador - Explosion in Guayaquil
Wednesday - Politics and Polls (Region and Argentina)
Thursday - Odds and ends
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Reading List
El País - How the new Latin American left is trying to redefine its relationship with the armed forces
Americas Quarterly - Latin America’s Parliamentarism Problem
El País - El futuro de las ciudades en México avanza a dos ruedas por 2.700 kilómetros de ciclovías
The Guardian - Lula says Bolsonaro ‘possessed by devil’ as he launches Brazil election campaign
Financial Times - Brazil’s Centrão: the political kingmakers propping up Bolsonaro
AP - Strike four: Facebook misses election misinfo in Brazil ads
Washington Post - Lula and Bolsonaro trade religious barbs in battle for evangelical vote
Financial Times - Brazil’s other deforestation: has the savannah farming boom gone too far?
AP - Little talk of rainforest protection in the Brazilian Amazon
The Economist - Brazil’s monarchy is gone but not forgotten
Americas Quarterly - Mexico: When Trade and Energy Policy Collide
New York Times - Mexico Sees Its Energy Future in Fossil Fuels, Not Renewables
Wall Street Journal - Mexican Gangs Go on Rampage, Challenging President’s Security Strategy
Global Americans - Organized Crime in Mexico and the Evolving Government Response
Financial Times - Mexico’s president proposes ban on beer brewing as drought intensifies
The Economist - Venezuela’s dictator is less isolated than he once was
Bloomberg - Hugo Chavez and Socialism Get Erased From the Caracas Skyline
Reuters- Exiled Venezuelan judges hire U.S. lawyers for sanctions work
Insight Crime - How a Gender Focus Impacts Argentina's Criminal Cases
Foreign Policy - Argentina’s Economic Crisis Never Went Away
Miami Herald - ‘This is the front lines,’ Bahamas prime minister says as he opens climate change summit
Colombia Risk Analysis - Implementation of the Peace Agreement Under Petro
Insight Crime - ELN and Urabeños War Again in Northern Colombia
World Politics Review - Colombia Could See Big Changes in Petro’s First 100 Days
WOLA - Q&A: A Corruption Scandal Undermines Colombia’s Peace Accord Implementation
The Guardian - Afro-Colombians helped install a new government in Bogotá. Will it address their needs?
Insight Crime - Deadly Bomb Attack Deepens Ecuador's Struggle with Gangs
El Faro - El dudoso caso contra José Rubén Zamora se armó en 72 horas
OZY - Haiti is at War
Reuters - Years of political crises in Peru are finally hitting its economy
Upcoming Events
25 August, CSIS - Sharpening the Democracy Playbook: A Practical Approach for Venezuela
25 August, Georgetown Americas Institute - Chile’s Historic Vote
25 August, Center for Global Development - Introducing the IMF’s First Gender Strategy
26 August, AS/COA - 2022 Latin American Cities Conferences: Bogotá
26 August, AS/COA - Women's Hemispheric Network Conference: São Paulo
6 September, FIU Kimberly Green Latin America and Caribbean Center - A Celebration of Brazil: 200+ Years of Culture and Independence
15 September, Center for Global Development - Multilateral Development Banks’ Capital Adequacy Frameworks: Options for Reform?
20 September, Migration Policy Institute - 19th Annual Immigration Law and Policy Conference
22 September, The George Washington University - The 24th Federal Forecasters Conference
28-29 September, Institute of the Americas - XXXI La Jolla Energy Conference