Here are the three articles I published the week. The Peru article is free and open even though I forgot to click the button to email it to everyone on Tuesday.

• Tuesday - Peru - Vizcarra's Vacuna-gate

• Wednesday - Politics and Polls (Peru, El Salvador, Uruguay)

• Thursday - Corruption Corner - Luxembourg shell companies and Chinese contracts in Venezuela

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Reading List

Foreign Policy - A Fight Over a Trump Official Could Block Aid to Latin America

Global Americans - The Biden Administration and Central America: Meeting the challenge of corruption and authoritarianism

CNN - How Russian vaccine Sputnik V spread through Latin America

The Atlantic - Why COVID-19 Deniers Hold So Much Power

Associated Press - Migrants on the move again in Mexico and Central America

Associated Press - Brazil governors seek own vaccine supplies as stocks run low

Wall Street Journal - Brazil Turns Sleepy Sugarcane Town Into Global Covid-19 Experiment

The Guardian - Mexico was once a climate leader – now it's betting big on coal

Reuters - Kidnap capital Mexico eyes biometric phone registry, sparking privacy fears

Economist - Mexico’s president has yet to make people’s lives better

Financial Times - Mexico’s investment drought holds back recovery from pandemic

Bloomberg - Mexico Revamps Oil Hedge Strategy to Mirror Shale’s Approach

Washington Post - It was a milestone for Mexico’s democracy. Now López Obrador wants to get rid of the country’s freedom of information institute.

Forbes Mexico - AMLO reporta hallazgo de siembra de coca en Guerrero

El Universal - Los rifles y las vacunas

Americas Quarterly - Leopoldo López: Venezuela Needs Unity at Home and Abroad

World Politics Review - Venezuela’s Opposition Is Clinging to a Failed Strategy

Latin American Herald Tribune - Venezuela’s Maduro: I Had Lots of Contacts with Trump Administration

Council on Foreign Relations - Diesel and Food in Venezuela

Reuters - U.S. sanctions raise costs for Venezuela firms, business leader says

Reuters - Analysis: Collapsed health system makes Venezuela vaccination campaign an uphill battle

Bloomberg - Venezuela’s Covid Toll Is About to Surge

El País - Covid en Venezuela: el terremoto que está por llegar

Associated Press - Volunteer paramedics patrol streets of Venezuela's capital

Cazadores de Fake News - Sin RT no hay paraíso: ¿cómo funciona la maquinaria de propaganda en Twitter de Nicolás Maduro?

Global Americans - Colombia’s ruling party is undaunted in its foreign overreach

New York Times - An Inside Look at Cuba’s Constant Struggle for Clean Water

Vice - The Death of a Young Woman in Police Custody Outrages Hondurans

InSight Crime - One Party, Many Crimes: The Case of Honduras’ National Party

Amnesty International - Nicaragua: Government tactics to silence criticism and social demands deepen human rights crisis

Guardian - Nicaragua leaders face backlash after forming space agency amid human rights crisis

Wall Street Journal - In Covid-19 Diplomacy, India Emerges as a Vaccine Superpower

Associated Press - Anatomy of a conspiracy: With COVID, China took leading role

Nieman Labs - The dark side of translation: The Epoch Times is now spreading disinformation through new brands

The Intercept - How Oracle Sells Repression In China

Upcoming Events

19 February, AS/COA - Building Back after Covid Interview with World Bank VP Carlos Felipe Jaramillo

23 February, Baker Institute - Managing Transitions: The Future of National Oil Companies in Latin America

23 February, AS/COA - YPA: Latin America's Infodemic

24 February, Wilson Center - Rethinking Brazilian Development: The Political Economy of Democratic Brazil

24 February, Boston University - China’s Global Energy Finance & China-Latin America Development Finance Database Updates

25 February, FIU - Extreme Events in Central America: Reducing Risk, Enhancing Resilience

25 February, InSight Crime - Border crime dynamics in Paraguay

Thanks for reading

Have a great weekend!