Good morning and happy Friday from Michigan!
For World Politics Review, I wrote that the assassination attempt against Trump is more similar to the one against former VP Kirchner in 2022 than the one against Bolsonaro in 2018.
Here is this week’s reading list and upcoming events.
Reading List
Americas Quarterly - In the Americas, Biden’s “Soft Power Matters”
Americas Quarterly - U.S. Cybersecurity Diplomacy Is Helping Counter China
Financial Times - Mexico challenges ‘neoliberal privatisation’
ProPublica - Inside the Risky U.S. Probe of Allegations That Drug Mafias Financed a Campaign of Mexico's President López Obrador
NYT - Caterpillar Factory in Mexico Draws Complaint of Labor Abuses - The New York Times
BBC - Why is Brazil's Lula building Brics?
Financial Times - Brazil to spend record $900mn on local vote as politicians raid budget
Economist - Under Lula, Brazil is walking on the financial wild side
Brazilian Report - Milei antics lead Brazil to recall its ambassador to Argentina
World Politics Review - Don't Assume Venezuela's Military Will Stand by Maduro
Wilson Center - How to Stop a Coup
CSIS - A Second Independence Day? Scenarios for Venezuela’s July 28 Election
NYT - This Is Venezuela’s Moment. It Needs the World’s Help.
NYT - If Maduro Wins, Venezuelans Vow to Leave
NYT - Colombia Faces a New Problem: Too Much Cocaine
International Crisis Group - A Three Border Problem: Holding Back the Amazon’s Criminal Frontiers
Economist - Peru’s president survives because she’s not in charge
Economist - Crypto cowboys have found paradise in Paraguay
Reuters - Argentina looks to tame crypto market as money-laundering fears draw scrutiny
Inter-American Dialogue - Guatemala: Violence and Insecurity
AP - Haiti's prime minister orders gangs to drop weapons and promises to take back control of the capital
CNN - NATO allies are discussing reclaiming some Chinese-owned infrastructure in Europe
NYT - Why China Is So Interested in Kazakhstan
World Politics Review - Reason Can't Explain the Passions Driving Far-Right Populism
Bloomberg - Miami’s Copa America Soccer Chaos Was a Clash of Civilizations
Thanks for reading
Have a great weekend!