Good morning and happy Friday.

I published four newsletters this week.

• Monday - Crime and Security Updates (Mexico, Guatemala, Colombia)

• Tuesday - Bolivia - Añez arrested

• Wednesday - Politics and Polls (Honduras, Brazil, Peru, Ecuador, Mexico)

• Thursday - Region - Updates on Vaccine Diplomacy

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Reading List

Univision - The crisis is in Central America, not the border

Council on Foreign Relations - Making Anti-Corruption Reforms Stick in the Northern Triangle

Daily Beast - Scam Facebook ‘Travel Agencies’ Tell Migrants Biden Has Thrown the Border Open

National Interest - Biden Kicks Off His Democracy Agenda in Central America

Foreign Policy - Latin America’s Two Biggest Populists Are Preparing for a Showdown With Biden

Wilson Center - Plague in the Palace: Political Elites Catch COVID-19

Bloomberg - Covid Hit These Countries Hard. Now They Face Big Vaccine Bills

Americas Quarterly - Much of Latin America’s Left Has a Blind Spot: The Environment

Atlantic Council - COVID-19 Recovery in Latin America and the Caribbean: A Partnership Strategy for the Biden Administration

Economist - Joe Biden and Jair Bolsonaro square off over the Amazon

Bloomberg - Brazil Went All-In on Covid Stimulus But Let the Virus Run Wild

Reuters - Special Report: In Brazil, organized crime siphons billions from gas stations

The Intercept - Escutas revelam o espólio milionário do miliciano Adriano da Nóbrega

Washington Post - Brazil’s rolling coronavirus disaster is a global problem

Guardian - Eating up the rainforest: China’s taste for beef drives exports from Brazil

Associated Press - Brazil’s Bolsonaro moves to arm base, alarming gun experts

Associated Press - Brazil wonders about whereabouts of vaccine mascot

Vice - Mexican Drug Cartels Have Turned Once-Thriving Guadalajara Into a War Zone

New York Times - Mexico’s President May Be Just Months Away From Gaining Total Control

New York Times - U.S. to Send Millions of Vaccine Doses to Mexico and Canada

Wilson Center - U.S.–Mexico Counter-Narcotics Cooperation: Time for a New Approach

Reuters - Mexico to absorb Pemex debt payments in latest round of help

Financial Times - Venezuela accused of waging Twitter war to free dealmaker

Reuters - Maduro seeks to speed up digital payments as Venezuela runs out of cash

BBC - "Aquí no hay diésel": la última crisis de Venezuela y cómo puede llevar a un "aumento drástico" de la inseguridad alimentaria en el país

Bloomberg - Carlos Slim’s Cash Cow Lures a Brash Rival With Years of Success

InSight Crime - ‘Cartel of the Robe’ Reveals High-Level Corruption in Colombia’s Courts

Semana - Exclusivo: la verdadera historia detrás de los 70 lingotes de oro que cayeron en El Dorado

Guardian - The fight for the Galápagos: race to expand reserve as fishing fleets circle

Bloomberg - To Zero Out Emissions, Chile Must Rethink Its Forestry Industry

InSight Crime - Clans, Corruption and Cross-border Crime in Argentina

NPR - With Honduras' Narco Allegations, Pressure Rises To Sanction Its Leader

Washington Post - Opinion: Hay un pacto de impunidad política en Honduras ante los juicios en NY

El Nuevo Herald - La victoria de Bukele amenaza la libertad de prensa en El Salvador

Miami Herald - Police officers angry over botched Haiti raid demand release of slain comrades’ corpses

Foreign Affairs - The Declining Market for Secrets

Vice - A Hacker Got All My Texts for $16

Rest of the World - The pandemic is giving start-ups a shot at replacing teachers with technology

OCCRP - Newly Obtained Audit Report Details How Shady Clients from Around the World Moved Billions Through Estonia

Upcoming Events

23 March, Insight Crime - A Deep Dive into El Salvador’s Criminal Dynamics and Its Borders

23 March, Inter-American Dialogue - Prospects for Brazil-Japan-US Cooperation in a Shifting International Political Environment

23 March, Wilson Center - New Technologies in the Administration of Justice

25 March AS/COA - A Conversation with Brazil’s Secretary of Foreign Trade

25 March, Atlantic Council - A conversation with President of Colombia Iván Duque and US Senators Roy Blunt and Ben Cardin

25 March, Atlantic Council - Caribbean urbanism: Re-imagining resilience

26 March, Inter-American Dialogue - Afro-descendants: Striving for Equality in Latin America

Thanks for reading

Have a great weekend!