Good morning and happy Friday.
Below are the links to the four newsletters published this week.
Monday - Cuba protests
Tuesday - Mexico - Three years of hugs and bullets
Wednesday - Politics and Polls (Argentina)
Thursday - Region - Inflation and Covid
Tuesday’s newsletter on Mexico’s security situation received a lot of positive feedback and shares on social media. Thanks for that. If you want more information about the training webinar we are doing on Mexico security on 2 December, please email us at info@hxagon.com.
You can sign up for the training webinar at this link:
https://events.zoom.us/e/view/Y6fdeyInQd6KrurTV-f9Qw
Crunchbase - Why Latin America Needs To Build A Cybersecurity Fortress ASAP
Time - Honduras Shows How Fake News Is Changing Latin American Elections
WOLA - Central America Monitor reveals challenges and opportunities for rule of law, citizen security, and protection of human rights in the Northern Triangle
Associated Press - Brazil swaps acclaimed welfare program for untested stand-in
Guardian - Deforestation in Brazil’s Amazon at highest level since 2006
New York Times - How Americans’ Appetite for Leather in Luxury SUVs Worsens Amazon Deforestation
Bloomberg - China Buying More Brazil Soy in Sign of Shifting Trade Flows
BBC - Jair Bolsonaro and guns: A US culture war raging in Brazil
Intercept - U.S. Military Training In Mexico Increased As Human Rights Waned, New Database Reveals
Mexico Violence Research Project - U.S. Military Training Of Mexican Armed Forces And Law Enforcement
Associated Press - Mexico to deploy troops to Riviera Maya in wake of shootings
Los Angeles Times - Struggling to ID its dead, Mexico turns to Tennessee’s Body Farm
El Universal - Sedena detiene a Rosalinda González Valencia, esposa de “El Mencho”, líder del CJNG
InSight Crime - The Governors, the Gang and the War for Bolívar's Gold
International Crisis Group - Venezuela: International Criminal Court Probe Puts Maduro in a Quandary
Washington Post - Venezuela’s elections are missing a key voice: Women
Wall Street Journal - Venezuela Turns to Flashy Casinos, SUVs and U.S. Dollars for an Economic Boost
Reuters - With catchy jingles and cautious optimism, Venezuela opposition returns to the ballot
Reuters - Swiss watchdog faults two more banks in Venezuela money-laundering probe
Francisco Rodriguez - What should be done with Venezuela’s interim government?
Reuters - Colombia to receive loans worth $800 million to help Venezuelan migrants
Latinvex - Colombia Election: Too Early to Call
New York Times - Colombia Is the World’s Deadliest Place for Environmentalists
InSight Crime - Lots of Blame, Little Proof - Mexico's Cartels Behind Violence in Ecuador?
BBC - Ecuador prison and armed forces chiefs resign after riots
Christian Science Monitor - Fearing authoritarianism, young Peruvians battle constitutional change
El Comercio - Encuesta El Comercio-Ipsos: Aprobación al presidente Castillo cae siete puntos
El Centro Estratégico Latinoamericano de Geopolítica (CELAG) - Luis Arce, Evaluación Positiva A Un Año De Gobierno En Bolivia
Reuters - Argentina's Peronists on the ropes after bruising midterm defeat
Economist - Will electoral defeat favour moderation in Argentina?
Financial Times - Argentina’s chance to break the cycle of decline
Economist - Chile makes life harder for immigrants
Economist - Other despots help Daniel Ortega stay in power in Nicaragua
Associated Press - ‘Foreign’ agents pitch has El Salvador civil society on edge
Amnesty International - Honduras: Next president must ensure a more just and human rights-based country
Miami Herald - Haiti: Another suspect in Jovenel Moïse assassination has been arrested
Wall Street Journal - Haiti Slides Deeper Into Chaos a Month After Missionaries’ Kidnapping
InSight Crime - A Faustian Bargain: The Cost of Restoring Haiti's Fuel Supply
Associated Press - Protest call in Cuba goes unheeded as organizers bottled up
Economist - Cuba’s government squelches a planned nationwide protest
Atlantic - The Bad Guys Are Winning
22 November, AS/COA - Colombia: A Conversation with Dr. Fernando Ruiz Gómez, Minister of Health
22 November, Wilson Center - Looking Ahead: Presidential Politics and Chilean Democracy
23 November, CSIS - The Future of the Organization of American States
30 November, Atlantic Council - Road to the Summit: New opportunities for a more inclusive Americas
2 December, Hxagon - Dynamics of recent violence in Mexico
Have a great weekend.
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Friday Reading List - 19 November 2021
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Good morning and happy Friday.
Below are the links to the four newsletters published this week.
Monday - Cuba protests
Tuesday - Mexico - Three years of hugs and bullets
Wednesday - Politics and Polls (Argentina)
Thursday - Region - Inflation and Covid
Training Information
Tuesday’s newsletter on Mexico’s security situation received a lot of positive feedback and shares on social media. Thanks for that. If you want more information about the training webinar we are doing on Mexico security on 2 December, please email us at info@hxagon.com.
You can sign up for the training webinar at this link:
https://events.zoom.us/e/view/Y6fdeyInQd6KrurTV-f9Qw
Reading List
Crunchbase - Why Latin America Needs To Build A Cybersecurity Fortress ASAP
Time - Honduras Shows How Fake News Is Changing Latin American Elections
WOLA - Central America Monitor reveals challenges and opportunities for rule of law, citizen security, and protection of human rights in the Northern Triangle
Associated Press - Brazil swaps acclaimed welfare program for untested stand-in
Guardian - Deforestation in Brazil’s Amazon at highest level since 2006
New York Times - How Americans’ Appetite for Leather in Luxury SUVs Worsens Amazon Deforestation
Bloomberg - China Buying More Brazil Soy in Sign of Shifting Trade Flows
BBC - Jair Bolsonaro and guns: A US culture war raging in Brazil
Intercept - U.S. Military Training In Mexico Increased As Human Rights Waned, New Database Reveals
Mexico Violence Research Project - U.S. Military Training Of Mexican Armed Forces And Law Enforcement
Associated Press - Mexico to deploy troops to Riviera Maya in wake of shootings
Los Angeles Times - Struggling to ID its dead, Mexico turns to Tennessee’s Body Farm
El Universal - Sedena detiene a Rosalinda González Valencia, esposa de “El Mencho”, líder del CJNG
InSight Crime - The Governors, the Gang and the War for Bolívar's Gold
International Crisis Group - Venezuela: International Criminal Court Probe Puts Maduro in a Quandary
Washington Post - Venezuela’s elections are missing a key voice: Women
Wall Street Journal - Venezuela Turns to Flashy Casinos, SUVs and U.S. Dollars for an Economic Boost
Reuters - With catchy jingles and cautious optimism, Venezuela opposition returns to the ballot
Reuters - Swiss watchdog faults two more banks in Venezuela money-laundering probe
Francisco Rodriguez - What should be done with Venezuela’s interim government?
Reuters - Colombia to receive loans worth $800 million to help Venezuelan migrants
Latinvex - Colombia Election: Too Early to Call
New York Times - Colombia Is the World’s Deadliest Place for Environmentalists
InSight Crime - Lots of Blame, Little Proof - Mexico's Cartels Behind Violence in Ecuador?
BBC - Ecuador prison and armed forces chiefs resign after riots
Christian Science Monitor - Fearing authoritarianism, young Peruvians battle constitutional change
El Comercio - Encuesta El Comercio-Ipsos: Aprobación al presidente Castillo cae siete puntos
El Centro Estratégico Latinoamericano de Geopolítica (CELAG) - Luis Arce, Evaluación Positiva A Un Año De Gobierno En Bolivia
Reuters - Argentina's Peronists on the ropes after bruising midterm defeat
Economist - Will electoral defeat favour moderation in Argentina?
Financial Times - Argentina’s chance to break the cycle of decline
Economist - Chile makes life harder for immigrants
Economist - Other despots help Daniel Ortega stay in power in Nicaragua
Associated Press - ‘Foreign’ agents pitch has El Salvador civil society on edge
Amnesty International - Honduras: Next president must ensure a more just and human rights-based country
Miami Herald - Haiti: Another suspect in Jovenel Moïse assassination has been arrested
Wall Street Journal - Haiti Slides Deeper Into Chaos a Month After Missionaries’ Kidnapping
InSight Crime - A Faustian Bargain: The Cost of Restoring Haiti's Fuel Supply
Associated Press - Protest call in Cuba goes unheeded as organizers bottled up
Economist - Cuba’s government squelches a planned nationwide protest
Atlantic - The Bad Guys Are Winning
Upcoming Events
22 November, AS/COA - Colombia: A Conversation with Dr. Fernando Ruiz Gómez, Minister of Health
22 November, Wilson Center - Looking Ahead: Presidential Politics and Chilean Democracy
23 November, CSIS - The Future of the Organization of American States
30 November, Atlantic Council - Road to the Summit: New opportunities for a more inclusive Americas
2 December, Hxagon - Dynamics of recent violence in Mexico
Thanks for reading
Have a great weekend.