Friday Reading List - 2 August 2024
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Good afternoon and happy Friday!
This week, both the newsletter and my World Politics Review column discussed the Venezuelan election.
Reading List
Inter-American Dialogue - China's 3rd Plenum—Three Takeaways for Latin America
AP - Extortion and gang violence are hitting even big corporations and business leaders in Mexico
Bloomberg - AMLO’s Lawmakers Confident of Passing Mexico Judicial Reform
Financial Times - The Democrats’ uneasy bargain with Mexico’s López Obrador
LA Times - 'El Mayo' Zambada's lawyer says his client was 'forcibly kidnapped' by son of 'El Chapo'
AP - In Mexico City, women water harvesters help make up for drought and dicey public water system
Economist - The plight of Brazil’s indigenous groups worsens
FACT coalition - FACT Applauds Announcement of Intergovernmental Initiative to Combat Illicit Finance and Nature Crimes
WSJ - Brazil Sees Elon Musk’s Starlink as a Political Threat
Wilson Center - Venezuela’s Transition to Democracy, Still in Reach
CSIS - Can Maduro Pull off the Mother of All Electoral Frauds?
WSJ - Venezuela’s Nicolás Maduro Relies on Army, Patronage and Fear to Stay in Power
InSight Crime - Predictions for Venezuela’s Post-Election Criminal Landscape
Chatham House - Venezuela’s stolen election encourages the world’s autocracies
La Razon - Delphi: Nota de aplazo para Arce, la Asamblea y la oposición
Newsweek - American Leadership Is Winning on Migration
Miami Herald - Gangs fled a Haitian town as Kenya force moved in. But only for a day
CSIS - Orbital Dynamics: The Domestic and Foreign Policy Forces Shaping Latin American Engagement in Space
NYT - China’s Advancing Efforts to Influence the U.S. Election Raise Alarms
Thanks for reading
Have a great weekend!