Happy Friday!
Here are the links to the four newsletters published this week.
Monday - Haiti - Political controversy and gang violence escalate
Tuesday - Venezuela - Maduro's relationship with Iran critical for sanctions evasion in 2020
Wednesday - Politics and Polls (Peru and Brazil)
Thursday - Costa Rican construction firms and public officials implicated in Cochinilla corruption probe
Announcement: I’m taking next week off from publishing the newsletter.
Bloomberg - Latin America Is Slipping Back Into Strongman Rule
CPJ - In five Latin American countries, COVID-19 responses restrict press freedom, CPJ, TrustLaw find
Dialogo Chino - Latin America's Nascent Electric Car Market
Economist - Latin America’s national identities are being questioned
New York Times - 1+1=4? Latin America Confronts A Pandemic Education Crisis.
New York Times - América Latina: La Fragilidad Democrática
Americas Quarterly - What’s Behind China’s Growing Push into Central America?
Atlantic Council - The Strategic Importance of Sending US Vaccines to the Caribbean
Americas Quarterly - Bolsonaro’s Turmoil Could Be the Amazon’s Gain
AP - Brazil’s Bolsonaro Under Fire After Vaccine Deal Allegations
Bloomberg - Water Crisis Is Compounding an Inflation Time Bomb in Brazil
CNN - Covid-19 Is Killing Brazilian Children At Alarming Rates. Many May Be Going Undiagnosed
Financial Times - Brazil vaccine scandal poses fresh political threat to Jair Bolsonaro
Foreign Policy - Only China Can End Brazil’s Climate Crisis
Washington Post - The Worst Of Both Worlds: Bolsonaro Said His Hands-off Pandemic Response Would Protect Brazil’s Poor. But They’ve Ended Up Suffering The Most.
Washington Post - Opinion: What Keeps Bolsonaro Hanging On? Ask The Generals
Vice - They Lost Everything in the Pandemic. Now They’re Taking on an Oil Giant, and Winning
El Paso Times - US Donated Covid Vaccines To Mexico For Use In Border Cities. Mexico Sent Them All To One State
Financial Times - Mexico City mayor: ‘There’s no need to change direction’
Insight Crime - Reynosa Massacre Arrests Raise More Questions In Mexico
Animal Político - 16 grupos criminales disputan actualmente el control de narco y lavado en México
S&P Global Platts - US Must Rethink Sanctions After Creating Alliance Among Targets: Wilson Center Panel
Wilson Center - Venezuela’s Authoritarian Allies: The Ties That Bind?
Carbon Market Watch - Two Shades Of Green: How Hot Air Forest Credits Are Being Used To Avoid Carbon Taxes In Colombia
CSIS - Attack on Colombian President Shows the Insecurity Borne of Venezuela’s Criminal Sanctuary
Insight Crime - Killings In Cali: What Is To Blame For The Spike?
Vice - Hunger Games: Food Delivery Company Giving Vaccines Only to Best Gig Workers
The Guardian - Former Peru Dictator’s Spymaster Reappears In Alleged Plot To Swing Recount
Reuters - Exclusive: Bolivia Seeks To Stabilize Economy With Vaccines And Gold, Minister Says
Bloomberg - Argentina Slows Peso Devaluation in an Attempt to Curb Inflation
Washington Post - Chile Elected Delegates To Draft A New Constitution — And It’s Not Tilted Toward The Elites
Washington Post - Opinión: La participación indígena en la Convención Constitucional en Chile solo se garantiza con la interculturalidad
Wall Street Journal - Panama Canal Tackles Climate-change Puzzle: Too Little Rainwater Or Too Much
Reuters - El Salvador's Appointment Of New Judges Raises Fears Of Power Grab
InSight Crime - Did an MS13-El Salvador Govt Pact Temporarily Halt Gang Extraditions?
The Guardian - Honduran state responsible for trans woman’s murder – court
Miami Herald - In The Midst Of Haiti’s Crisis, Puerto Rico Sees Increase In Haitians Arriving By Boat
Insight Crime - US-Curaçao Gold Smuggling Highlights Strategic Caribbean Passage
Human Rights Watch - Cuba: Clampdown on Artists, Journalists
Washington Post - New Cuba Policy On Hold While Biden Deals With Bigger Problems
7 July, AS/COA - Venezuela's Amazon: From Beauty to Beast
8 July, AS/COA - Trade and Central America: Renewing an Agenda for Sustainable Development
15 July, WOLA - The Catastrophe of Prohibition and the 'War on Drugs' in Latin America and the Caribbean
15 July - Wilson Center - Uruguay’s Technology Sector and the Future of Fintech in Latin America
Have a great week!
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Friday Reading List - 2 July 2021
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Happy Friday!
Here are the links to the four newsletters published this week.
Monday - Haiti - Political controversy and gang violence escalate
Tuesday - Venezuela - Maduro's relationship with Iran critical for sanctions evasion in 2020
Wednesday - Politics and Polls (Peru and Brazil)
Thursday - Costa Rican construction firms and public officials implicated in Cochinilla corruption probe
Announcement: I’m taking next week off from publishing the newsletter.
Reading List
Bloomberg - Latin America Is Slipping Back Into Strongman Rule
CPJ - In five Latin American countries, COVID-19 responses restrict press freedom, CPJ, TrustLaw find
Dialogo Chino - Latin America's Nascent Electric Car Market
Economist - Latin America’s national identities are being questioned
New York Times - 1+1=4? Latin America Confronts A Pandemic Education Crisis.
New York Times - América Latina: La Fragilidad Democrática
Americas Quarterly - What’s Behind China’s Growing Push into Central America?
Atlantic Council - The Strategic Importance of Sending US Vaccines to the Caribbean
Americas Quarterly - Bolsonaro’s Turmoil Could Be the Amazon’s Gain
AP - Brazil’s Bolsonaro Under Fire After Vaccine Deal Allegations
Bloomberg - Water Crisis Is Compounding an Inflation Time Bomb in Brazil
CNN - Covid-19 Is Killing Brazilian Children At Alarming Rates. Many May Be Going Undiagnosed
Financial Times - Brazil vaccine scandal poses fresh political threat to Jair Bolsonaro
Foreign Policy - Only China Can End Brazil’s Climate Crisis
Washington Post - The Worst Of Both Worlds: Bolsonaro Said His Hands-off Pandemic Response Would Protect Brazil’s Poor. But They’ve Ended Up Suffering The Most.
Washington Post - Opinion: What Keeps Bolsonaro Hanging On? Ask The Generals
Vice - They Lost Everything in the Pandemic. Now They’re Taking on an Oil Giant, and Winning
El Paso Times - US Donated Covid Vaccines To Mexico For Use In Border Cities. Mexico Sent Them All To One State
Financial Times - Mexico City mayor: ‘There’s no need to change direction’
Insight Crime - Reynosa Massacre Arrests Raise More Questions In Mexico
Animal Político - 16 grupos criminales disputan actualmente el control de narco y lavado en México
S&P Global Platts - US Must Rethink Sanctions After Creating Alliance Among Targets: Wilson Center Panel
Wilson Center - Venezuela’s Authoritarian Allies: The Ties That Bind?
Carbon Market Watch - Two Shades Of Green: How Hot Air Forest Credits Are Being Used To Avoid Carbon Taxes In Colombia
CSIS - Attack on Colombian President Shows the Insecurity Borne of Venezuela’s Criminal Sanctuary
Insight Crime - Killings In Cali: What Is To Blame For The Spike?
Vice - Hunger Games: Food Delivery Company Giving Vaccines Only to Best Gig Workers
The Guardian - Former Peru Dictator’s Spymaster Reappears In Alleged Plot To Swing Recount
Reuters - Exclusive: Bolivia Seeks To Stabilize Economy With Vaccines And Gold, Minister Says
Bloomberg - Argentina Slows Peso Devaluation in an Attempt to Curb Inflation
Washington Post - Chile Elected Delegates To Draft A New Constitution — And It’s Not Tilted Toward The Elites
Washington Post - Opinión: La participación indígena en la Convención Constitucional en Chile solo se garantiza con la interculturalidad
Wall Street Journal - Panama Canal Tackles Climate-change Puzzle: Too Little Rainwater Or Too Much
Reuters - El Salvador's Appointment Of New Judges Raises Fears Of Power Grab
InSight Crime - Did an MS13-El Salvador Govt Pact Temporarily Halt Gang Extraditions?
The Guardian - Honduran state responsible for trans woman’s murder – court
Miami Herald - In The Midst Of Haiti’s Crisis, Puerto Rico Sees Increase In Haitians Arriving By Boat
Insight Crime - US-Curaçao Gold Smuggling Highlights Strategic Caribbean Passage
Human Rights Watch - Cuba: Clampdown on Artists, Journalists
Washington Post - New Cuba Policy On Hold While Biden Deals With Bigger Problems
Upcoming Events
7 July, AS/COA - Venezuela's Amazon: From Beauty to Beast
8 July, AS/COA - Trade and Central America: Renewing an Agenda for Sustainable Development
15 July, WOLA - The Catastrophe of Prohibition and the 'War on Drugs' in Latin America and the Caribbean
15 July - Wilson Center - Uruguay’s Technology Sector and the Future of Fintech in Latin America
Thanks for reading
Have a great week!