Good morning and happy Friday from Washington DC! I’ll be hanging around the CAF conference today in case anyone wants to chat.
This week we covered recent polling from Peru, Mexico, and Chile.
Here are this week’s links and upcoming events.
Reading List
Guardian - One year after the deaths of Bruno Pereira and Dom Phillips, their work must go on
Council on Foreign Relations - South America’s Minimum Consensus on Democracy is Gone
OCCRP - How Venezuelan Gold is Trafficked Through Brazil’s Borderlands to the US
BBC News Mundo - Cómo el temido Tren de Aragua logró expandir sus tentáculos por América Latina desde una "lujosa" cárcel de Venezuela
Politico - Europe wants Latin America on side against Vladimir Putin. Good luck with that
Forbes - Latin America Is Quickly Becoming A Key Battleground For China And The United States
Economist - Lula cosies up to Nicolás Maduro, Venezuela’s autocrat
Economist - Bad Bunny, a superstar rapper, is good business
Institute for War and Peace Reporting - Latin America: Security Support Provides Media “Lifeline”
US Institute of Peace - The Role and Influence of Latin American Diasporas in the Hemisphere
Wilson Center - Opinion Journalism’s Crucial Role in Latin America
Inter-American Dialogue - The Scope of Transnational Economic Engagement in Latin America and the Caribbean
Buenos Aires Times - Venezuela debate overshadows Lula’s unity pitch at summit
Americas Migration Brief - May 29, 2023
CSIS - Brazil’s Misaligned Censorship Policy Risks Cutting Off Free Speech to Spite Disinformation
Economist - Lula wants to purge Brazil of Jair Bolsonaro’s influence
Guardian - My husband was killed for exposing the Amazon’s plunder. But his work lives on
Reuters - Mexico rulers tipped to win historic state election as presidency race looms
Guardian - How a Mexican state siphoned off millions – and a reporter risked her life to expose it
El Mundo - Las torturas del chavismo en medio de la operación de blanqueo de Lula da Silva
Bloomberg - Why a Warmer Ocean is Triggering Peru's Worst Dengue Outbreak
Guardian - The spray-can vigilantes shaming Bogotá for its perilous paving slabs
Confidencial - Michael Reid: “Nayib Bukele is the new model for autocrats in Latin America”
US Institute of Peace - Colombian Civic Leader Offers a Grassroots Strategy for Peace
Clarín - La malformación del federalismo
InSight Crime - Guatemala Elites Flex Muscle, Excluding Leading Presidential Contender
Americas Quarterly - Ahead of Guatemala’s Elections, an Exodus Continues
Road to the Casa Rosada - Argentina Politics Updates - 31 May 2023
Perfil - Chile perderá lugar en ranking mundial litio frente a Argentina
Washington Post - How the U.S. wants to pressure China to help avert climate catastrophe
New York Times - Investors Exhale as Debt Limit Deal Clears a Big Hurdle
Upcoming Events
5 June, Atlantic Council - In their words: Speaking out against arbitrary detention and torture in Venezuela
6 June, Center for Global Development - Revamping the Regional Health Approach: A Conversation with PAHO Director Jarbas Barbosa
6 June, Inter-American Dialogue - Riesgos ante el cambio climático para la República Dominicana
6 June, CSIS - Opportunities for Innovation in Global Development
6 June, Wilson Center - Ocean Policy to Strengthen the Resilience of Marine Ecosystems
7 June, Center for Global Development - Latin American Economists Warn IMF Not Ready to Deal with Emerging Markets Crises
7 June, CSIS - The Road to 2024 in Venezuela: A Conversation with María Corina Machado
8 June, Inter-American Dialogue - Primer Foro de Gobernanza Climática Inclusiva: opinión y participación pública en América Latina
8 June, Wilson Center - The Inflation Reduction Act and the Green Deal Industrial Plan: Transatlantic Cooperation on Critical Minerals
8 June, CSIS - Public Safety in Haiti: Now and Tomorrow
12 June, Atlantic Council - Visions of Change candidate series: A conversation with Maria Corina Machado
21 June, CSIS - The Future of U.S. Counter-Narcotics Strategy: A Conversation with Dr. Rahul Gupta
21 June, Wilson Center - Building a Competitive U.S.-Mexico Border Conference
25 May, Wilson Center - Beyond Debt Traps: The Co-Production of China-Latin America Relations
27-28 June, Institute of the Americas - Brazil Energy and Sustainability Roundtable
13 July, Chatham House - Lula part two: Brazil’s role on the international stage