Friday Reading List - 2 May 2025
FinTech disruption is just beginning
Good morning from Nassau. I got to see stingrays in the wild! I also spoke on a panel about geopolitical risk and finance in the Caribbean.
This week’s articles and newsletters
WPR - International Neglect Has Left Haiti Spiraling Toward Total Collapse
Monday - US policy in Latin America
Tuesday - Five questions and predictions for the second 100 days of Trump 2.0
Wednesday - Polls: Colombia's pack of presidential candidates
Thursday - Six Stories - No paywall this week. You should all read story three about my shifting thoughts on the anti-incumbent environment.
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Reading List
The Atlantic - How Drug Cartels Took Over Social Media
El Pais - Lo bueno, lo malo y lo peligroso de la reforma sobre armas y explosivos
MCCI - Huachicoleros son socios de alto funcionario del Sistema Portuario Nacional
AP - US imposes sanctions on a Mexican cartel linked to a drug trafficking and fuel-theft network
Washington Post - We sat down with Jair Bolsonaro. Facing prison, he’s pining for Trump.
Reuters - Growing BRICS group shows internal rifts as ministers fall short of joint statement
Americas Quarterly - Why the U.S. Should Engage with Venezuela
Bloomberg - Zombie Ships Are Fast Becoming a Feature of Venezuelan Oil Trade
Bloomberg - Colombia President Petro Has Bigger Problems Than Drug Allegations
Pirate Wire Services - ELN consolidates control in the Venezuelan-Colombian borderlands
WSJ - The Potent Powder and ‘Narco-Subs’ Driving Cocaine’s Global Surge
Bloomberg - Chinese Telescope Puts Chile in Geopolitical Bind With US
CSIS - Argentina’s Realignment with the United States: Milei’s Reforms Gain Strategic Support
La Hora - Se eleva la tensión: MP pide al Congreso acuerdo de nombramiento de Arévalo - This should be on everyone’s radar: Serious rising tensions in Guatemala as Porras appears to be plotting an attempt to oust the president.
El Faro - Las confesiones de Charli: entrevista con un líder pandillero que pactó con el Gobierno de Bukele
NYT - Behind Trump’s Deal to Deport Venezuelans to El Salvador’s Most Feared Prison
Confidencial - AI: En Nicaragua persiste la represión contra opositores, oenegés, Iglesia católica y prensa
Expediente Abierto - Panama facing the chinese challenge: corrosive capitals, corruption and geopolitical risks
Fox News - China’s billion-dollar footprint near Florida coast poses US national security risk, expert warns
InSight Crime - How Corruption Fuels Arms Diversion in Latin America
FT - India’s Modi hails ‘new energy’ in push for Latin American minerals
ProPublica - Trump DEA Pick Terry Cole Could Complicate U.S.-Mexico Relationship
CSIS - After Canada’s Election: An Energy Abundance Strategy for North America
Economist - The UN could run out of cash within months
NYT - How Trump Plays Into Putin’s Hands, From Ukraine to Slashing U.S. Institutions
ICIJ - Inside China’s machinery of repression — and how it crushes dissent around the world - ICIJ
Upcoming events
7 May, Atlantic Council - Mexico: Bilateral ties after 100 days of the Trump administration
Thanks for reading
Have a great weekend!
