Friday Reading List - 2 September 2022
Good morning and happy Friday! Here are the links to the four newsletters we published this week.
Tuesday - Hypocrisy in the executive branch club
Wednesday - Politics and Polls (Brazil and Chile)
Thursday - Odds and ends
The link for paying subscribers to view the recording of our webinar on the Brazilian elections is in the Wednesday newsletter. We will not be sending a newsletter on Monday because of the holiday. If someone forwarded you this newsletter, please consider subscribing.
Reading List
Bloomberg - Must the US Kiss Latin America Goodbye?
Global Americans - Latin America’s Perfect Storm
Foreign Affairs - Latin America’s New Power Elite
Bloomberg - Russia’s Conspiracy-Theory Factory Is Swaying a Brand New Audience
Americas Quarterly - The Imminent Election Crisis in Brazil
Foreign Policy - The Future of Brazilian Politics Will Be Decided in São Paulo
AP - Women take the spotlight at first Brazil presidential debate
The Guardian - Bolsonaro under fire over claims family paid for 51 properties in cash
New York Times - Brazilian Officials Reach Truce on Voting Machines Targeted by Bolsonaro
Washington Post - Deforesters are plundering the Amazon. Brazil is letting them get away with it.
Americas Quarterly - Brazil’s Exodus of People Is A Bad Omen
New York Times - One Man Dies, and an Entire Uncontacted Tribe Vanishes in Brazil
Folha - Lula avança na 'eleição do vídeo' e quebra hegemonia de Bolsonaro no TikTok e no YouTube
Washington Post - Mexico needs justice and fairness, not politics, to heal from Ayotzinapa
WOLA - Ayotzinapa Case: Key Points to Understand the Mexican Government’s New Actions
New York Times - ‘Absolute Warfare’: Cartels Terrorize Mexico as Security Forces Fall Short
The Economist - Several violent episodes in Mexico suggest a worrying trend
Wall Street Journal - How Two Mexican Drug Cartels Came to Dominate America’s Fentanyl Supply
New York Times - Over Caves and Over Budget, Mexico’s Train Project Barrels Toward Disaster
Bloomberg - More Soldiers Won’t Curb Mexico’s Rampant Violence
El Universal - Guardia Nacional: más ruido que razones
El País - 1.000 embarazos de adolescentes al día: México se estanca en uno de sus grandes retos demográficos
Rest of World - Venezuela’s gamers see esports as a way to escape the country’s crisis
La Nación - Riesgo de canibalismo en la balsa de Cristina
Global Americans - Chile’s Constitutional Experiment: A Global Lesson in Direct Democracy?
Time - Chile’s Millennial President Is a New Kind of Leftist Leader
Washington Post - Chile should send its proposed constitution back for a rewrite
Financial Times - Chile’s draft constitution is seriously flawed
The Guardian - Misinformation abounds as Chile prepares to vote on new constitution
El Salvador Perspectives - El Salvador's historically low homicide rate
Plaza Pública - La utopía de Bukele: remilitarizar y encarcelar, traicionando los Acuerdos de paz
The Guardian - Top corruption prosecutor held in jail as Guatemalan elite bids to purge foes
The Economist - Traditional farming practices are being boosted in Guatemala
Rest of World - Guatemala is a quantum leapfrog
Diálogo Chino - Pedro Castillo’s troubled presidency deterring investment in Peru
Washington Post - Indigenous leaders get a choice: Join the narcos or run for your lives
Confidencial - Remesas y extorsión tributaria: las fuentes de financiamiento del régimen
Upcoming Events
2 September, CSIS - Religious Persecution and the Closing of Civic Space in Nicaragua
6 September, FIU Kimberly Green Latin America and Caribbean Center - A Celebration of Brazil: 200+ Years of Culture and Independence
7 September, AS/COA - Exhibition Opening—Tropical Is Political
8 September, Center for Global Development - Tight Budgets, New Threats, and Shifting Landscapes: Setting the Agenda for PAHO's Next Director
8 September, Atlantic Council - Apruebo o rechazo? The vote on Chile’s constitutional plebiscite and what it means beyond national borders
8 September, Inter-American Dialogue - Offshore Wind Energy in LAC – Gauging Speed and Direction
13 September, Wilson Center Mexico Institute - 200 Years of Bilateral Relations: The Perspective of the U.S. Ambassadors
14 September, Atlantic Council - Leaders of the Americas: A conversation with José Gregorio Baquero, CEO of CMI Foods
15 September, Center for Global Development - Multilateral Development Banks’ Capital Adequacy Frameworks: Options for Reform?
19 September, Wilson Center Mexico Institute - Roundtable Discussion on the National Guard: The Militarization of Mexican Security
20 September, Migration Policy Institute - 19th Annual Immigration Law and Policy Conference
22 September, The George Washington University - The 24th Federal Forecasters Conference
28-29 September, Institute of the Americas - XXXI La Jolla Energy Conference
6 October, William J. Perry Center for Hemispheric Defense Studies - Climate Migration and Security in the Western Hemisphere
18 October, Institute of the Americas - Geothermal across the Americas Part II: supplying sustainable low carbon energy in Latin America