Friday Reading List - 20 June 2025

I survived the first week of my kids' summer vacation.

Good morning from Vienna, Virginia.

This week’s articles and newsletters

• WPR - Tackling Ecuador’s Security Crisis Will Take More Than the Military

• Monday - How the Israel-Iran conflict impacts LatAm and other US policy news

• Tuesday - Six presidential elections, no front-runner

• Wednesday - Bolivia Election Notes - June 2025

• Thursday - How AI ranks presidential stability and five other stories

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Reading List

Miami Herald - Trump’s move to tax money sent abroad could devastate Latin America, Caribbean economies

Inter-American Dialogue - Navigating U.S.-China Competition: Latin American and Southeast Asian Experiences

AQ - Trump’s FTO Policy Creates New Risks for Doing Business in Latin America

Bloomberg - Latin America's Security Crisis Is the Right’s Stuff

Bloomberg - Canada Business Group Pushes for Pipeline Expansion in Mexico

MXPE - Mexico’s conservatism has made it a tech laggard

Moments in Mexico - The Trump-Sheinbaum Era: Navigating a More Volatile US-Mexico Relationship

NYT - Chinese Companies Set Their Sights on Brazil

Reuters - China floods Brazil with cheap EVs triggering backlash

FT - The controversial return of Brazil’s billionaire beef barons

AP - 'I was terrified I was going to die.' Rape victims in Brazil struggle to access legal abortions

drops da evolução - Bolsonaro and Allies on Trial for Attempted Coup

Guardian - New charges accuse Bolsonaro of running spy ring from Brazil’s presidential palace

Bloomberg - Brazil House Speaker Signals Opposition to Lula Fiscal Plan

Bloomberg - Latin America’s Data Center Gold Rush Comes With Some Big Risks

Reuters - Q&A: Is Venezuela about to lose Citgo, its most prized foreign asset?

Armando - Este ‘sargento’ de Florida es el Plan B de Maduro (con ‘bolichico’ incluido)

AP - Colombia's Senate approves labor bill as president pushes for referendum

InSight Crime - Can Argentina Face Its Growing Money Laundering Challenges?

NYT - At Chile’s Vera Rubin Observatory, Earth’s Largest Camera Surveys the Sky

Foreign Policy - Bukele’s Anti-Crime Model Has Its Limits

NYT - U.S. Urges Americans to Steer Clear of Nicaragua

Reuters - Nicaraguan ex-military officer killed in exile in Costa Rica

Confidencial - Asesinato de Roberto Samcam repite patrón de violencia contra exiliados nicaragüenses en Costa Rica

Miami Herald - Haiti is as dangerous for children as Gaza, UN report shows

AP - A letter demanding data on Cuban medical missions roils the Caribbean and the Americas

NYT - ‘I’m an American, Bro!’: Latinos Report Raids in Which U.S. Citizenship Is Questioned

CNN - Thailand-Cambodia border dispute: How a leaked phone call between a former strongman and a young leader could topple a government

NYT - The One Global Problem [Hunger] That’s Easy to Fix

Upcoming events

24 June, Inter-American Dialogue - Trade, Critical Minerals, and China’s Subnational Engagement

25 June, CCA - Colombia continues searching for the center

25 June, Brookings - The impact of deportation policy changes on Latino immigrant communities

Thanks for reading

Have a great weekend!