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Friday Reading List - 20 November 2020
Friday Reading List - 20 November 2020
Friday Reading List - 20 November 2020
Good morning and happy Friday!
Below are links to interesting articles I’ve read in the past week as well as a list of upcoming events related to Latin America.
Here are the links to the four newsletters I published this week.
Monday - Peru - Merino's mistakes lead to a very short term in office
Tuesday - The overlap of organized crime and corrupt government officials, Part 2
Wednesday - Politics and polls (Mexico, Ecuador)
Thursday - Brazil - Municipal elections show a return of machine politics
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Reading List
Los Angeles Times - On Latin America, Biden’s brand of diplomacy will be a major shift from Trump
Americas Quarterly - A US Border Crisis Could Be Imminent – Here is How to Avoid It
CSIS - The Effects of Covid-19 on Latin America’s Economy
The Economist - Latin America’s leaders will have plenty of headaches
Guardian - Scientists link record-breaking hurricane season to climate crisis
The Intercept - Hurricane Eta devastates Central America as U.S. withdraws from climate accord
CSIS - Chinese Security Engagement in Latin America
Foreign Affairs - Trump Drove Latin America Into China’s Arms
Fox News - Chinese 'cartels' quietly operating in Mexico, aiding US drug crisis
Washington Post - The sniper rifles flowing to Mexican cartels show a decade of U.S. failure
Wall Street Journal - Venezuela Opposition Fights Creditors for Control of Billions in Global Assets
New York Times - They Championed Venezuela’s Revolution. They Are Now Its Latest Victims.
Miami Herald - Video shows Maduro’s men kidnapping a Venezuelan businessman in Brazil
Financial Times - Venezuelan oil could become world’s biggest stranded asset, say experts
USIP - Iran and Venezuela: Odd Bedfellows
Reuters - Peru's youth has taken down a president. Now they want more
Bloomberg - Bolivia Crafts an Austerity Plan as Solution to Economic Crisis
Associated Press - El Salvador taps new DC lobbyist in pivot to Biden
Vice - El Salvadorans Lacked Running Water During the Pandemic. Then Came the Hurricane.
Foreign Policy - Trump’s Argentine Plan for Transition Sabotage
Miami Herald - Haiti is running low on fuel again as sweet deal with fuel supplier turns sour
Guardian - Researchers confirm human-to-human transmission of rare virus in Bolivia
US State Department - The Elements of the China Challenge (pdf)
C4ADS - Lethal Exchange: Synthetic Drug Networks in the Digital Era
Atlantic Council - US sanctions policy: Lessons learned and recommendations for the new administration
Upcoming Events
23 November, Atlantic Council - Latin America and the Caribbean’s COVID-19 recovery: A conversation with IDB President Mauricio Claver-Carone
23 November, Wilson Center - DOJ's Role in Fighting Corruption, Drug Trafficking and Money Laundering in Latin America
24 November, Wilson Center - Brazil, No Longer the Country of Impunity? The Lessons of Operation Car Wash
24 November, Atlantic Council - Thriving amid COVID-19: Illicit trade in Latin America and the Caribbean
3 December, RANE/Nasdaq - Board Governance Through the Lens of Geopolitical Risk (I’m speaking at this one)
3 December, Wilson Center - Venezuela's Assembly Elections
10 December, Inter-American Dialogue - Forward Together: A Conversation with Former Presidents of the Americas
28 January 2021 - Technology. Behaviour. Data. (TBD) Conference 2021
Thanks for reading
Have a great weekend!