Friday Reading List - 21 April 2023
Good morning and happy Friday! This week we covered Lula’s visit to China:
Boz will be teaching a week-long course on analyzing protests next week. The course is totally sold out at this point, but you can still view the course page here. Thanks to everyone who signed up! Please feel free to reach out to info@hxagon.com with any questions.
Here are this week’s links and upcoming events.
Reading List
IMF - Regional Economic Outlook for the Western Hemisphere, April 2023
World Politics Review - In Latin America, No Quick Fixes for Inflation and Economic Growth
Wall Street Journal - Russian Foreign Minister Seeks Deeper Ties in Latin America
El País - Argentina, Uruguay, Brasil, Perú o Ecuador: los “topos” rusos proliferan en América Latina
Wall Street Journal - Andes Turmoil Rattles Governments, Spurs Migration to U.S.
CSIS - The Great Balancing Act: Lula in China and the Future of U.S.-Brazil Relations
Global Americas - Brazil-Venezuela Relations Under Luís Inácio Lula da Silva
Bloomberg - Lula’s Nostalgia Trip Won’t Reinvent Brazil’s Future
Wall Street Journal - Brazil Battles for Amazon Tribe Known as Guardian of the Rainforest
New York Times - How Mexico Became the Biggest User of the World’s Most Notorious Spy Tool
Citizen Lab - NSO Group’s Pegasus Spyware Returns in 2022 with a Trio of iOS 15 and iOS 16 Zero-Click Exploit Chains
Insight Crime - 5 Takeaways From US Indictments of Chapitos, Associates
ACLED - Actor Profile: The Jalisco New Generation Cartel
Caracas Chronicles - A Decade of Nicolás Maduro
El País - El drama de ser pobre y viejo en Argentina
La Nación - Las lecciones de una visita
Economist - Bolivia is on the brink of an economic crisis
Reuters - Chile plans to nationalize its vast lithium industry
WOLA - Four Key Issues Ahead of the Biden-Petro Meeting
Colombia Risk Analysis - Local Perceptions of Chinese Investment in Colombia
Foreign Policy - Colombia’s President Is a Difficult U.S. Ally—Except on Climate
Americas Quarterly - Iván Velásquez Is Facing His Toughest Challenge Yet
Guardian - How a Colombian reporter predicted his murder – and why a global team is finishing his work
Vice - Mexican Cartels Are Turning Once-Peaceful Ecuador Into a Narco War Zone
Upcoming Events
24-28 April, Hxagon - Analyzing Protests
24 April, Wilson Center - U.S. Environmental Diplomacy: A Conversation with Assistant Secretary of State Monica Medina
25 April, WOLA - Ciudad Juárez Fire: What Happened and What Does It Tell Us About Immigration Policy?
25 April, Wilson Center - Latin America’s Lithium: Critical Minerals and the Global Energy Transition
25 April, Wilson Center - Gustavo Petro and a New Role for Colombia in the Venezuela Political Negotiations
26 April, Inter-American Dialogue - From Los Angeles to Denver: Global Challenges, Local Solutions
28 April, Wilson Center - Addressing the Converging Risks of Climate, Insecurity, and Migration in Central America
28 April, AS/COA - AS/COA Women's Hemispheric Network Conference: Mexico City
2 May, AS/COA - 53rd Annual Washington Conference on the Americas
2-3 May, FIU - Hemispheric Security Conference
5 May, Institute of the Americas - Geothermal across the Americas – A Three-Part Webinar Series exploring the potential of geothermal
8 May, Inter-American Dialogue - Unlocking Climate Finance in Latin America and the Caribbean
23 May, Institute of the Americas - Webinar sobre la Huella Ecológica de la Industria Marítima
1-2 June, Inter-American Dialogue, OAS, CAF Development Bank of Latin America - 26th Annual CAF Conference
21 June, Wilson Center - Building a Competitive U.S.-Mexico Border Conference