As I wrote on LinkedIn, my company Hxagon has started the new year by expanding. Arianna Kohan, Greg Ross and Jordi Amaral have joined the team. You may see them pop up in this newsletter at some point. Lucy Hale is still here too and often co-authoring with me including this past Wednesday’s politics and polls newsletter.
Thanks for everyone’s support in recent months. We’ve got a busy year ahead.
Friday Reading List - 21 January 2022
Friday Reading List - 21 January 2022
Friday Reading List - 21 January 2022
Good morning and Happy Friday!
Here are the links to the three newsletters we published this week:
Tuesday - Russia's threats in Latin America
Wednesday - Politics and Polls (Costa Rica, Peru, Panama)
Thursday - Region - Omicron update, 20 January 2022
As I wrote on LinkedIn, my company Hxagon has started the new year by expanding. Arianna Kohan, Greg Ross and Jordi Amaral have joined the team. You may see them pop up in this newsletter at some point. Lucy Hale is still here too and often co-authoring with me including this past Wednesday’s politics and polls newsletter.
Thanks for everyone’s support in recent months. We’ve got a busy year ahead.
Reading List
Institute of the Americas - 2022 Energy Landscape & Outlook
Georgetown Journal of International Affairs - Latin America and the Caribbean’s Asymmetrical Engagement with China during the COVID-19 Pandemic
Center for Strategic and International Studies (CSIS) - Preparing for Deterioration of the Latin America and Caribbean Strategic Environment
Financial Times - Growth is Latin America’s big challenge
Financial Times - Latin America’s currencies signal economic damage despite commodities boom
Rest of World - “It’s a bloodbath”: U.S. companies are pillaging Latin America’s tech talent
Agence France Presse - Latin American security contractors bitter after serving in US wars
Associated Press - Omicron slamming S. American hospitals as workers fall ill
Miami Herald - Panama, Costa Rica, Dominican Republic join efforts to tackle migration, defend democracy
Americas Quarterly - Three Reasons to Be Optimistic About Central American Democracy
Bloomberg - How Big Beef Is Fueling the Amazon's Destruction
Bloomberg - Brazil Will Have to Boost Spending in 2023, Lula’s Adviser Says
Reuters - Lula says reducing poverty is Brazil's priority, not fiscal containment
Associated Press - Rio de Janeiro police move to regain control of some favelas
Al Jazeera - ‘Gold in the sea’: Brazil’s booming fish bladder trade
Washington Post - More enslaved Africans came to the Americas through this port than anywhere else. Why have so few heard of it?
Economist - Jair Bolsonaro’s scorn for data leaves Brazil in the dark
Mongabay - Pesticides released into Brazil’s Amazon to degrade rainforest and facilitate deforestation
Reuters - Brazil, Guyana and Suriname to take first steps towards energy alliance
Associated Press - Tarnished Gold: Illegal mining stokes Indigenous divisions
New York Times - In Quest for Energy Independence, Mexico Is Buying a Texas Oil Refinery
Guardian - Two journalists exposing Mexico’s corruption and drug violence murdered within one week
Economist - Bills be damned: Mexico’s president decrees better health care
Economist - Omicron comes to Mexico, a place that never really shut down
Small Wars Journal - Venezuela: Understanding Political, External, and Criminal Actors in an Authoritarian State
Financial Times - Venezuela’s environmental crisis: ‘the beginning of a wave of destruction’
Financial Times - Venezuelan economy returns to growth as price rises slow
Bloomberg - Venezuela Holds Rare Call With Bondholders as Economy Recovers
Bloomberg - Covid Infections Ravage Venezuela’s Congress, Delaying Session
Human Rights Watch - A Bus Ticket for Venezuelan Walkers in Colombia
AFP - Venezuela: the decline of an oil giant in crisis
Bloomberg - Colombia Presidential Favorite Seeks Global Anti-Oil Bloc
New York Times - Once a Hostage, She’s Now Running for President of Colombia
Sayari - Tracing Illicit Gold From Colombia Through Global Supply Chains
Guardian - Shock in Colombia over murder of 14-year-old indigenous activist
Al Jazeera - Colombia can’t resume coca aerial spraying for now, court rules
New York Times - In Peru, Courts ‘Used Like Whips’ to Silence Journalists
Guardian - Peru demands compensation for disastrous oil spill caused by Tonga volcano
World Politics Review - Guyana and Suriname Might Be Able to Balance Oil Revenues and Climate Goals
Americas Quarterly - Be Wary of Argentina’s Latest Economic “Miracle”
Americas Quarterly - What’s in Store for Gabriel Boric? Consider 1980s Greece.
InSight Crime - By Land and Sea - Chile Dealing with Surge of Creepy Marijuana
Wall Street Journal - Turkey’s Erdogan Meets El Salvador’s Bitcoin-Boosting Leader Amid Economic Crisis
El Faro - El Salvador Attorney General Raids Offices of Anti-Corruption Prosecutors
Associated Press - Taiwan pays $900,000 for ally Guatemala to lobby Washington
InSight Crime - Anti-Corruption Judge Becomes Next Target of Guatemala Prosecutors
Miami Herald - While U.S. probe of Moïse murder advances, judge running Haiti investigation faces firing
New York Times - U.S. Charges New Suspect in Haiti President’s Murder, Widening Investigation
Vox - Biden’s immigration polices have left Haitians stranded in Mexico
Economist - They wanted a voice. Cuba’s Communist regime will give them jail
Washington Post - Cubans who joined July protests now face stiff sentences
New York Times - Most ‘Havana Syndrome’ Cases Unlikely Caused by Foreign Power, C.I.A. Says
Financial Times - Poorest countries face $11bn surge in debt repayments
Financial Times - Moscow’s sanction-proofing efforts weaken western threats
New York Times - Eastern Europe Tests New Forms of Media Censorship
New York Times - Russia Issues Subtle Threats More Far-Reaching Than a Ukraine Invasion
New York Times - Let Innocent Afghans Have Their Money
Upcoming Events
24 January, Wilson Center - Challenges Facing Mexico's National Electoral Institute: A Conversation with President Councilor Lorenzo Córdova
25 January, Wilson Center - Tenth Annual U.S.-Mexico Security Conference Part 1
26 January, William J. Perry Center - Armed Forces of the English-Speaking Caribbean: A Conversation with Dr. Sanjay Badri-Maharaj
27 AS/COA - Crypto in the Americas: What Must Policymakers Consider?
27 January, Atlantic Council - Road to the Summit. Responding to the next disaster: Building health and climate resilience in the Americas
28 January, WOLA - Cuba: The U.S. Embargo After Sixty Years
2 February, Atlantic Council - #ProactiveLAC: Starting “small” in regional reactivation
Thanks for reading
Have a great weekend!