Good morning and happy Friday from New Buffalo, Michigan! Thanks to Arianna and Jordi for helping with these links every week, but especially this week while I was on vacation.
This week’s newsletter covered two possible risks following Ecuador’s August election.
https://boz.substack.com/p/ecuador-two-risks-around-the-election
Here is this week’s reading list and upcoming events.
Reading List
World Politics Review - The EU Shouldn’t Let Ukraine Derail Ties With Latin America
El País - Latin America is part of the solution to major global challenges
New Yorker - Haiti Held Hostage
Financial Times - Petro courts foreign investors to fulfil Colombia’s ‘potential’ beyond oil
Americas Quarterly - The Audience for Women’s Soccer Is—Slowly—Growing in South America. Now They Need the Funding.
Foreign Policy - The United States’ Easiest Climate Win Is in Latin America
New York Times - My City Has Run Out of Fresh Water. Will Your City Be Next?
Economist - Nayib Bukele shows how to dismantle a democracy and stay popular
Diplomat - Chinese Private Security Companies in Latin America
Economist - Young Latin Americans are unusually open to autocrats
Global Americans - Petrobras – An Agent of Transformation in Meeting Brazil’s Nationally Determined Contributions?
El País - In Mexico, organized crime flexes social muscle among the poorest ahead of elections
CSIS - After AMLO: The Economic, Security, and Political Outlook for Mexico in 2024
Reuters - Mexican president leaks purported details of political rival's finances
Reuters - Venezuela ex-spymaster arrives in US to face drug charges after extradition
Road to the Casa Rosada - Argentina Politics Update - 19 July 2023
Bloomberg - Argentina Bonds Jump After Opposition Wins Province Primary Vote
Americas Migration Brief - July 17, 2023
Americas Quarterly - Are Caribbean Banks Held to a Double Standard?
El País - El Salvador’s mega-prisons as an electoral promise in Colombia
Council on Foreign Relations - Central America’s Turbulent Northern Triangle
Americas Quarterly - After Ruling, More Trouble Likely for Guatemala’s Democracy
Economist - A battery supply chain that excludes China looks impossible
New York Times - How a Vast Demographic Shift Will Reshape the World
Upcoming Events
24 July, Georgetown Americas Institute - The Frontiers of Nearshoring in Mexico: Understanding the Scenario
25 July, Migration Policy Institute - Improving Communications in the Voluntary Return and Reintegration Network
25 July, AS/COA - 2023 Latin American Cities Conferences: Bogotá
26 July, Wilson Center - Argentina Elige: A Conversation with Diana Mondino, Senior Economic Adviser to Presidential Candidate Javier Milei
27 July, CSIS - Energy, Environment, and Opportunities for Mexico's Natural Gas Sector
9 August, AS/COA - 2023 Latin American Cities Conferences: Santiago
22 August, Institute of the Americas - Argentina Energy Roundtable
22 August, AS/COA - 2023 Latin American Cities Conferences: Brasília
24 August, AS/COA - 2023 Latin American Cities Conferences: Buenos Aires
18 September, Wilson Center - Understanding the Fentanyl and Opioid Crisis: US-Mexico Solutions
2-6 October, Hxagon - Analyzing Protests (use coupon code EARLY20 for a 20% discount)
11-12 October, Institute of the Americas - La Jolla Conference