Friday Reading List - 21 October 2022
Good morning and happy Friday! Here are the links to the four newsletters we published this week:
Tuesday - Brazil - Debate and election notes
Wednesday - Politics and Polls (Chile)
Thursday - Region - Internet freedom
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Reading List
El País - The Darién Gap and promise in the Americas
Financial Times - Latin America’s inflation lessons for the G7
Reuters - Brazil's Bolsonaro caught off guard by campaign's ugly closing chapter
The Economist - Brazil’s next president will face a big, tricky in-tray
Americas Quarterly - The Rise of Congress Will Have Consequences for Brazil’s Victor
Reuters - Brazil electoral court cracks down on disinformation ahead of Lula-Bolsonaro runoff
Associated Press - Bolsonaro struggles to sway Brazil’s poor voters with aid
The Guardian - Brazil’s fearsome militias: mafia boom increases threat to democracy
Financial Times - Brazil presidential vote sparks rush to clear more Amazon forest
Carnegie Endowment - Why Brazil Sought Chinese Investments to Diversify Its Manufacturing Economy
New York Times - The Man Who Bet on Neymar Wants His Money
Americas Quarterly - AMLO’s Expansion of the Military Undermines Mexico’s Civilian Tradition
LA Times - Mexico’s new racial reckoning: A movement protests colorism and white privilege
Animal Político - Venta de armas, tráfico de personas, huachicol: detectan a militares y guardias con presuntos vínculos delictivos
El País - Cinco agresores muertos por cada herido: la letalidad del Ejército en el Gobierno de López Obrador
Americas Quarterly - The Destruction of Venezuela’s Amazon Is Going Virtually Unnoticed
Associated Press - Cash is king for sanctioned Russian, Venezuelan oligarchs
Reuters - Washington plays hardball with Chevron's Venezuela license over Mexico talks
Global Americans - International Investigations Reveal the Limits of Justice and Rule of Law in Venezuela
Financial Times - Simmering indigenous conflict tests Chile’s government
The Guardian - Cuban missile crisis, 60 years on: what the Russians left behind
Insight Crime - Iván Mordisco's Reappearance Brings New Challenges to 'Total Peace' in Colombia
El País - Colombia rompe sus récords de cultivos de coca y de producción de cocaína
El Tiempo - Extorsión, un fenómeno que aumenta en silencio en la ciudad
The Guardian - Bolivian gold miners push into national park despite country’s green rhetoric
El Faro - César Addario: el asesor financiero del Gobierno que gana montos millonarios
Insight Crime - Episcopal Church Embroiled in Arms Trafficking Accusations in Haiti
The Economist - An American-backed foreign force may be sent to Haiti
Americas Quarterly - Letter to the Editor: Spotlighting Paraguay’s Opposition
Washington Post - Peru has had five presidents in seven years. Is Castillo next to go?
Freedom House - The Global Drive to Control Big Tech
Washington Post - EV supply chains have a human rights problem. Can tech fix it?
Upcoming Events
21 October, Center for the Americas, University of Oklahoma - Why do Corrupt Governments Invite International Anti-Corruption Commissions? Experiences from Central America
21 October, Georgetown Americas Institute - Understanding Latin American Business: A Conversation with Jaime Gilinski
24 & 25 October, Fundar - Conferencia: Las encrucijadas del litio
24 October, AS/COA - Ecuador Open for Business Conference
24 October, Center for Global Development - Latin America and the Caribbean at a Crossroads: What Agenda and Role for the Inter-American Development Bank?
25 October, Inter-American Dialogue - Haiti’s Frustration with International Aid
25 October, Wilson Center - Climate Change, Population, and the Shape of the Future
26 October, Wilson Center - U.S. Policy Options on Venezuelan Sanctions
26 October, Inter-American Dialogue - Japan’s Evolving Engagement with Central America and the Caribbean—What Lies Ahead?
26 October, Atlantic Council - Leveraging supply chain concentration for infrastructure security
26 October, AS/COA - Latin America and the Globalization Myth
27 October, Inter-American Dialogue - Faces of the Latin American Green Wave: From Argentina to Mexico, Leaders Share Their Experiences
27 October, Canadian Council of the Americas - Colombia drug policy reform: a suggested roadmap / Reforma de la política de drogas de Colombia: hoja de ruta sugerida
27 October - Center for Global Development - Discussion of IMF’s Fiscal Monitor and World Bank’s Poverty and Shared Prosperity Reports
31 October, Wilson Center Mexico Institute - US-Mexico Security Cooperation: The Bicentennial Framework
3 November, Wilson Center Latin American Program - Renewable Energy and Mining in Latin America
8 November, Inter-American Dialogue - Power in Brazil – Energy Policy Post-Election
9 November, CSIS Humanitarian Agenda - 2022 Washington Humanitarian Forum: Closing the Gap