Friday Reading List - 22 April 2022
Good morning and happy Friday! Here are the links to the four newsletters we published this week.
Tuesday - Argentina - Daily Economic Challenges
Wednesday - Politics and Polls (Mexico and Chile)
Thursday - Region - Fuel subsidies vs debt vs protests
Thank you to everyone who supports this newsletter.
Reading List
Atlantic Council - China’s discourse power operations in the Global South
Global Americans - Geopolitical Realignments and the Southern Caribbean Energy Matrix
The Guardian - ‘Brazil needs fixing’: Lula confirms comeback run against Bolsonaro
Estadão - Com a inflação acelerada, brasileiros perdem conquistas que vieram com o Plano Real
The Guardian - ‘No greater triumph’: excitement builds in Rio for carnival’s return
AP - Mexico’s electricity sector rankled by doubt and legal chaos
Americas Quarterly - REACTION: AMLO’s Energy Reform Rejected
The Guardian - ‘Threats and bullets’: wave of killings highlights perils of journalism in Mexico
Wilson Center - Schizophrenia in Mexican Foreign Policy: Lopez Obrador's Government Facing the War in Ukraine
Reuters - Mexico shuts elite investigations unit in blow to U.S. drugs cooperation
The Economist - Mexican migration has changed America for the better
The Guardian - The new wave of female film-makers confronting Mexico’s violence against women
New York Times - Rosario Ibarra de Piedra, 95, Dies; Fought for Mexico’s ‘Disappeared’
Reuters - U.S. oil services firms join push for revamped Venezuela license
The Economist - Can Venezuela help the West wean itself off Russian oil?
Wall Street Journal - Venezuelans Flee Again, This Time to the U.S.
Washington Post - A woman’s TikTok video mocked Venezuelan politicians. She was arrested.
Wilson Center - Will Argentine Voters Let an Outsider In?
The Guardian - ‘It’s crazy’: the doctor who faces jail in Argentina for giving a legal abortion
Americas Quarterly - A Challenging Start for Gabriel Boric
New York Times - Deep in Colombia, Rebels and Soldiers Fight for the Same Prize: Drugs
El Tiempo - El reporte en EE. UU. sobre las visitas de Piedad Córdoba a La Picota
La Silla Vacía - Los presos con los que habló el hermano de Petro tienen pocos votos
Americas Quarterly - Will Inflation Spoil the Dominican Republic’s Success?
Journal of Democracy - The Long Game: The Opposition Wins in Honduras
WOLA - Guatemala’s Attorney General Elections: Judicial Independence and Democracy at a Crossroads
Journal of Democracy - Nicaragua: Doubling Down on Dictatorship
Foreign Affairs - Haiti’s State of Paralysis
Miami Herald - Situation in Haiti demands urgency, top State Department diplomat says
Reuters - Peru's Castillo hardens stance on mining protests as economy stumbles
Bloomberg - Hunger and Blackouts Are Just the Start of an Emerging Economy Crisis
Washington Post - Meet the woman behind Libs of TikTok, secretly fueling the right’s outrage machine
New Yorker - The Slime Machine Targeting Dozens of Biden Nominees
New York Times - Wonking Out: Why the Dollar Dominates
Upcoming Events
25 April, Johns Hopkins SAIS - Latin America: Elections and Uncertainty
26 April, William J. Perry Center - Systems Analysis of the Salvadoran Gangs
28 April, AS/COA - 2022 Latin American Cities Conferences: Mexico City
12 May, AS/COA - 52nd Annual Washington Conference on the Americas
17-20 May, Jack D. Gordon Institute for Public Policy - 7th Annual Hemispheric Security Conference
19 May, BU Global Development Policy Center - Political Economies of Energy Transition: Wind and Solar Power in Brazil and South Africa
6-7 June, CGS Quito - Mining Conference 2022
Boz will be presenting at the inaugural Copper Gold Symposium Mining Conference in Quito, Ecuador.
8 June, Wilson Center - Safeguarding Democracy in the Americas: How to Strengthen the Inter-American Democratic Charter, 20 Years after Its Adoption
Have a great weekend.