Friday Reading List - 22 July 2022
Good morning and happy Friday! Here are the links to the four newsletters we published this week:
Monday - Mexico - Sinaloa Cartel in CDMX
Tuesday - Region - Recession plus inflation
Wednesday - Politics and Polls (Colombia, Costa Rica, Mexico)
Thursday - Brazil - Election updates
As a note, Hxagon’s own Jordi Amaral and Arianna Kohan will be filling in for the next several weeks at the Latin America Daily Briefing, which you can subscribe to here.
Reading List
Americas Quarterly - Latin America’s Second Pink Tide Looks Very Different from the First
El Faro - La Lista Engel apunta cada vez más cerca de los presidentes centroamericanos
The Economist - Latin American politicians court social-media stars, often ineptly
Americas Quarterly - Why Latin America Needs a Green New Deal
New York Times - Bolsonaro Gathers Foreign Diplomats to Cast Doubt on Brazil’s Elections
The Guardian - Bolsonaro’s attack on Brazil’s electoral system sparks outrage
AP - Report: Brazil authorities pay no mind to deforestation
The Intercept - Enquanto Bolsonaro e seus generais ameaçam, Arthur Lira dá um golpe
Folha - Saúde mental de eleitor tem cicatrizes com polarização, pandemia e economia
Wall Street Journal - U.S. Initiates Trade Fight With Mexico Over Energy Policy
Bloomberg - Mexico Has Tanker Traffic Jam as Pemex Splurges on Foreign Gasoline
New York Times - Mexico’s Leader Says Poverty Is His Priority. But His Policies Hurt the Poor.
AP - Train endangers some of Mexico’s oldest pre-historic sites
El País - La reanudación del tramo 5 del Tren Maya expone al Gobierno a una tormenta legal
El Universal - El final del camino de Caro Quintero
Rest of World - As global funding dries up, Mexico’s delivery startups see an opportunity
Diálogo Chino - Sembrando Vida: Mexico’s agriculture scheme pitched as migration solution
CNN - More Americans who want abortions are turning to Mexico for help
The Economist - Mexicans are increasingly consuming illegal drugs
Financial Times - Colombia and Venezuela poised for a reset of relations under Gustavo Petro
Miami Herald - U.S. fears Venezuela is increasing efforts to lure and entrap Americans as bargaining chips
New York Times - In Argentina, One of the World’s First Bans on Gender-Neutral Language
Reuters - In Argentina's trash cans, less waste reflects ravages of inflation
AS/COA - Poll Tracker: Chile's Constitutional Referendum
Bloomberg - Colombia’s Economy May Yet Catch Up to the Hype
War on the Rocks - Colombia’s New President and the Challenges to the Bilateral Relationship
El Espectador - Las reformas de Petro y el “colador” en el Congreso
El Tiempo - Congreso se instala con un 61% de legisladores nuevos: qué temas son claves
World Politics Review - Costa Rica’s ‘War’ Against Ransomware Is a Wake-Up Call for the Region
Insight Crime - Political Connections in El Salvador Help MS13 Leaders Escape Abroad
El Faro - Una alcaldía en crisis sueña con ganar dinero en cripto
The Guardian - Statehood or independence? Puerto Rico’s status at forefront of political debate
CFR - Confronting Reality in Cyberspace: Foreign Policy for a Fragmented Internet
Bloomberg - Mortgage Boycott Shows How Deep China’s Property Crisis Goes
New York Times - ‘My Worldview Has Been Destroyed’: Chinese Banking Scandal Tests Faith in the System
Upcoming Events
25 July, Atlantic Council - A conversation with H.E. Irfaan Ali, President of the Co-operative Republic of Guyana
26 July, Wilson Center - A Conversation with President Irfaan Ali of Guyana
26 July, Inter-American Dialogue - Cancer & Covid-19: New Challenges to Controlling Cancer in Latin America and the Caribbean
27 July, Inter-American Dialogue - Colombian Energy Policy under Petro
27 July, AS/COA - How to Make Nearshoring in Latin America a Reality
27 July, CSIS - Strengthening the Guyana – U.S. Relationship
27 July, Canadian Council for the Americas - Chile's draft constitution: women's rights provisions in context
29 July, Brookings - The future of the US-Colombia relationship: A conversation with Ambassador Juan Carlos Pinzón
29 July, Georgetown Americas Institute - Extraction and Exploitation: The Effects of Mining on Religious Communities
9 August, Wilson Center - The Awakening of Rare Diseases in Latin America