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Friday Reading List - 23 October 2020
Friday Reading List - 23 October 2020
Friday Reading List - 23 October 2020
Good morning and happy Friday!
Below are links to interesting articles I’ve read in the past week as well as a list of upcoming events related to Latin America.
Here are the links to the four newsletters I published this week.
Monday - Bolivia - Arce's decisive victory
Tuesday - Mexico - Corruption and Cienfuegos
Wednesday - Politics and polls (Chile, Mexico, Costa Rica)
Thursday - The October 2020 protest wave
Two other points before I get to the articles:
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Reading List
Wilson Center - Latin America and China in Times of COVID-19
Council on Strategic Risks - Confronting Systemic Security Risks
FiveThirtyEight - Why A Gamer Started A Web Of Disinformation Sites Aimed At Latino Americans
New York Times - Chasing Illicit Money, Global Officials Circle a Puerto Rican Firm
New York Times - Fincen Files: una nueva filtración con enseñanzas para América Latina
Americas Quarterly - How to Close Latin America’s Gender Gap by 2030
Miami Herald - Gaming the System: The U.S. keeps erecting immigration barriers. Rich elites can maneuver around them
Reuters - Latin American payment giant rises amid pandemic, with an eye on China's Ant
ReliefWeb - Strong support for innovation and digital technologies in Latin America and the Caribbean
Politico - Brazil's Bolsonaro endorses Trump's reelection
HuffPost - Biden’s Approach To Brazil’s Bolsonaro Could Prove He’s Serious About Climate Change
Reuters - Vitol executive's secret recordings to expand Brazilian oil bribery probe
Bloomberg - Brazil’s Central Bank Just Revolutionized Instant Payments
Wall Street Journal - Covid-19 Vaccine Race Sparks Political Fight in Brazil
Inter-American Dialogue - Power Grab: What Mexico's State-Centered Electricity Policy Means for Trade, Climate, and the Economy
El Universal - Cienfuegos dio contrato millonario a morenista promotor de AMLO en campaña
Milenio - Cárteles de Jalisco y Sinaloa se pelean seis grandes puertos
Bloomberg - The U.S. Needs a New Strategy in Venezuela
CSIS - The Fabulous Five: How Foreign Actors Prop up the Maduro Regime in Venezuela
InSight Crime - Enemies to Allies – How Venezuela Decides Which Criminal Groups Thrive
Reuters - Nearly 75% of residents in Venezuela's capital eat less than in 2019, survey shows
NYT - Grenell Pursued Talks Over Change of Power in Venezuela
Wilson Center - The Lithium Triangle: The Case for Post-Pandemic Optimism
La Nacion - El triángulo de las Bermudas
BBC - Colombia: qué es la Minga Indígena y qué impacto puede tener su apoyo al Paro Nacional
Wall Street Journal - Bolivia Chose a New President. Will the Former One Let Him Govern?
Economist - Don’t mess up Bolivia’s miracle
Reuters - Peru's Vizcarra denies new corruption allegations, prosecutors to investigate
El Faro - Suitcases of Cash: Guatemala’s Faltering Anti-Corruption Efforts
Scientific America - How the Best Forecasters Predict Events Such as Election Outcomes
Washington Post - Africa’s largest dam powers dreams of prosperity in Ethiopia — and fears of hunger in Egypt
Center for American Progress - The First 100 Days: Toward a More Sustainable and Values-Based National Security Approach
New York Times - U.S. Diplomats and Spies Battle Trump Administration Over Suspected Attacks
GQ - The Mystery of the Immaculate Concussion
Upcoming events
26 October, CSIS - Sustainable Infrastructure in the Amazon
27 October, Inter-American Dialogue - Anatomy of MS-13 - Policy Implications for El Salvador and the US - The
28 October, Wilson Center - Lobbying and Corruption in Democratic Brazil
30 October, Wilson Center - A Conversation with President Luis Abinader of the Dominican Republic
Thanks for reading
Have a great weekend!