Friday Reading List - 23 September 2022
Good morning and happy Friday! Here are the links to the four newsletters we published this week:
Monday - Honduras - Security challenges mount for Castro government
Wednesday - Costa Rica - Legislative commission formed to investigate campaign finance scandal
Thursday - Colombia - "Total Peace" and the challenges of negotiations
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Reading List
Reuters - Analysis: In Latin America, democracies shaken ahead of key elections
IMF - Smaller Economies in Latin America and Caribbean Face a Bigger Inflation Challenge
United States Institute of Peace - Is There a Path to Greater Unity in the Western Hemisphere?
ECLAC - Education in Latin America at a crossroads
Foreign Policy - Why Beijing Wants Bolsonaro to Win
World Politics Review - Brazil’s Presidential Election Could Be the Amazon’s Last Chance
Reuters - Brazil institutions ready to confront Bolsonaro if he contests election result
The Economist - How left-wing on economics is Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva?
Bloomberg - Investors Love and Hate Lula a Decade After He Made Them Very Rich
Financial Times - Spate of attacks leaves Brazilians on edge ahead of election
Reuters - In divisive election, Brazil's trans candidates face threats, intimidation
Americas Quarterly - Brazil’s Evangelical Leftist
Reuters - Bolsonaro's gun laws arm Brazil's brazen bank thieves
The Intercept - Edir Macedo se prepara para o desembarque da candidatura Bolsonaro, dizem religiosos
Vice - The Sinaloa Cartel Is Controlling Water in Drought-Stricken Mexico
Narco Politics - The Empire of Los Chapitos
Washington Post - U.S. arrests along Mexico border top 2 million a year for first time
Insight Crime - Human Smugglers Outsourcing Drivers, Wreaking Havoc on US-Mexico Border
El Universal - Las razones de la resistencia
Reuters - Maroil takes over most of Venezuela's petroleum coke trading
Foreign Policy - The Many Trials of Cristina Fernández de Kirchner
Americas Quarterly - What’s Ahead for Alberto Fernández’s Last Year in Office?
AP - Barbados to refinance debt, help protect ocean in rare deal
Global Americans - Petro Expects to Become Latin America’s Leader. Expect Bumps Along the Way.
Financial Times - Colombia’s battle against Amazon deforestation: ‘The jungle is disappearing’
Washington Post - Una paz total que no ahogue la paz posible en Colombia
Americas Quarterly - Cuba’s Family Code Referendum Is Sparking Deep Debates
Wall Street Journal - Ecuador Reaches Deal With China to Restructure Debt
The Economist - Nayib Bukele wants to abolish term limits in El Salvador
El País - Rigoberta Menchú: “Sectores del pasado han tomado el poder en Guatemala”
The Guardian - Puerto Rico battles blackout and lack of safe water in wake of Hurricane Fiona
Foreign Policy - Why Skills-Based Immigration Is the Best Option for America
The Sentry - Report: The Enablers Fueling Global Corruption and Building Violent Kleptocracies - The Sentry
WSJ - Dollar’s Rise Spells Trouble for Global Economies
Upcoming Events
26 September, Georgetown Americas Institute - A Conversation on Political and Foreign Policy Challenges in Latin America with Mauricio Macri and Moises Naim
26 September, Wilson Center Brazil Institute - What’s Next for Brazil? The 2022 Elections and Beyond
26 September, Georgetown University - The Alliance for Development in Democracy One Year On: A Conversation With Roberto Alvarez, Dominican Republic Foreign Affairs Minister
27 September, Atlantic Council - US-Mexico border: How can greater efficiencies enhance economic potential?
28-29 September, Institute of the Americas - XXXI La Jolla Energy Conference
29 September, Wilson Center - Phase Two of ‘Vaccine Diplomacy’: Expanding Global Vaccine Production Capabilities
30 September, AS/COA - Investment Opportunities in Argentina’s Norte Grande Region
30 September, CSIS Project on Prosperity and Development - Covid-19 and Digital Payments: How the Pandemic Changed G2P Payments Globally
4 October, Wilson Center Mexico Institute - Traitor, Survivor, Icon: La Malinche – Expressions of Gender-Based Violence from Mexico’s Inception
6 October, William J. Perry Center for Hemispheric Defense Studies - Climate Migration and Security in the Western Hemisphere
10, October, Brookings - Reclaiming Human Rights in a Changing World Order
13 October, CSIS - 2022 Global Development Forum
18 October, Institute of the Americas - Geothermal across the Americas Part II: supplying sustainable low carbon energy in Latin America
20 October, AS/COA - 2022 Latin American Cities Conferences: Santiago