Friday Reading List - 24 January 2025

Will we ever have another slow news week again?

Bonjour and good morning from Montreal. I decided to spend a few days up here because it wasn’t cold enough in the DC area.

This week’s newsletters:

• Monday - Five questions and predictions on LatAm policy during Trump’s first 100 days

• Tuesday - Six stories on Trump's inauguration day

• Wednesday - Panama: January 2025 poll numbers

• Thursday - Six Stories - comments on Colombia, Venezuela, Ecuador, and Argentina.

Thanks to everyone who subscribes and reads.

Reading List

Institute of the Americas - Energy Outlook 2025

Bloomberg - Mexico’s $20 Billion Refinery Flops as Trump Threatens Oil Tariffs

NYT - Mexico’s Ambitious Plan to Prepare to Receive Its Citizens Deported From the US

Washington Post - Why Trump’s designation of drug cartels as terrorists alarms Mexico

NYT - Labeling Mexican Cartels ‘Terrorists’ Could Expose U.S. Companies to Sanctions

Reuters - Trump's bid to label Mexican cartels 'foreign terrorists' poses risks to companies, migrants

Washington Post - Trump sees a new threat on the Mexican border. It’s called China.

WSJ - Mexican Companies Try Wooing Trump This Time, Rather Than Shunning Him

CFR - Trump and the Future of the USMCA

Americas Quarterly - Trump and Lula Think Differently. Will They Find Common Ground?

WSJ - Cattle Gallstones, Worth Twice as Much as Gold, Drive a Global Smuggling Frenzy

CSIS - Ending Maduro’s Oil Lifeline: Reviewing Oil Licenses Granted Under the Barbados Accord

Bloomberg - Chevron Filed Taxes in Venezuela Despite Sanctions, Documents Show

InfoBAE - Tensión en la frontera de Venezuela y Brasil: Maduro cerró el cruce por ejercicios militares y Lula reforzó la seguridad en la zona

Global Americans - Prospects for Colombia in 2025

Colombia Risk Analysis - The political and economic fallout of selling Monómeros

BBC - Violencia en el Catatumbo: "El ELN es hoy un ejército binacional y un instrumento clarísimo de Venezuela para influir en Colombia"

PWS - Guerilla war in the Colombian borderlands

Clip - 56 exportadores sin rastro vendieron oro por más de 1.300 millones desde Ecuador

Bloomberg - Paraguay Thrilled to Be on Trump Team’s Radar, President Peña Says

BBC - Cómo Argentina pasó de ser un "país barato" en dólares a uno de los más caros de América Latina

WSJ - How Javier Milei’s Tough Remake of Argentina Made Him a MAGA Hero

World Politics Review - Guatemala’s Democracy Still Has a Chance, but It Needs U.S. Support

NY Books - Guatemala: Democracy Imperiled

WSJ - Why Trump Sees a Chinese Threat at the Panama Canal, and Locals Don’t

Bloomberg - Panama Opens Audit of Chinese Port Operator While Trump Threatens to Take Canal Back

Washington Post - Trump’s Panama Canal ambitions gain traction in GOP-led Senate

Bloomberg - Trump's Plan to Take Panama Canal Would Be Dumb and Difficult

Guardian - Panama’s vast Cobre mine is closed. So why is their security still restricting access to local villages?

Politico - Trump quickly puts Cuba back on the list of state sponsors of terrorism

New Humanitarian - Haiti in-depth: Why the Kenya-led security mission is floundering

AP - UN chief warns gangs could overrun Haiti’s capital without additional international security support

NYT - Trump Team Rebuffs Talks on Mass Deportations, Latin American Countries Say

Thanks for reading

Have a great weekend

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