Good morning and happy Friday. After a very quick trip to DC, I’m back in Bogota. Here are the links to the three newsletters published this week.
Monday - Brazil - Congress to vote on broad antiterrorism bill
Tuesday - Region - CELAC convenes in Mexico
Wednesday - Politics and Polls (Brazil and Chile)
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Bloomberg - Latin America Shouldn’t Be a Pawn in U.S.-China Rivalry
Associated Press - Great Wall of Lights: China's sea power on Darwin's doorstep
Axios - U.S. friends in Latin America are turning to China
Wall Street Journal - Latin American Migration, Once Limited to a Few Countries, Turns Into a Mass Exodus
Adam Isacson - Order At The Border
Financial Times - Costa Rica president warns of unrest in developing world without more Covid aid
Bloomberg - Assertive Mexico Seeks Leadership Role in Latin America
CSIS - Economic Opportunity in the Northern Triangle
New York Times - La izquierda latinoamericana es de derecha
Daily Beast - How America Created a Gun-Happy Gangster’s Paradise in Brazil
Americas Quarterly - Have Brazilians Given Up on Bolsonaro?
NPR - How Brazil's Severe Drought Affects The Entire World's Coffee Supply Chain
Mongabay - Fires bear down on Brazil park that’s home to jaguars, maned wolves
Reuters - JPMorgan faces oil bribery probe in Brazil
Washington Post - Surge of Haitian migrants at the U.S. border challenges Mexico, too
Los Angeles Times - Tens of thousands of Haitian migrants are trapped in southern Mexico
BBC - Mexico metro collapse: 'All I ever wanted was for my son to come home'
InSight Crime - Bomb Threats: Mexico's Crime Groups Turn to Explosives
Wilson Center - Militarization a la AMLO: How Bad Can it Get?
Forbes - Are Mexico’s Cartels Winning The War On Drugs?
El Faro - Un cártel levanta alertas en la frontera guatemalteca con México
Reuters - Venezuela spoiler candidates pose threat to opposition in regional vote
Univision - Who is the mysterious Arcangel Pretel and why did he disappear after the assassination in Haiti?
Bloomberg - Banker-Turned-President Vows to Raise Taxes on Ecuador’s Wealthy
New York Times - In Argentina, a Political Alliance of Convenience Comes Undone
Human Rights Watch - Nicaragua: Trumped-Up Charges Against Critics
Associated Press - Honduras’ president at U.N. denies ties to drug trafficking
Guardian - Fears for democracy in El Salvador after president claims to be ‘coolest dictator’
Global Americans - It’s No Joke: Bukele’s Authoritarian Language
El Faro - Osiris Luna vendió 42,000 sacos de alimentos que eran para los afectados de la pandemia
Associated Press - US special envoy to Haiti resigns over migrant expulsions
Miami Herald - Grenade-dropping drones, a paranoid president, guards who ran: Latest on Haiti assassination
Human Rights Watch - US: Treatment of Haitian Migrants Discriminatory
New York Times - Cuba expects to reach ‘full immunization’ with homegrown vaccines by Dec. 31.
Techcrunch - Latin America's second wave of digital transformation
Wall Street Journal - Facebook Employees Flag Drug Cartels and Human Traffickers. The Company’s Response Is Weak, Documents Show.
27 September, Wilson Center - The Last Good Neighbor: Mexico in the Global Sixties
28 September, Sibylline - Global Extremism: Understanding the Threat Landscape
28 September, William J. Perry Center - The Armed Forces and Disaster Risk Management in Latin America and the Caribbean
28 September, WOLA - #StandFor6Million: Regional Advocacy for Venezuelan Migrants and Refugees
29 September, Inter-American Dialogue - Haiti’s Crisis Deepens — What Must Be Done Now?
29-30 September, Inter-American Dialogue - Regional Network to Measure Childhood Development – Advances Made in the Agenda for Measuring Early Childhood in Latin America
5 October, Inter-American Dialogue - Fifth Annual Latin America Energy Conference – Transition and Recovery
Have a great weekend.
Friday Reading List - 24 September 2021
Friday Reading List - 24 September 2021
Friday Reading List - 24 September 2021
Good morning and happy Friday. After a very quick trip to DC, I’m back in Bogota. Here are the links to the three newsletters published this week.
Monday - Brazil - Congress to vote on broad antiterrorism bill
Tuesday - Region - CELAC convenes in Mexico
Wednesday - Politics and Polls (Brazil and Chile)
This newsletter is supported by paying subscribers. Please consider subscribing for $9 per month.
Reading List
Bloomberg - Latin America Shouldn’t Be a Pawn in U.S.-China Rivalry
Associated Press - Great Wall of Lights: China's sea power on Darwin's doorstep
Axios - U.S. friends in Latin America are turning to China
Wall Street Journal - Latin American Migration, Once Limited to a Few Countries, Turns Into a Mass Exodus
Adam Isacson - Order At The Border
Financial Times - Costa Rica president warns of unrest in developing world without more Covid aid
Bloomberg - Assertive Mexico Seeks Leadership Role in Latin America
CSIS - Economic Opportunity in the Northern Triangle
New York Times - La izquierda latinoamericana es de derecha
Daily Beast - How America Created a Gun-Happy Gangster’s Paradise in Brazil
Americas Quarterly - Have Brazilians Given Up on Bolsonaro?
NPR - How Brazil's Severe Drought Affects The Entire World's Coffee Supply Chain
Mongabay - Fires bear down on Brazil park that’s home to jaguars, maned wolves
Reuters - JPMorgan faces oil bribery probe in Brazil
Washington Post - Surge of Haitian migrants at the U.S. border challenges Mexico, too
Los Angeles Times - Tens of thousands of Haitian migrants are trapped in southern Mexico
BBC - Mexico metro collapse: 'All I ever wanted was for my son to come home'
InSight Crime - Bomb Threats: Mexico's Crime Groups Turn to Explosives
Wilson Center - Militarization a la AMLO: How Bad Can it Get?
Forbes - Are Mexico’s Cartels Winning The War On Drugs?
El Faro - Un cártel levanta alertas en la frontera guatemalteca con México
Reuters - Venezuela spoiler candidates pose threat to opposition in regional vote
Univision - Who is the mysterious Arcangel Pretel and why did he disappear after the assassination in Haiti?
Bloomberg - Banker-Turned-President Vows to Raise Taxes on Ecuador’s Wealthy
New York Times - In Argentina, a Political Alliance of Convenience Comes Undone
Human Rights Watch - Nicaragua: Trumped-Up Charges Against Critics
Associated Press - Honduras’ president at U.N. denies ties to drug trafficking
Guardian - Fears for democracy in El Salvador after president claims to be ‘coolest dictator’
Global Americans - It’s No Joke: Bukele’s Authoritarian Language
El Faro - Osiris Luna vendió 42,000 sacos de alimentos que eran para los afectados de la pandemia
Associated Press - US special envoy to Haiti resigns over migrant expulsions
Miami Herald - Grenade-dropping drones, a paranoid president, guards who ran: Latest on Haiti assassination
Human Rights Watch - US: Treatment of Haitian Migrants Discriminatory
New York Times - Cuba expects to reach ‘full immunization’ with homegrown vaccines by Dec. 31.
Techcrunch - Latin America's second wave of digital transformation
Wall Street Journal - Facebook Employees Flag Drug Cartels and Human Traffickers. The Company’s Response Is Weak, Documents Show.
Upcoming events
27 September, Wilson Center - The Last Good Neighbor: Mexico in the Global Sixties
28 September, Sibylline - Global Extremism: Understanding the Threat Landscape
28 September, William J. Perry Center - The Armed Forces and Disaster Risk Management in Latin America and the Caribbean
28 September, WOLA - #StandFor6Million: Regional Advocacy for Venezuelan Migrants and Refugees
29 September, Inter-American Dialogue - Haiti’s Crisis Deepens — What Must Be Done Now?
29-30 September, Inter-American Dialogue - Regional Network to Measure Childhood Development – Advances Made in the Agenda for Measuring Early Childhood in Latin America
5 October, Inter-American Dialogue - Fifth Annual Latin America Energy Conference – Transition and Recovery
Thanks for reading
Have a great weekend.