Friday Reading List - 26 August 2022
Good morning and happy Friday! Here are the links to the four newsletters we published this week.
Monday - Paraguay - US sanctions influence presidential field
Tuesday - Argentina - CFK under fire for corruption allegations
Wednesday - Politics and Polls (Chile and Colombia)
Thursday - Brazil - Invitation to a briefing on 30 August about the elections
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Reading List
WOLA - Press Freedom under Siege in Central America
Americas Quarterly - On Fire: Europe’s Woes Reverberate in Latin America
Insight Crime - Can New US Rule Stop Ghost Guns Flowing to Latin America?
El País - El desarrollo sostenible no puede ignorar los saberes ancestrales
New York Times - The Question Menacing Brazil’s Elections: Coup or No Coup?
AP - Brazil vote: Executives under scrutiny after coup chatter
Financial Times - Brazil police raid Bolsonaro backers after media report coup messages
The Economist - Brazil’s governors have been emboldened under Jair Bolsonaro
AP - Crucial illegal road threatens Amazon rainforest
Politico - Bye bye Bolsonaro? EU-Mercosur trade deal hangs on Brazil’s election race
NPR - Behind in polls, Brazil's Bolsonaro hopes evangelicals will carry him to reelection
The Economist - Brazil’s president, lagging in the polls, turns to God and cash
Folha de São Paulo - Limites da Justiça
Estadão - Milícias dominam mais de 1,2 mil farmácias no Rio e ameaçam fiscais, diz conselho regional
Global Americans - The Evolution of PRC Engagement in Mexico
Washington Post - Mexico arrests former attorney general in kidnapping of 43 students
El Universal - El misterio de los “otros delitos”
Bloomberg Línea - Precios de cebolla y tortilla disparan inflación en México; estas son las causas
CSIS - Venezuela's 2024 Elections: Understanding Participation under Unfree and Unfair Conditions
Americas Quarterly - Venezuela: Now Is Not the Time to Reduce Global Scrutiny
Chatham House - Broadening Discussions About the Path Towards Restoring Democracy in Venezuela
Americas Quarterly - Venezuela’s Ad Hoc Economic Recovery Is Not Yet Sustainable
Bloomberg - Siemens to Help Rebuild Venezuela’s Electricity Grid
The Economist - Argentina’s vice-president could face 12 years in prison
Americas Quarterly - For Chile’s Constitution Referendum, Moderate Voters Are Key
The Guardian - ‘I live in fear’: can Colombia’s new president ease violence at the border?
Washington Post - Colombia, largest cocaine supplier to U.S., considers decriminalizing
Insight Crime - Why Ambulances Remain Convenient Way to Move Drugs in Colombia
Financial Times - El Salvador plans 40,000-inmate mega-prison in ‘war against gangs’
AP - Guatemala follows money in migrant smuggling investigations
Washington Post - A year after deadly earthquake, Haitians feel ‘abandoned’
Insight Crime - Haiti's Gangs Engage in Campaigns of Mass Sexual Violence
The Guardian - ‘Sell your organs to raise the ransom’: the Hondurans risking kidnap and death to reach the US
New York Times - Nicaragua Silences Its Last Outspoken Critics: Catholic Priests
World Politics Review - The World Has Turned a Blind Eye to Nicaragua’s Anti-Catholic Crackdown
The Guardian - Anglo-French oil firm threatens Amazon reserve for isolated Indigenous people
Upcoming Events
26 August, Georgetown Americas Institute - A Monetary and Fiscal History of Latin America, 1960 - 2017
26 August, AS/COA - 2022 Latin American Cities Conferences: Bogotá
26 August, AS/COA - Women's Hemispheric Network Conference: São Paulo
29 August, Atlantic Council - What may the next decade of US-Caribbean energy cooperation bring?
6 September, FIU Kimberly Green Latin America and Caribbean Center - A Celebration of Brazil: 200+ Years of Culture and Independence
7 September, AS/COA - Exhibition Opening—Tropical Is Political
8 September, Atlantic Council - Apruebo o rechazo? The vote on Chile’s constitutional plebiscite and what it means beyond national borders
8 September, Inter-American Dialogue - Offshore Wind Energy in LAC – Gauging Speed and Direction
13 September, Wilson Center Mexico Institute - 200 Years of Bilateral Relations: The Perspective of the U.S. Ambassadors
15 September, Center for Global Development - Multilateral Development Banks’ Capital Adequacy Frameworks: Options for Reform?
20 September, Migration Policy Institute - 19th Annual Immigration Law and Policy Conference