Good morning. 

Here are the four newsletters I published this week:

• Monday - Mexico - CJNG chismes - February 2021

• Tuesday - Region - Gasoline prices and political risk

• Wednesday - Politics and Polls (Argentina, Chile, Ecuador, Mexico)

• Thursday - Honduras - Hernandez tries to hold on

There is no paywall on Tuesday’s and Thursday’s newsletters this week. Please read and share! 

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Reading List

New York Times - ‘V.I.P. Immunization’ for the Powerful and Their Cronies Rattles South America

The Hill - Climate change is upending Central America — the US must take action

CBS News - U.S. shelters for migrant children near maximum capacity as border crossings increase

Vice - Deported to Death

Wall Street Journal - For Covid-19 Vaccines, Latin America Turns to China and Russia

Foreign Policy - In Latin America, U.S. Popularity Is Already Bouncing Back

Associated Press - Chinese loans to Latin America plunge as virus strains ties

The Dialogue - Shifting Gears: Chinese Finance in LAC, 2020

Wall Street Journal - Venezuelan Migrants Providing Crucial Labor in South America

Bloomberg - Family Office Powered by Mining Creates $6 Billion Money Machine

Economist - The sad, quiet death of Brazil’s anti-corruption task-force

Bloomberg - Brazil’s Bolsonaro Starts a Populist Death Spiral

BBC - Amazon rainforest plots sold via Facebook Marketplace ads

New York Times - Slow the Iron River of Guns to Mexico

American Enterprise Institute - Money laundering and corruption in Mexico: Confronting threats to prosperity, security, and the US-Mexico relationship

Krebs on Security - Mexican Politician Removed Over Alleged Ties to Romanian ATM Skimmer Gang

Wall Street Journal - Teachers, Not Nurses, Get Covid-19 Vaccine Priority in Some Corners of Mexico

El País - La Auditoría Superior detecta irregularidades en el desembolso de 12.276 millones de pesos en el primer año de López Obrador

Animal Político - Cancelar el NAIM costará 331 mil mdp, estima la Auditoría; no 100 mil mdp como dijo gobierno de AMLO

Financial Times -  Mexico’s comptroller backtracks on audit of scrapped airport project 

Impunidad Cero - Operación Desabasto

Financial Times - Why it’s time to lift the trading ban on Venezuela’s debt

Washington Post - The world must act to stop Venezuela’s environmental destruction

Reuters - Exclusive: 'Perfect trips' - Venezuela ships jet fuel to Iran in exchange for gasoline, sources say

International Crisis Group - The Exile Effect: Venezuela’s Overseas Opposition and Social Media

New York Times - Venezuelan Women Lose Access to Contraception, and Control of Their Lives

InSight Crime - Venezuela Oil Crisis May Set Limits on PDVSA Impunity

InSight Crime - Drug Trafficking and Political Protection in Paraguay: The Case of ‘Cucho’ Cabaña

Guardian - Colombian police killed 86 people in 2020, report reveals

Financial Times - Cocaine: Colombia weighs a new aerial war on drugs 

Americas Quarterly - Companies Should Examine Their Troubled Pasts – Before Courts Do It for Them

New York Times - Blood Bath at Ecuador Prisons as Drug Gangs Battle for Control

Miami Herald - ‘Abuses of every kind’: How a billion-dollar gold racket wrecks the jungle, enriches narcos

WLRN - Honduras' Crooked President Deserves The Same 'Gringo' Treatment Venezuela's Got

Univision - "Corrupción desenfrenada": proyecto de ley busca sancionar al presidente hondureño

El Faro - Technology, Not Fraud, Will Challenge El Salvador's Elections

CNN - Will US diplomats finally return to Havana, after a rash of mystery injuries?

The Bureau of Investigative Journalism - ‘Held to ransom’: Pfizer demands governments gamble with state assets to secure vaccine deal

Upcoming Events

26 February, Wilson Center - A Conversation on U.S. - Guatemalan Relations in the Biden Era

2 March, AS/COA - Chile: Toward a New Constitution

3 March, AS/COA - Democracy: A Conversation with Madeleine Albright and Mack McLarty

3 March, WOLA - The Impact of Global Drug Policy on Women: Shifting the Needle Webinar

3 March, WOLA - Protecting those in need: Mexico's role in responding to the regional refugee crisis

3 March, CSIS - Addressing the Needs of Central American Asylum Seekers and Vulnerable Migrants

4 March, AS/COA - Venezuelan Migration in 2021: COVID-19, Elections, and Human Rights

5 March, WOLA - Coca and Violence in Colombia

5 March, AS/COA - Brazil-U.S. Relations: A Conversation with Ernesto Araújo

Thanks for reading

Have a great weekend!