Good morning. I publish a list of mostly English-language articles every Friday. Here are the links to the four newsletters I published this week.

• Monday - Crime and Security update (Venezuela, Mexico)

• Tuesday - Region - Disasters are increasing; disaster preparedness is not

• Wednesday - Politics and Polls (Peru, Ecuador, Argentina)

• Thursday - Venezuela - Negotiations over elections, vaccines and diesel

Tuesday’s newsletter on natural disasters was free and thanks to everyone who sent me positive feedback about it. Paying subscribers received the other newsletters and have access to the full archive. If you find this newsletter valuable, please consider subscribing.

Reading List

Americas Quarterly - Latin America’s True Disaster May Be 2021

Associated Press - Cyber attack tied to China boosts development bank's chief

War on the Rocks - A New Great Game Finds The South Atlantic

Axios - Exclusive: U.S. urged to join South America in fighting China fishing

InSight Crime - DEA Report: Drug Traffickers Adapt to COVID-19 Crisis

ReliefWeb - 114 million children still out of the classroom in Latin America and the Caribbean

The Intercept - Escutas Revelam O Espólio Milionário Do Miliciano Adriano Da Nóbrega

Guardian - Bolsonaro uses Brazil's dictatorship-era law as protesters depict him as a Nazi

Financial Times - Brazil’s establishment strikes back at anti-corruption drive

Reuters - 'Alarm bells': Brazil's COVID-19 chaos sparks fear, countermeasures from neighbors

Economist - Brazil’s mismanagement of covid-19 threatens the world

Folha - Datafolha: Maioria vê Lula culpado e acha que Fachin agiu mal ao anular condenações

Reuters - Exclusive: Mexico seeks better trade terms from Vitol following bribery scandal

Financial Times - ‘In love with bad ideas’: López Obrador takes Mexico back to the future

Dissent - The Immovable AMLO

Wilson Center - The undoing of Mexico's competitive liberalization: The electric industry, rule of law and investment

Bloomberg - At a Hotel in Caracas, Oil Executives Weigh a Return to Venezuela

Bloomberg - Scion of Billionaire Family Hunts for Cheap Assets in Venezuela

Vice - This Is What It's Like Trying to Buy Drugs During Venezuela's Economic Crisis

La Silla Vacía - En Apure se da la primera rebelión de una disidencia contra el chavismo

Washington Post - He tried to save a rare parrot. It cost him his life.

InSight Crime - Land Grabbing: Tracing and Targeting the ‘Invisible’ Threat Destroying Colombia’s Forests

Financial Times - Cristina Fernández de Kirchner’s dominance in Argentina becomes apparent

Bloomberg - Paraguay Says Chinese Vaccine Offers Tied to Dumping Taiwan

Miami Herald - Target those in Nicaragua’s private sector who enable Ortega’s corrupt regime | Opinion

New York Times - A Damning Portrait of Presidential Corruption, but Hondurans Sound Resigned

New York Times - Honduras, un gran dolor de cabeza para Biden

La Prensa (Honduras) - Estados Unidos creará ente para combatir corrupción en Centroamérica

Bloomberg - IMF-Backed Bill Sets Up Clash With Costa Rica’s Powerful Unions

Guardian - Abandoned: gangs in Guatemala replace families – photo essay

New York Times - A Go-It-Alone President Wants to Reshape Haiti. Some Are Skeptical.

New York Times - 5 Takeaways From Investigating Covert Oil Deliveries to North Korea

Council on Foreign Relations - China’s Belt and Road: Implications for the United States

Bloomberg - The World Is Facing a Coffee Deficit in Supply Chain ‘Nightmare’

Upcoming Events

26 March, Inter-American Dialogue - Afro-descendants: Striving for Equality in Latin America

29 March, Wilson Center  - Building Ocean Resilience in the Face of Climate Change

29 March, Duke University - Polarization & Social Unrest: The State of Affairs in Latin America U.S. Foreign Policy

30 March, Inter-American Dialogue - Freedom of Expression and Elections in Nicaragua

14 April, Institute of the Americas - México Próspero – A Presentation by Tatiana Clouthier, Mexico’s Secretary of Economy

Thanks for reading

Have a great weekend!