Friday Reading List - 27 December 2024
Friendly Reminder: Tomorrow is Latin America's version of April Fool's Day. Believe no headlines you read.
Good morning.
This week’s World Politics Review column discussed the LatinoBarometro survey and specifically looked at the questions about democracy in El Salvador and Mexico.
This week’s newsletters:
Monday - Trump vs Panama
Thursday - Six Stories - comments on Brazil BYD, Ecuador’s election, Colomba’s recognition of Maduro and more.
The publishing schedule is slower due to the holidays this week and next week.
Reading List
InSight Crime - GameChangers 2024: Resistance to Organized Crime Withers
InSight Crime - Crime Cashes in on Migration Boom
60 Minutes - Mexico’s legal battle against the U.S. gun industry
LA Times - Will Trump send troops to Mexico? His pick for ambassador worries officials there
WSJ - Mexico Worries Trump Will Order Strikes Against Drug Cartels
NYT - How Mexican Cartels Test Fentanyl on Vulnerable People and Animals
Reuters - Mexico's president may be toughening fight with drug cartels
BBC - Brazil shuts BYD factory site over 'slavery' conditions
Guardian - Brazil’s mysterious ‘man of the hole’ is dead. Should his land remain protected?
AP - Tensions over Essequibo region resurface as Venezuela completes a bridge to a disputed border base
The Atlantic - The Price of Humiliating Nicolás Maduro
Francisco Rodríguez - Sanctions and Venezuelan Migration
Reuters - Chile files environmental charges against Anglo American copper mine
WSJ - The Hedge-Fund Trade of the Year: Betting on Argentina’s Chain-Saw-Wielding President
AP - Haiti’s health minister loses his job after a deadly gang attack on a hospital in the capital
BBC - On patrol with Kenyan forces inside Haiti's gang warzone
NYT - An Architect of Trump’s Tough Latin America Policies Is Named Envoy
Thanks for reading
Have a great weekend
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