Friday Reading List - 27 June 2025
Gone Camping. Back on Monday.
Good morning from somewhere between Manassas and the Shenandoah Mountains. I’m at Cub Scout camp this weekend and pre-set this email to send on Friday morning. Hope that works!
This week’s articles and newsletters
WPR - We’ll Soon Find Out If Iran Really Poses a Threat in Latin America
Monday - US policy in LatAm - 23 June 2025
Tuesday - Presidential Corruption Allegations and Impeachment processes - Includes a map!
Wednesday - Most LatAm presidents are more popular than their predecessors - Also includes a map! I made lots of maps this week.
Thursday - Six Stories - 26 June 2025 - Comments on Petro’s advisors, Ecuador’s prisons, Argentina’s debt, and more.
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Reading List
CSIS - No Safe Harbor: Evaluating the Risk of China's Port Projects in Latin America and the Caribbean
NYT - U.S. Accuses Three Mexican Financial Firms of Aiding Fentanyl Trade
AP - Mexico's president slams sanctions on Mexican banks by Trump administration
Bloomberg - US, Mexico Eye Import Quota in Trade Talks on Steel Deal
Bloomberg - Brazil's Green-Energy Industry Is Falling Victim to Its Own Success
AP - Brazil's Lula challenged by 1st decree rejection in Congress in decades
Americas Quarterly - Trump’s Iran Strikes Shook the Middle East—and Perhaps U.S.-Venezuela Ties
CSIS - What Iran’s Isolation Says About Moscow and Beijing’s Commitment to Latin America’s Dictators
Economist - The gold bull-market has a dirty secret
Economist - Colombia’s dire president gets desperate
La Silla Vacia - De Roa a Benedetti: roscograma de favores de Petro a su círculo de campaña
Guardian - Ancient maize v agribusiness: why Colombia’s ‘seed guardians’ are fighting the use of GM crops
Bloomberg - Brookfield's Bet on a Road Becomes a $2.7 Billion Headache in Peru
Reuters - Crypto gains foothold in Bolivia as small businesses seek currency alternatives
Fundacion Libertad - El impuesto a las remesas en discusión en el Senado estadounidense
El Faro - Bukele Gets Trump to Toss the Work of Vulcan, the Task Force that Pursued MS-13
Confidencial - OIJ no descarta la existencia de “células orteguistas” en Costa Rica
Tico Times - Costa Rica’s President Chaves Accused of Illicit Campaign Financing
Cebri - The Panama Canal’s Next Test
InSight Crime - Drone Strikes Shake Haiti’s Gangs but Leave Legal and Strategic Questions
Bloomberg - We Need More Millionaires and Billionaires in Latin America
Washington Post - Chinese organized crime front serves Beijing’s interests, investigation shows
Thanks for reading
Have a great weekend!
