Colombia Risk Analysis and Hxagon have moved our webinar about Colombia’s elections to 15 June. It’s an opportunity to discuss the election and the potential policies of the next president. The cost is $100. You can sign up here or here. Video will be available for those who sign up but can’t make the time. We’re also available if your organization would rather hold a private call. Feel free to reach out if that is the case or you have any other questions.
There will be no newsletter on Monday. Have a good weekend!
Friday Reading List - 27 May 2022
Friday Reading List - 27 May 2022
Friday Reading List - 27 May 2022
Good morning and happy Friday! Here are the links to the four newsletters we published this week.
Monday - Mexico - 100,000 disappeared
Tuesday - Colombia - Hernández surges
Wednesday - Costa Rica - Conti ransomware attack
Thursday - Odds and ends - 26 May 2022
Colombia Risk Analysis and Hxagon have moved our webinar about Colombia’s elections to 15 June. It’s an opportunity to discuss the election and the potential policies of the next president. The cost is $100. You can sign up here or here. Video will be available for those who sign up but can’t make the time. We’re also available if your organization would rather hold a private call. Feel free to reach out if that is the case or you have any other questions.
There will be no newsletter on Monday. Have a good weekend!
Reading List
Foreign Policy - In the Americas, Homicide Is the Other Killer Epidemic
INSS - Gangs No Longer: Reassessing Transnational Armed Groups in the Western Hemisphere
Americas Quarterly - How Is Latin America Handling the Inflation Crisis?
Verisk Maplecroft - Latin America hosts over 60% of world’s most crime-stricken cities – Global ranking
Financial Times - Conservative young Brazilians complicate Lula’s path to presidency
The Guardian - Brazil: at least 21 people killed during police raid in Rio favela
AP - Brazil toughens environmental fines in reaction to a lawsuit
Yale360 - A Waterway Project in Brazil Imperils a Vast Tropical Wetland
O Globo - Bolsonaro decide trocar presidente da Petrobras e anuncia Caio Paes de Andrade
New York Times - A New, Mostly Empty Airport for Mexico City
International Crisis Group - Crime in Pieces: The Effects of Mexico’s “War on Drugs”, Explained
Reuters - Fintechs fail to make a dent in Mexico as cash remains king
El Universal - Con Sheinbaum o Ebrard, Morena domina para 2024 ante una oposición dividida: encuesta
Proceso - “Cobro de piso”, la nueva pandemia en la CDMX
El País - La pobreza laboral cae en México pese a la inflación rampante
World Justice Project - Índice de Estado de Derecho en México 2021-2022
El País - Why rampant capitalism is taking hold in Venezuela
Washington Post - Venezuela está cerca de un cambio o de una nueva etapa en la tragedia
Foreign Policy - Argentina’s Embrace of China Should Be a Wake-Up Call
Bloomberg - Hunt for Lithium Sparks Frantic Rush Into Argentine Mountains
Americas Quarterly - A New Reality for the MAS in Bolivia
Foreign Policy - How Chile’s Constitutional Overhaul Emboldened the Right
Reuters - Left-wing Colombian candidate plans drug war shakeup
Wall Street Journal - In Colombia, Former Leftist Guerrilla Leads Presidential Hopefuls
New York Times - Will Colombia Elect Its First Leftist Leader?
The Economist - A divided Colombia is poised to elect its first leftist president
Foreign Policy - Is Colombia Ready for a Leftist President?
The Guardian - ‘She represents me’: the black woman making political history in Colombia
La Silla Vacía - Las propuestas de seguridad: Los candidatos versus los expertos
Semana - ¿Cuál es el actual panorama de riesgos de Colombia?
El Tiempo - Gentil Duarte: claves de ataque en que habría muerto jefe de disidencias
The Guardian - Crypto is starting to lose its cool – just look at El Salvador
Washington Post - La jaula de oro de Nayib Bukele
La Prensa Gráfica - Personas saturan entrada a penal de Mariona esperando liberación de familiares detenidos en régimen de excepción
AP - Gangs strangle Haiti’s capital as deaths, kidnappings soar
The Guardian - Mountain labs turn Honduras from cocaine way station into producer
The Economist - A test of whether big mining is socially sustainable
Upcoming Events
27 May, WOLA - Justice Co-Opted: Venezuela’s Broken Judicial System
1 June, Atlantic Council - Allies: Twenty-seven bold ideas to reimagine the US-Colombia relationship
1 June, AS/COA - Women’s Role in Venezuelan Democracy and the Road to an Inclusive Solution
1-3 June, Institute of the Americas - Pacific Climate Forum of the Americas
2 June, AS/COA - Regional Roundtable: Ethical, Responsible, and Inclusive Use of Technology
2 June, Center for Global Development - Sovereign Debt and Financial Stability in Europe and Latin America: Choppy Waters or a Cliff?
6-7 June, CGS Quito - Mining Conference 2022
Boz will be presenting at the inaugural Copper Gold Symposium Mining Conference in Quito, Ecuador.
7 June, Wilson Center - A Path to Self-Sufficiency: Advancing Venezuelan Refugee Integration in the Americas
8 June, Wilson Center - Safeguarding Democracy in the Americas: How to Strengthen the Inter-American Democratic Charter, 20 Years after Its Adoption
10 June, Institute of the Americas - Geothermal across the Americas
15 June, Colombia Risk and Hxagon - Colombia - Analyzing the Presidential Election
22 June, Wilson Center - Eighth Annual Building a Competitive U.S.- Mexico Border Conference