Friday Reading List - 27 September 2024
Articles more clearly written than a geoglyph on Brazilian farmland
Good morning from a rainy Virginia.
This week’s newsletter covered Uruguay!!!! (multiple exclamation points to emphasize how excited so many readers were to open a newsletter about Uruguay) In the days after I published, most of the FA leadership including former President Mujica strengthened their public opposition to the pension counter-reform referendum. It will be interesting to see if that moves the polls and in which direction.
My World Politics Review column was a more pessimistic take on Mexico’s security policies than my previous week’s newsletter.
Reading List
World Politics Review - The U.S. Guns Destabilizing the Caribbean Are a Problem for France, Too
Inter-American Dialogue - Assessing Cryptocurrency in Remittances to Latin America and the Caribbean
CSIS - The Geopolitics of Port Security in the Americas
CSIS - Driving Change: How EVs Are Reshaping China’s Economic Relationship with Latin America
Americas Quarterly - Claudia Sheinbaum: A “Techno-Populist” In Waiting?
Washington Post - López Obrador changed Mexico — but not in the ways he promised
Pew Research - Brazilians Mostly Optimistic About Country’s Global Standing Ahead of G20 Summit
Bloomberg - Brazil Doesn't Deserve a Security Council Seat (Yet)
El Mundo - Hacer la vista gorda ante una confesión falsa no es asilo
GIS Reports - Venezuela: Maduro’s totalitarian turn
WSJ - As Exxon Pumps Guyana’s Oil, China Is Winning Battle for Influence
CFR - “Total Peace” is Dead. For Petro, Partial Peace is the Best Remaining Option
InSight Crime - The Rise and Fall of Washo, Durán’s Criminal Puppetmaster
Bloomberg Video - The Global Oil Bribery Scheme Caught on Tape (Ecuador)
Reuters - Peru launches crime-fighting offensive after bus drivers' strike paralyzes Lima
Guardian - Bolivia: protest march by ex-president’s supporters reflects split at heart of left
Economist - The woman who will lead Chile’s counter-revolution
Foreign Affairs - Argentina Is Still in Crisis: Why Lower Inflation—and Milei—Might Not Last
Washington Post - U.S. targeted a ‘corrupt’ Guatemala mine. Workers paid the biggest price.
Focos - Bukele & Cía., la nueva familia terrateniente de El Salvador
AP - Their churches no longer feel safe. Now Nicaraguans are taking their worship home
Foreign Policy - Panama’s President Mulino Offers New Opportunities to the United States in Competing With China
BBC - 'The violence is getting out of hand': Crime grips Cuba's streets
WSJ - Life for Haitian Immigrants: Jobs Nobody Wants and Sleeping on the Floor
CSIS - The 2024 Presidential Election and the United States’ Shared Neighborhood
Economist - Digital nomads are a force for good in Latin America (that’s a controversial take!)
Bloomberg - Venezuela’s BRICS Invite Slips Away as Bloc Plans Another Expansion
Foreign Affairs - The Battle for the BRICS: Why the Future of the Bloc Will Shape Global Order
Inter-American Dialogue - The Authoritarian Dictatorial Wave in the XXI Century: Toward A Democratic Reset
Bloomberg - Brazil Farmers Destroy Ancient Amazon Archaeological Sites
Thanks for reading
Have a great weekend!
