Good morning and happy Friday! There was no newsletter published this week while I continue to deal with the logistics of moving back to the US. I may skip a week or two again in August before I get back to writing regularly in September. However, Arianna continues to publish a free weekly newsletter on Argentina’s election and you should definitely sign up to receive it.
Here is this week’s reading list and upcoming events.
Reading List
Americas Migration Brief - Both challenges and opportunities ahead for planned expansion of Caribbean free movement
New York Times - The Risks of One of the Most Severe Tools in America’s Foreign Policy Arsenal
Foreign Policy - America’s Love of Sanctions Will Be Its Downfall
Americas Quarterly - Hacker’s Paradise: Why Latin America Is So Vulnerable
Americas Quarterly - Cybersecurity: The Next Frontier of U.S.-China Competition in the Americas
Americas Quarterly - Deforestation in the Amazon at All-Time Low
Bloomberg - Brazil’s Oil-Rich Cities Are Revolutionizing Its Public Wealth Management
Americas Quarterly - Is Lula Anti-American?
El País - The US is actively working to dismantle Mexican cartel financial empires
Crisis Group - Palabras peligrosas: la arriesgada retórica de la guerra de EE. UU. contra los carteles mexicanos
New York Times - An Investigation Into Mexico’s 43 Missing Students Ends in ‘Falsehoods and Diversions’
Brookings - USMCA at 3: Reflecting on impact and charting the future
Washington Post - She’s the front-runner in the race to oust Maduro. He’s out to block her.
New York Times - Venezuela’s Oil Industry Is Broken. Now It’s Breaking the Environment.
Reuters - Factbox: Who are Venezuela creditors seeking to seize Citgo?
Reuters - AI imagines kids of victims kidnapped during Argentina dictatorship
Reuters - Insight: Some Airbnb hosts try to beat Argentina's inflation with dollar rates and tax avoidance
Global Americans - A Watershed Moment for Guatemala’s Democracy? Part 1
Washington Post - El Salvador’s Iron Fist on Crime Will Crush Latin American Democracy
The Hill - The vincible Bukele: Can the Millennial autocrat be stopped?
El Salvador Perspectives - The turnabout on US policy towards El Salvador
Global Americans - The Fiftieth Anniversary of Chile’s Coup Touches a Sore Nerve
Americas Quarterly - A Community’s Life, Told in Textiles
Wall Street Journal - Who Will Control Wagner’s Empire of War and Gold?
War on the Rocks - When Failed Coups Strengthen Leaders
Upcoming Events
31 July, Georgetown Americas Institute - The Frontiers of Nearshoring in Mexico: Learning by Doing
31 July, Brookings - State of the global economy: Slowing growth, rising risks
1 August, Stanford Law - The Role of the Judiciary in Electoral Contexts: A View from Latin America
2 August, Wilson Center - Presentación del reporte del “Foro nacional sobre feminicidio: Visiones y soluciones” y del reporte sobre “Los avances legislativos y propuestas que se encuentran pendientes de aprobar en materia de feminicidio en México”
9 August, AS/COA - 2023 Latin American Cities Conferences: Santiago
22 August, Institute of the Americas - Argentina Energy Roundtable
22 August, AS/COA - 2023 Latin American Cities Conferences: Brasília
24 August, AS/COA - 2023 Latin American Cities Conferences: Buenos Aires
18 September, Wilson Center - Understanding the Fentanyl and Opioid Crisis: US-Mexico Solutions
18 September, Migration Policy Institute - 20th Annual Immigration Law and Policy Conference
2-6 October, Hxagon - Analyzing Protests (use coupon code EARLY20 for a 20% discount)