Friday Reading List - 28 March 2025
This week's list of links is currently clean on OPSEC.
Good morning.
This week’s articles and newsletters
WPR - Trump’s Bluster Won’t Help a Caribbean Region That Needs Solutions
Monday - US Policy in LatAm - Comments on Venezuela and the Kirchner sanctions
Tuesday - Announcing newsletter changes for the Latin America Risk Report
Wednesday - Election polls from Ecuador and Chile
Thursday - Six Stories - No paywall this week
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Reading List
Foreign Policy - China Won’t Be the Obvious Winner in Latin America
Bloomberg - Mexico Should Roll Out the Asphalt Carpet for BYD
Bloomberg - Trump’s Tariff Threats Are Freezing Chinese Investment in Mexico
Atlantic - Mexico’s ‘Give Trump All He Wants’ Policy
Al Jazeera - In Mexico, enforced disappearance is a way of life
Bloomberg - Tulum Real Estate Boom Devolves As Allegations of Fraud Surface
AP - Brazil ex-President Bolsonaro will stand trial over an alleged coup plan. Here’s what happens next
Foreign Policy - Will Trump’s Unpredictable Foreign Policy Boost BRICS?
Bloomberg - Flood of Venezuelan Oil Flows to China as US Raises Pressure
Atlantic Council - An ‘America first’ approach to Venezuela is taking shape
NYT - Marco Rubio Warns Venezuela Against Attacking Guyana Over ExxonMobil Deal
La Silla Vacia - El casting de los partidos tradicionales para el 2026 arranca con dilemas
AP - Debate presidencial en Ecuador: candidatos suman descalificaciones y no propuestas
WSJ - The Dumbest Investment in the World Was Better Than Owning Safe Treasurys
Washington Post - Before DOGE, Argentina’s Javier Milei took a chainsaw to his government
Guardian - US House Democrat backing El Salvador’s strongman president
El Faro - Embajador Johnson: “No dudo que pudo haberse usado Pegasus en El Salvador”
Confidencial - Ortega “Secretly” Receives Hundreds of Nicaraguans Deported by Trump
Reuters - Panama ex-President Martinelli cleared to leave for asylum in Nicaragua
NYT - Trump Did What Castros Couldn’t: Take Radio Martí Off the Air
Economist - One island, two worlds
Miami Herald - Haiti’s volatile capital is in a free fall. Here’s what its collapse could look like
Guardian - From foul to fuel: how a seaweed problem could power the Caribbean
InSight Crime - How Trump’s Anti-Money Laundering Rollback Could Help LatAm Criminals
Upcoming events
28 March, Atlantic Council - The future of Venezuela's democratic opposition coalition with Roberto Enríquez
31 March, Wilson Center - The Future of Haiti
3 April, Wilson Center - Turning the Tide: Combating Latin America's Wildlife Trafficking Crisis
3 April, Wilson Center - The North American Tariff Landscape
10 April, CSIS - Cultivating Competitiveness: Positioning North America as a Strategic Agricultural Bloc
17 April, Wilson Center - Brazil’s Critical Minerals and their Role in the Global Energy Transition
Thanks for reading
Have a great weekend!
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