Good morning and happy Friday.
Here are the three newsletters I published this week
Monday - Colombia - Blockades continue and will inspire others
Tuesday - Nicaragua - Ortega represses political opponents and civil society
Wednesday - Politics and Polls (Mexico and Peru)
Thanks to everyone who subscribes and supports the newsletter!
Global Americans - U.S. vaccine diplomacy in Latin America is failing
Bloomberg - Safe Havens Take Hit in South America as Pandemic Sparks Unrest
Bloomberg - Migrants Have No Time for Biden in Quest for Better Life in U.S.
Wall Street Journal - Biden Administration Taps Private Sector to Invest in Central America
WLRN - U.S. Needs To Match China's Latin American Shot Show Now – Starting In Venezuela
Financial Times - Beijing faces scrutiny over clout at Latin American development bank
New York Times - A Pandemic Surge Threatens South America’s Premier Soccer Tournament
New York Times - The Caribbean Conundrum: United by Tourists, Divided by Covid
Atlantic Council - Combatting Corruption in the Northern Triangle: Prioritizing a Whole-of-Society Approach
Amnesty International - The perfect excuse: Authorities in Mesoamerica take advantage of COVID-19 to curb migration
Associated Press - Withdrawal of pandemic welfare fuels poverty in Brazil
New York Times - The Unveiling of Bolsonaro’s Supervillain Plot Is Weirdly Gripping
Guardian - Brazil aerial photos show miners’ devastation of indigenous people’s land
New York Times - Brazil’s Bid to Outsource Amazon Conservation Finds Few Takers
Daily Beast - Brazil’s Vaccine Shortage Sets Off Wild, Crime-Fueled Scramble for Jabs
Open Democracy - The rise of Brazil’s neo-Pentecostal narco-militia
CNN - Brazil's economy plummets in Covid's shadow
Reuters - Analysis: Bloody Mexican election campaign exposes chronic security woes
Wall Street Journal - Dozens of Mexican Candidates Have Been Killed in a Bloody Election Season
Economist - Voters should curb Mexico’s power-hungry president
Economist - Mexico’s populist president faces a crucial test in elections in June
Washington Post - Opinión: Tras las elecciones, viene un AMLO recargado
Business Insider - The US and Mexico aren't on 'the same page' about cartels, and now thousands of people are fleeing to the US
Guardian - Mexico’s doctors protest as vaccines denied to frontline health workers
Animal Político - FGR acusa a EPN, Videgaray y Anaya de crear red de sobornos para aprobar la reforma energética
CNN - FAA downgrades Mexico's aviation safety rating, which blocks new service to the US
Center for Strategic and International Studies - Lessons for Negotiations in Venezuela: A Roadmap
InSight Crime - Mafia Boss Claims Venezuela-Turkey Cocaine Connection
Sage Journals - Contesting Autocracy: Repression and Opposition Coordination in Venezuela
Miami Herald - Venezuela’s Maduro receives harsh economic blow from an unlikely source: China
Wall Street Journal - Colombia Under Pressure to Halt Police Violence Against Protesters
Associated Press - Roadblocks and protests disrupt Colombian city of Cali
Chatham House - Colombia upheaval risks populist contagion from outside
Medium - Five numbers that explain why the Colombian crisis won’t end anytime soon
Al Jazeera - A month on, Colombia continues to grapple with protest violence
New York Times - Videos Show the Violent, and Deadly, Ways Colombian Police Quell Protests
Reuters - Analysis: Political risk haunts Latam investors as Peru election nears
Associated Press - US: Interim Bolivia official took bribes in tear gas deal
Vice - Inside An Illegal Government Spy Ring in Argentina
InSight Crime - Grapes of Wrath – Why Argentina and Brazil are Awash in Smuggled Wine
Global Americans - Chile’s Constitutional Convention elections: institutional uncertainty and the long shadow of October 2019
Vice - Nicaragua's First Black Presidential Candidate Keeps Getting Targeted by the Cops
Washington Post - El Salvador police arrested an ex-officer for two murders. Then they found a mass grave of women in his yard.
El Faro - Central America Needs a Commission to Prosecute Corruption, Not a War on Migration
Rest of World - New report reveals rampant social media manipulation in Honduras’ presidential elections
NPR - Can U.S. Aid Make Honduras More Livable? One Group Tries to Slow Out-Migration
OECD - OECD welcomes Costa Rica as its 38th Member
Americas Quarterly - Haiti’s Critical Weeks Ahead
Miami Herald - PAHO: Haiti’s rapid acceleration of COVID-19 cases, hospitalizations are a concern
Associated Press - Tanker’s impossible voyage signals new sanction evasion ploy
1 June, Inter-American Dialogue - Outlook for Peru’s Troubled Democracy
2 June, AS/COA - Protecting the Amazon: A Conversation with President Iván Duque
2 June, Institute of the Americas - Challenges & Opportunities in Central America’s Northern Triangle Region
3 June, Seattle International Foundation - Launch of the initiative against corruption and impunity in northern Central America
No newsletter on Monday. Have a good weekend.
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Friday Reading List - 28 May 2021
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Good morning and happy Friday.
Here are the three newsletters I published this week
Monday - Colombia - Blockades continue and will inspire others
Tuesday - Nicaragua - Ortega represses political opponents and civil society
Wednesday - Politics and Polls (Mexico and Peru)
Thanks to everyone who subscribes and supports the newsletter!
Reading List
Global Americans - U.S. vaccine diplomacy in Latin America is failing
Bloomberg - Safe Havens Take Hit in South America as Pandemic Sparks Unrest
Bloomberg - Migrants Have No Time for Biden in Quest for Better Life in U.S.
Wall Street Journal - Biden Administration Taps Private Sector to Invest in Central America
WLRN - U.S. Needs To Match China's Latin American Shot Show Now – Starting In Venezuela
Financial Times - Beijing faces scrutiny over clout at Latin American development bank
New York Times - A Pandemic Surge Threatens South America’s Premier Soccer Tournament
New York Times - The Caribbean Conundrum: United by Tourists, Divided by Covid
Atlantic Council - Combatting Corruption in the Northern Triangle: Prioritizing a Whole-of-Society Approach
Amnesty International - The perfect excuse: Authorities in Mesoamerica take advantage of COVID-19 to curb migration
Associated Press - Withdrawal of pandemic welfare fuels poverty in Brazil
New York Times - The Unveiling of Bolsonaro’s Supervillain Plot Is Weirdly Gripping
Guardian - Brazil aerial photos show miners’ devastation of indigenous people’s land
New York Times - Brazil’s Bid to Outsource Amazon Conservation Finds Few Takers
Daily Beast - Brazil’s Vaccine Shortage Sets Off Wild, Crime-Fueled Scramble for Jabs
Open Democracy - The rise of Brazil’s neo-Pentecostal narco-militia
CNN - Brazil's economy plummets in Covid's shadow
Reuters - Analysis: Bloody Mexican election campaign exposes chronic security woes
Wall Street Journal - Dozens of Mexican Candidates Have Been Killed in a Bloody Election Season
Economist - Voters should curb Mexico’s power-hungry president
Economist - Mexico’s populist president faces a crucial test in elections in June
Washington Post - Opinión: Tras las elecciones, viene un AMLO recargado
Business Insider - The US and Mexico aren't on 'the same page' about cartels, and now thousands of people are fleeing to the US
Guardian - Mexico’s doctors protest as vaccines denied to frontline health workers
Animal Político - FGR acusa a EPN, Videgaray y Anaya de crear red de sobornos para aprobar la reforma energética
CNN - FAA downgrades Mexico's aviation safety rating, which blocks new service to the US
Center for Strategic and International Studies - Lessons for Negotiations in Venezuela: A Roadmap
InSight Crime - Mafia Boss Claims Venezuela-Turkey Cocaine Connection
Sage Journals - Contesting Autocracy: Repression and Opposition Coordination in Venezuela
Miami Herald - Venezuela’s Maduro receives harsh economic blow from an unlikely source: China
Wall Street Journal - Colombia Under Pressure to Halt Police Violence Against Protesters
Associated Press - Roadblocks and protests disrupt Colombian city of Cali
Chatham House - Colombia upheaval risks populist contagion from outside
Medium - Five numbers that explain why the Colombian crisis won’t end anytime soon
Al Jazeera - A month on, Colombia continues to grapple with protest violence
New York Times - Videos Show the Violent, and Deadly, Ways Colombian Police Quell Protests
Reuters - Analysis: Political risk haunts Latam investors as Peru election nears
Associated Press - US: Interim Bolivia official took bribes in tear gas deal
Vice - Inside An Illegal Government Spy Ring in Argentina
InSight Crime - Grapes of Wrath – Why Argentina and Brazil are Awash in Smuggled Wine
Global Americans - Chile’s Constitutional Convention elections: institutional uncertainty and the long shadow of October 2019
Vice - Nicaragua's First Black Presidential Candidate Keeps Getting Targeted by the Cops
Washington Post - El Salvador police arrested an ex-officer for two murders. Then they found a mass grave of women in his yard.
El Faro - Central America Needs a Commission to Prosecute Corruption, Not a War on Migration
Rest of World - New report reveals rampant social media manipulation in Honduras’ presidential elections
NPR - Can U.S. Aid Make Honduras More Livable? One Group Tries to Slow Out-Migration
OECD - OECD welcomes Costa Rica as its 38th Member
Americas Quarterly - Haiti’s Critical Weeks Ahead
Miami Herald - PAHO: Haiti’s rapid acceleration of COVID-19 cases, hospitalizations are a concern
Associated Press - Tanker’s impossible voyage signals new sanction evasion ploy
Upcoming events
1 June, Inter-American Dialogue - Outlook for Peru’s Troubled Democracy
2 June, AS/COA - Protecting the Amazon: A Conversation with President Iván Duque
2 June, Institute of the Americas - Challenges & Opportunities in Central America’s Northern Triangle Region
3 June, Seattle International Foundation - Launch of the initiative against corruption and impunity in northern Central America
Thanks for reading
No newsletter on Monday. Have a good weekend.