Good morning and happy Friday. Here are the links to the four newsletters we published this week.

• Monday - Mexico - New INEGI security data

• Tuesday - Mexico - AMLO's energy counter-reform

• Wednesday - Politics and Polls (Mexico and Argentina)

• Thursday - Brazil - Bolsonaro’s reelection campaign aims for economic populism

Thanks to the paying subscribers who support this newsletter. Tuesday’s newsletter has no paywall. The other three newsletters are for subscribers only.

Reading List

Financial Times - Latin America’s widening inequalities spur the wealthy into action

Financial Times - Latin America’s environmental villains dodge the COP26

Wilson Center - Latin America and the Cost of Falling Angels

Project Syndicate - Building an Inclusive Recovery in Latin America and the Caribbean

NBC - Covid-19 infections and deaths are dropping across Latin America

Wall Street Journal - Severe Drought Hits South America

Wilson Center - The EU's Beef with Mercosur: Geo-economics versus Climate Diplomacy

Univision - Central America and the crisis of corruption

Devex - Trump funding cuts hurt 80% of USAID Central America programs: Report

InSight Crime - How Yachts Contribute to Trans-Atlantic Cocaine Trade

Amnesty International - Americas: Countries across the region are failing to provide protection for Haitians on the move

Reuters - Bolsonaro says Petrobras privatization is 'on our radar' as fuel prices rise

CSIS - Tussle for the Amazon

Washington Post - Opinion: Bolsonaro might be facing crimes against humanity charges, but don’t expect a perp walk just yet

Justice in Mexico - 2021 Organized Crime and Violence in Mexico Special Report

Bloomberg - Pemex CEO Says Mexican Government to Take Over Debt Payments

Washington Post - Tired of waiting for asylum in southern Mexico, thousands of migrants march north

Animal Político - Balacera en bar de Tulum, Quintana Roo, deja dos turistas extranjeros muertos

Vice - MAGA, the CIA, and Silvercorp: The Bizarre Backstory of the World’s Most Disastrous Coup

InSight Crime - Nigerian Mafia Use Venezuelan Drug Mules to Reach Europe

Associated Press - Venezuela sought to swap Americans for Maduro ally

Washington Post - How the U.S. terrorist list is getting in the way of peace in Colombia

CNN - Colombia captures its 'most-feared' drug lord Dairo Antonio Usuga

Americas Quarterly - Colombia, Washington’s “Closest Ally,” Looks to Beijing

Washington Post - Ecuador’s president faces tax investigation after Pandora Papers

Americas Quarterly - What’s With All the Imperial Spanish Flags in Peru (and Elsewhere)?

Economist - Chile, once considered Latin America’s Finland, is in trouble

InSight Crime - Chile to Dubai, a Thriving Route for Gold Traffickers

Economist - Argentina’s government has fixed the price of 1,432 products

Politico - Tiny Nicaragua is becoming a big problem for Joe Biden

World Politics Review - Ortega Is Leaving Nothing to Chance in Nicaragua’s Election Farce

Associated Press - Nicaraguans heading to Honduran border to be vaccinated

Bloomberg - El Salvador’s Bitcoin Speculators Are Stifled in Chivo Scalping Crackdown

El Faro - Bukele's Party Now Has a Clone in Guatemala

Guardian - ‘We can’t live like this’: climate shocks rain down on Honduras’s poorest

New York Times - There Is a New Kidnapping Capital of the World. Here’s What We Need to Do About It.

New York Times - As Gangs’ Power Grows, Haiti’s Police Are Outgunned and Underpaid

New York Times - ‘Morally, They Are Lost’: Gangs in Haiti, Breaking a Taboo, Target the Church

AFP - Haitians face nightmarish conditions as gangs choke off fuel

Miami Herald - U.S. deploying ‘significant’ assets to free Haiti hostages as Biden briefed daily on crisis

Miami Herald - The leader of a notorious Haitian gang has released a rap song. Here’s why that’s dangerous

Guardian - Aid to Haiti sent by sea to bypass rising gang violence

AT Chartbook - Chartbook #47: Crisis Talk - Global Food Prices .... and a data puzzle

ZD Net - Twitter suspends hacker who allegedly stole data of 45 million Argentinians

Atlantic Council - Deploying distributed renewable energy to reduce the impacts of extreme heat on the urban poor

Upcoming Events

2 November, Center for Global Development - Life Out of the Shadows: Impacts of Amnesties in Migrants' Lives

2 November, Wilson Center - Ethnographies of Hope, Despair, and Resistance in Brazil

3 November, AS/COA - Fake News and Elections: How to Reduce the Threat

3 November, Wilson Center - The Use of Indigenous Traditional Knowledge in Climate Change Strategies

4 November, Atlantic Council - Elections under Daniel Ortega: Implications for Nicaragua, Central America, and beyond

9 November, William J. Perry Center - The Power of Digital Technology in 21st Century Geopolitics

10 November, Inter-American Dialogue - Playtime during Childhood – The State of Game in Colombia

17 November, AS/COA - Navigating the China-U.S. Divide: A Challenge for Latin America

Thanks for reading

Here’s the view from Suesca, Colombia. Have a great weekend.