Friday Reading List - 29 September 2023
Links and events
Good morning and happy Friday! This week’s newsletter covered Evo Morales’ announcement that he would once again be running for president in Bolivia.
As a reminder, next week I will be teaching a virtual course titled “Analyzing Protests.” Be sure to sign up if you haven’t already.
Here is this week’s reading list and upcoming events.
Reading List
World Politics Review - AMLO’s Foreign Policy Is All Hot Air
Americas Quarterly - The Coming Crisis for Latin America’s Left-Wing Leaders
New York Times - The Four ‘Syndromes’ Behind Latin America’s Economic Stagnation
Science Direct - Mining and violence in Latin America: The state’s coercive responses to anti-mining resistance
Dallas Morning News - The GOP’s posturing will push Latin America into China’s arms
Washington Post - Police militias fought Brazil’s gangs. Now they extort, traffic and kill, too.
Americas Quarterly - Two Issues That Will Reveal the Real Claudia Sheinbaum
New York Times - A New Border Crossing: Americans Turn to Mexico for Abortions
Americas Quarterly - Republican Threats on Mexico Could Carry a Huge Cost
New York Times - Why Are So Many Venezuelans Going to the United States?
Americas Migration Brief - September 25, 2023
Road to the Casa Rosada - Argentina Politics Update - 27 September 2023
Buenos Aires Times - Argentina’s imperious need to penalise denialism
InSight Crime - El Salvador Police Reports Contradict Bukele's Triumphalism
NPR - Bogotá has some of the worst traffic. It's finally getting a metro, with China's help
New York Times - After Taking Away Critics’ Citizenship, a Country Takes Their Houses
Politico - Deal ‘with the devil’: Meet the Cubans who’ve joined Russia’s war on Ukraine
New York Times - In Peru, a Fossil-Rich Desert Faces Unruly Development
Global Americans - The Puerto Rico Status Act’s Historic Push Towards Self-Determination
Washington Post - A crown branded onto bodies links British monarchy to slave trade
New York Times - The World Has Changed, but Can the U.N.? Don’t Hold Your Breath.
Upcoming Events
29 September, Wilson Center - Catastrophes, Confrontations, and Constraints (Book Launch)
29 September, CSIS - The Developments in Climate and Trade Policy
2-6 October, Hxagon - Analyzing Protests
2 October, Center for Global Development - The Cost of Climate: How Can Countries Pay for Climate Action?
3 October, Brookings - Violent crime in South America
3 October, Global Financial Integrity + Vance Center - Construyendo un camino hacia ALA/CFT en activos virtuales en Latinoamérica y el Caribe: Análisis de retos y oportunidades del estándar GAFI para la región
4 October, Georgetown Americas Institute - Elections in Argentina: Will the Country Turn to the Far Right?
5 October, Atlantic Council - Advancing Caribbean development through women’s empowerment
10 October, Institute of the Americas - The Value of Partnership: Building a More Democratic, Prosperous, and Resilient Western Hemisphere
11 October, Institute of the Americas - U.S. Foreign Policy in the Americas & Changing Geo-Politics: A conversation with Senator Dodd, Special Presidential Advisor for the Americas
11-12 October, Institute of the Americas - La Jolla Conference
17 October, Wilson Center - Building a High Quality US-Mexico Pharmaceutical Supply Chain
10 November, AS/COA - 12th Annual WHN Conference: New York
28 November, Atlantic Council - Exploring central bank digital currency: Evaluating challenges & developing international standards