Good morning and happy Friday! Here are the links to the four newsletters published this week:
Monday - Mexico - Deteriorating security in Tamaulipas
Tuesday - Region - Electoral uncertainty
Wednesday - Politics and Polls (Chile and Peru)
Thursday - Region - Inflation and political stability
Thanks to the paying subscribers who support this newsletter.
Atlantic Council - Addressing Instability in Central America: Restrictions on Civil Liberties, Violence, and Climate Change
Global Americans - DiDi and the Risks of Expanding Chinese E-Commerce in Latin America
AFP - South America's Parana river is drying up, baffling experts
Financial Times - Education crisis looms in Latin America in wake of Covid
Vox - The Amazon rainforest’s most dogged defenders are in peril
Associated Press - ‘Last mile’ solution for Brazilian favela born from pandemic
Bloomberg - The Woman Behind Mexico’s Controversial Drive to Refine More Oil
InSight Crime - The Zetas’ Model of Organized Crime is Leaving Mexico in Ruins
Forbes - Can President Lopez Obrador End Mexico’s Drug War?
Washington Post - Opinion: There’s a crisis of violence and racism in southern Mexico. It needs urgent attention.
InSight Crime - Record Remittances from US to Mexico Raise Money Laundering Concerns
El Financiero - AMLO llega a la ‘mitad del camino’ con 56% de aprobación
Bloomberg - China’s Top Oil Producer Prepares to Revive Venezuela Operations
Reuters - Guns, drugs, jobs. In these Venezuelan towns, Colombian rebels call the shots
EFE - Venezuelan teachers flee the profession in droves due to low pay
Bloomberg - Venezuela’s Long Decline Threatens the Cultural Jewels of Caracas
Washington Post - Venezuelan opposition declares end to boycott, agrees to participate in local and state elections
Insight Crime - The Urabeños' Venezuela Gamble May Be Failing
International Crisis Group - Venezuela: Making the Most of the Mexican Breakthrough
Human Rights Watch - A Successful Political Negotiation Needs a Human Rights Agenda
New York Times - Colombia’s Troubles Put a President’s Legacy on the Line
OCCRP - How Illegal Mining Fuels Pollution and Corruption in Colombia’s Northwest
Global Americans - Colombia’s Balancing Act Among the Great Powers
AFP - Colombia's illicit coca economy helps communities thrive
InSight Crime - Deforestation in Colombia's Amazon: Outlining the Problem
La Silla Vacía - Los Superpoderosos Del Gobierno Duque Para El Final Del Mandato
El Tiempo - La trama tras plan de terrorista iraní para matar a 2 empresarios en Bogotá
Reuters - Ecuador to spend $80 mln on thermal power stations as erosion threatens hydro plant
Sudaca - El Premier Al Que Nadie Le Hace Caso
Global Americans - The Chilean center-left in times of change
Financial Times - Panama champions female empowerment as it seeks to transform its image
Washington Post - Costa Rica’s environmental minister wants to build a green economy. She just needs time.
Confidencial - Convenio de “seguridad de la información” con Rusia: una nueva arma del régimen
Confidencial - “Fuga de cerebros” golpea a las familias, las empresas y el país
El Faro - Elections in a Narcostate called Honduras
Vice - Narco Suspect Evaded Authorities for Years While Starring on TikTok
Guardian - Scepticism grows in El Salvador over pioneering Bitcoin gamble
Washington Post - Opinión: Bukele encadena su proyecto político al bitcoin
Miami Herald - Cuba’s use of Chinese COVID vaccine is raising questions about its own shots
Bloomberg - Gangs Now Run Haiti, Filling a Vacuum Left by Years of Collapse
Associated Press - President’s murder inquiry slow amid Haiti’s multiple crises
Georgetown University - Peace Through Food: Ending the Hunger-Instability Nexus
New York Times - Repression Without Borders
8 September, AS/COA - The State of Democracy in the Americas with Luis Almagro
8 September, Coda Story - Under Watch: The matrix of surveillance on the U.S.-Mexico border
8 September, Inter-American Dialogue - Workforce Development in the Post-Pandemic
8 September, WOLA - Searching for Truth and Justice for Mexico’s Disappeared: National and Local Experiences
9 September, AS/COA - Environmental, Social, and Governance Standards as Drivers of Recovery
9 September, Andean American Associations - Ecuador’s Minister of Economy and Finance: Simon Cueva
10 September, Wilson Center - Brazil-USA Economic Relations: A Partnership for Development
10 September, Wilson Center - Chinese Finance in Latin America
14 September, Center for Global Development - Capital Flow Volatility in Latin America—Will Next Time Be Different?
14 September, Stimson Center - Covid, Conflict, and Climate: Food Insecurity Today and the Way Forward
14 September, WOLA - Criminalized and Incarcerated in Latin America: How the “Drug War” Drives the Region’s Prison Crisis
17 September, WOLA - Voices from the Frontlines: Bolstering Collective Power to End the Incarceration of Women Worldwide
27 September, Wilson Center - The Last Good Neighbor: Mexico in the Global Sixties
28 September, Sibylline - Global Extremism: Understanding the Threat Landscape
5 October, Inter-American Dialogue - Fifth Annual Latin America Energy Conference – Transition and Recovery
Have a great weekend!
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Friday Reading List - 3 September 2021
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Good morning and happy Friday! Here are the links to the four newsletters published this week:
Monday - Mexico - Deteriorating security in Tamaulipas
Tuesday - Region - Electoral uncertainty
Wednesday - Politics and Polls (Chile and Peru)
Thursday - Region - Inflation and political stability
Thanks to the paying subscribers who support this newsletter.
Reading List
Atlantic Council - Addressing Instability in Central America: Restrictions on Civil Liberties, Violence, and Climate Change
Global Americans - DiDi and the Risks of Expanding Chinese E-Commerce in Latin America
AFP - South America's Parana river is drying up, baffling experts
Financial Times - Education crisis looms in Latin America in wake of Covid
Vox - The Amazon rainforest’s most dogged defenders are in peril
Associated Press - ‘Last mile’ solution for Brazilian favela born from pandemic
Bloomberg - The Woman Behind Mexico’s Controversial Drive to Refine More Oil
InSight Crime - The Zetas’ Model of Organized Crime is Leaving Mexico in Ruins
Forbes - Can President Lopez Obrador End Mexico’s Drug War?
Washington Post - Opinion: There’s a crisis of violence and racism in southern Mexico. It needs urgent attention.
InSight Crime - Record Remittances from US to Mexico Raise Money Laundering Concerns
El Financiero - AMLO llega a la ‘mitad del camino’ con 56% de aprobación
Bloomberg - China’s Top Oil Producer Prepares to Revive Venezuela Operations
Reuters - Guns, drugs, jobs. In these Venezuelan towns, Colombian rebels call the shots
EFE - Venezuelan teachers flee the profession in droves due to low pay
Bloomberg - Venezuela’s Long Decline Threatens the Cultural Jewels of Caracas
Washington Post - Venezuelan opposition declares end to boycott, agrees to participate in local and state elections
Insight Crime - The Urabeños' Venezuela Gamble May Be Failing
International Crisis Group - Venezuela: Making the Most of the Mexican Breakthrough
Human Rights Watch - A Successful Political Negotiation Needs a Human Rights Agenda
New York Times - Colombia’s Troubles Put a President’s Legacy on the Line
OCCRP - How Illegal Mining Fuels Pollution and Corruption in Colombia’s Northwest
Global Americans - Colombia’s Balancing Act Among the Great Powers
AFP - Colombia's illicit coca economy helps communities thrive
InSight Crime - Deforestation in Colombia's Amazon: Outlining the Problem
La Silla Vacía - Los Superpoderosos Del Gobierno Duque Para El Final Del Mandato
El Tiempo - La trama tras plan de terrorista iraní para matar a 2 empresarios en Bogotá
Reuters - Ecuador to spend $80 mln on thermal power stations as erosion threatens hydro plant
Sudaca - El Premier Al Que Nadie Le Hace Caso
Global Americans - The Chilean center-left in times of change
Financial Times - Panama champions female empowerment as it seeks to transform its image
Washington Post - Costa Rica’s environmental minister wants to build a green economy. She just needs time.
Confidencial - Convenio de “seguridad de la información” con Rusia: una nueva arma del régimen
Confidencial - “Fuga de cerebros” golpea a las familias, las empresas y el país
El Faro - Elections in a Narcostate called Honduras
Vice - Narco Suspect Evaded Authorities for Years While Starring on TikTok
Guardian - Scepticism grows in El Salvador over pioneering Bitcoin gamble
Washington Post - Opinión: Bukele encadena su proyecto político al bitcoin
Miami Herald - Cuba’s use of Chinese COVID vaccine is raising questions about its own shots
Bloomberg - Gangs Now Run Haiti, Filling a Vacuum Left by Years of Collapse
Associated Press - President’s murder inquiry slow amid Haiti’s multiple crises
Georgetown University - Peace Through Food: Ending the Hunger-Instability Nexus
New York Times - Repression Without Borders
Upcoming events
8 September, AS/COA - The State of Democracy in the Americas with Luis Almagro
8 September, Coda Story - Under Watch: The matrix of surveillance on the U.S.-Mexico border
8 September, Inter-American Dialogue - Workforce Development in the Post-Pandemic
8 September, WOLA - Searching for Truth and Justice for Mexico’s Disappeared: National and Local Experiences
9 September, AS/COA - Environmental, Social, and Governance Standards as Drivers of Recovery
9 September, Andean American Associations - Ecuador’s Minister of Economy and Finance: Simon Cueva
10 September, Wilson Center - Brazil-USA Economic Relations: A Partnership for Development
10 September, Wilson Center - Chinese Finance in Latin America
14 September, Center for Global Development - Capital Flow Volatility in Latin America—Will Next Time Be Different?
14 September, Stimson Center - Covid, Conflict, and Climate: Food Insecurity Today and the Way Forward
14 September, WOLA - Criminalized and Incarcerated in Latin America: How the “Drug War” Drives the Region’s Prison Crisis
17 September, WOLA - Voices from the Frontlines: Bolstering Collective Power to End the Incarceration of Women Worldwide
27 September, Wilson Center - The Last Good Neighbor: Mexico in the Global Sixties
28 September, Sibylline - Global Extremism: Understanding the Threat Landscape
5 October, Inter-American Dialogue - Fifth Annual Latin America Energy Conference – Transition and Recovery
Thanks for reading
Have a great weekend!