Friday Reading List - 3 February 2023
Good morning and happy Friday! Here is the reading list and upcoming events links for this week. On Tuesday, we covered the upcoming presidential election in Guatemala. You can read that newsletter here.
Also, Boz was on a webinar about Peru’s recent political crisis. Videos are at the link below.
Reading List
World Politics Review - CELAC’s Irrelevance to Latin America’s Challenges Is a Choice
IMF Blog - Latin America Faces Slowing Growth and High Inflation Amid Social Tensions
Bloomberg - Brazil’s Senate Leadership Race Rehashes Lula-Bolsonaro Rivalry
Foreign Policy - Can Lula Rein in Brazil’s Military?
The Guardian - Exiled Bolsonaro lives it up in Florida as legal woes grow back home
Brazilian Report - Why Lula must pander to the markets. Fast.
Reuters - Lula's Amazon pledge looks distant as Brazil battles deforestation
Insight Crime - Sticks and Carrots: Lula's Balancing Act in Brazil's Crime-Wracked Amazon
Wall Street Journal - Mexico’s Industrial Hubs Grow as Part of Trade Shift Toward Nearshoring
New York Times - Why Chinese Companies Are Investing Billions in Mexico
Vice - How the Mexican Army Tracked and Killed a CJNG Cartel Commander
LA Times - Some pharmacies in Mexico passing off fentanyl, meth as legitimate pharmaceuticals
El País - Sabotaje y falta de mantenimiento: qué sucedió en el incidente de la línea 7 del Metro en Polanco
MCCI - Las nuevas revelaciones de “La Casa Gris”
Insight Crime - CJNG Control of Illegal Mining in Michoacán, Mexico, Claiming Indigenous Lives
Insight Crime - Southern Mexico Extortion Suggests Migration of Central American Gangs
Bloomberg - Trump-Backed Dream of a Venezuela Coup Dies With Maduro Gaining Power
The Guardian - Venezuela: fears new bill will put stranglehold on civil society
Wilson Center - Lithium Production in Chile and Argentina: Inverted Roles
Current History - Colombia Tries a Transformative Left Turn
CSIS - Colombia’s Security Challenges, the Government Response, and the Future of U.S.-Colombia Relations
El País - Coca y sangre: la represión oculta del Ejército colombiano
The Guardian - Colombian judge says he used ChatGPT in ruling
El Faro - Pegasus isn’t Bukele’s only spyware tool
Wall Street Journal - Vast Maya Kingdom Is Revealed in Guatemalan Jungle
Miami Herald - Haiti needs help fighting gangs. El Salvador has had success and is offering help
HRW - Human Rights Concerns for Guatemala’s 2023 General Elections
Associated Press - In Haiti, gangs take control as democracy withers
The Guardian - Haitian cops are poorly paid and outgunned – and part of the problem
Coda Story - How surveillance tech helped protect power — and the drug trade — in Honduras
The Economist - The United States says corruption in Paraguay starts at the top
Americas Quarterly - Is This Peru’s “Constitutional Moment”?
Foreign Policy - The Real Reason Behind Peru’s Political Crisis
Wall Street Journal - Peru Protests Hit Mining Sector and Impede Exports
The Economist - Political turmoil is tearing Peru apart
Americas Quarterly - What Uruguay Can Teach Us
Upcoming Events
8 February, AS/COA - The State of the Economy: A YPA Fireside Chat with Susan Segal
8-9 February, Americas Market Intelligence - Latin America and Beyond — Global Payments Megatrends for 2023
10 February, AS/COA - The Diaspora's Potential Role in Driving Private Sector Investment to Cuba
1-2 March, Chatham House - Energy transitions 2023
18-20 April, Institute of the Americas - Madrid Energy Conference 2023