Friday Reading List - 3 June 2022
Happy Friday! Here are the links to the three newsletters we published this week:
Tuesday - Colombia - Left vs Right or Left vs Something Else?
Wednesday - Politics and Polls (Ecuador and Mexico)
Colombia Risk Analysis and Hxagon are holding a webinar about Colombia’s elections on 15 June. It’s an opportunity to discuss the election and the potential policies of the next president. The cost is $100. You can sign up here or here. Video will be available for those who sign up but can’t make the time. We’re also available if your organization would rather hold a private call. Feel free to reach out if that is the case or you have any other questions.
Reading List
Foreign Affairs - A Policy for a Post-American Latin America
Inter-American Dialogue - Testimony to Senate Committee on Foreign Relations: The Ninth Summit of the Americas
LA Times - Op-Ed: Why we don’t need a Summit of the Americas ever again
New York Times - ‘Allinllachu.’ Google Translate Adds Quechua to Its Platform.
The Guardian - Digital mapping reveals network of settlements thrived in pre-Columbian Amazon
Financial Times - Weak economic outlook clouds Bolsonaro’s election prospects in Brazil
The Intercept - Lula Leads, But Bolsonaro Could Still Win Reelection in Brazil
Americas Quarterly - Petro, Lula and the Future of Latin American Integration
Insight Crime - Why São Paulo’s Guarulhos Airport Became Cocaine Dispatch Point to Europe and Africa
New York Times - Agatha Moves Across Southern Mexico as a Tropical Storm
Mongabay - ‘What’s lacking is respect for Mayan culture’: Q&A with Pedro Uc Be on Mexico’s Tren Maya
Vice - New ‘Black Panther’ Star Is Calling Out Mexico for Its Racism
El País - El ‘audiogate’ vicia el ambiente político en México previo a las elecciones
Alto Nivel - México, sin rumbo para combatir al huachicol
Insight Crime - After El Koki's Death, Gangs Stir Once Again in Caracas’ Cota 905
Bloomberg - With 58% Inflation, Nobody in Argentina Knows the Price of Anything
Reuters - Ancient massive 'Dragon of Death' flying reptile dug up in Argentina
The Economist - The lithium curse: why Bolivia has failed to turn minerals into gold
Wall Street Journal - Chile’s Proposed Constitution Could Upend Its Free-Market Model
The Guardian - ‘Consequences will be dire’: Chile’s water crisis is reaching breaking point
Atlantic Council - Allies: Twenty-seven bold ideas to reimagine the US-Colombia relationship
New York Times - Colombia’s Trump May Be Headed for the Presidential Palace
The Economist - Two erratic presidential candidates put Colombia at risk
El País - Colombia’s Trump, Rodolfo Hernández: ‘Ideally, women should devote themselves to raising children’
Wall Street Journal - Former Head of Colombia’s Cali Cartel Dies in U.S. Prison
La Silla Vacía - Los hijos de Rodolfo: el de la coima, el problemático y el sucesor
El Tiempo - Los 6 nombres que Rodolfo Hernández ya lanzó sobre su eventual gabinete
La Silla Vacía - El “País del No” es la nación rodolfista y más conclusiones de la primera vuelta
Rest of World - A massive cyberattack in Costa Rica leaves citizens hurting
Washington Post - As Biden eases Trump’s sanctions, Cubans hope for an economic lift
Insight Crime - Corrupt Security Services Worsen Ecuador's Murder Problem
Americas Quarterly - In El Salvador, a Chastened Opposition Looks to Find Its Way
Amnesty International - El Salvador: President Bukele engulfs the country in a human rights crisis after three years in government
El Faro - Gobierno de Bukele no renovó su contrato de cabildeo con Thomas Shannon
Univision - El Gobierno de Guatemala optó por la corrupción y Estados Unidos debe responder con más contundencia
ABC - Fulminantes datos sobre red montada por Horacio Cartes
Insight Crime - The Roots of Environmental Crime in the Peruvian Amazon
The Economist - A Peruvian farmer takes on Germany’s largest electricity firm
The Economist - Why Peruvian villagers tore down a flood-warning system
Rest of World - Netflix cracks down on password sharing, but early efforts in Peru are a mess
Washington Post - Biden prepares asylum overhaul at border, but court challenges loom
Foreign Affairs - Migration Doesn’t Have to Be a Crisis
Upcoming Events
6-7 June, CGS Quito - Mining Conference 2022
Boz will be presenting at the inaugural Copper Gold Symposium Mining Conference in Quito, Ecuador.
7 June, Migration Policy Institute & Wilson Center - A Path to Self-Sufficiency: Advancing Venezuelan Refugee Integration in the Americas
8 June, Wilson Center - Safeguarding Democracy in the Americas: How to Strengthen the Inter-American Democratic Charter, 20 Years after Its Adoption
8 June, CSIS - Trust: The Key to Social Cohesion and Growth in Latin America and the Caribbean
10 June, Institute of the Americas - Geothermal across the Americas
15 June, Colombia Risk and Hxagon - Colombia - Analyzing the Presidential Election
22 June, Wilson Center - Eighth Annual Building a Competitive U.S.- Mexico Border Conference