Happy Friday. We’re a third of the way through the year. Thanks to everyone who attended Wednesday’s webinar.
Here are links to the four newsletters I published this week:
Monday - Mexico - Criminal organizations target political candidates
Tuesday - Ecuador - Lasso pushes a pro-business agenda
Wednesday - Politics and Polls (Peru, Panama, Colombia)
Thursday - Brazil - Congressional committee investigates Bolsonaro's pandemic response
Per usual, Tuesday’s was free for everyone and the others are behind a paywall. If you want to support the newsletter and receive additional content, please subscribe for $9 per month or $90 per year.
Reading List
Francisco Toro and I published an op-ed in the Washington Post about Peru’s elections - Peru’s democracy has gone off the rails, leaving voters trapped between extremes
New York Times - After a Year of Loss, South America Suffers Worst Death Tolls Yet
Wall Street Journal - Brazil Covid-19 Variant Tears Through South America in Warning to World
Financial Times - LatAm must ‘build back better’ - return to status quo is not an option
Economist - How will Latin America’s covid-19 bill be paid?
Rest of World - The new wave of crypto users: migrant workers
Proceso Digital - Washington habla con dos voces a Triángulo Norte de Centroamérica
WLRN - If U.S. Wants Return On $4 Billion Central America Investment, Look For Anti-Alonzos
Miami Herald - As Biden rolls out U.S. ‘vaccine diplomacy,’ he needs to start in our own hemisphere
Financial Times - Latin American drug cartels in lucrative tie-up with ’Ndrangheta
Bloomberg - Waterways Are Drying Up in Key South American Crop-Shipping Hubs
Center for Strategic and International Studies - New Dynamics in Northern South America’s Geopolitical Neighborhood
Wilson Center - Latin America’s Vaccine Gamble with Venezuelan Migrants
Washington Post - Brazil rejects Russia’s Sputnik V coronavirus vaccine, citing safety concerns
Washington Post - Mexico’s president intensifies his attacks against independent institutions
Wall Street Journal - In Mexico, Worries Mount Over Political Interference in the Judiciary
Economist - Mexico’s president is giving the armed forces new powers
Rest of World - How a brand new Mexican digital outlet became President López Obrador’s most fearsome opponent
Financial Times - Mexican drug cartels see big profits in fentanyl
Los Angeles Times - ‘Sitting ducks for organized crime’: How Biden border policy fuels migrant kidnapping, extortion
InSight Crime - Methamphetamine Taking Over Mexico’s Domestic Drug Market
El Pais - The drought that is scorching Mexico, a predictable and devastating tragedy
Washington Post - In the Venezuelan ‘Workers’ Paradise,’ very different pandemics for the haves and have-nots
New York Times - Terrorist Group Steps Into Venezuela as Lawlessness Grows
Human Rights Watch - Venezuela: Security Force Abuses at Colombia Border
International Crisis Group - A Rebel Playing Field: Colombian Guerrillas on the Venezuelan Border
Associated Press - US weighs policy on Venezuela as Maduro signals flexibility
Associated Press - Watchdog: US aid to Venezuela driven by more than just need
NPR - An Unexpected Pandemic Side Effect In Peru: A Comeback For TB
Americas Quarterly - Could Colombia’s Protests Derail its Basic Income Experiment?
La Silla Vacía - Putumayo en medio del fuego cruzado
New York Times - Argentina necesita una vacuna contra la grieta
La Nación - El derecho al aborto en la Argentina podría influir en la región
Confidencial - Nicaragua “blanquea” salida de oro de Venezuela, según Douglas Farah
Financial Times - Prosperous Costa Rica faces reckoning on debt
Economist - Cuba’s new leadership will have to deliver results fast
Miami Herald - Cash-strapped Haiti has an image problem. The government is spending thousands to fix it
Miami Herald - Congress: U.S. insistence on ‘elections at all costs’ in Haiti risks deeper crisis
Just Security - Combating Transnational Authoritarian Kleptocracy: Cracking Down on Western Professional Enablers
New York Times - The World Needs Many More Coronavirus Vaccines
New York Times - Let’s Launch a Moonshot for Meatless Meat
4 May, AS/COA - 51st Annual Washington Conference on the Americas
4 May, Inter-American Dialogue - 100 Days of the Biden-Harris Administration – What Lies Ahead for US-Mexico Ties?
5 May, Institute of the Americas - La Jolla Energy Conference: Elections and Energy
5 May, Global Initiative - China’s New Silk Road: Navigating the organized crime risk
6 May, Inter-American Dialogue - Healthcare Investment & Economic Recovery in the Americas
6 May, Wilson Center - Mexico's Mid-Term Elections: What's at Stake and What to Expect
6 May, Wilson Center - Temporary Protected Status for Venezuelan Migrants in Colombia: Opportunities and Challenges
7 May, Institute of the Americas - La Jolla Energy Conference: Getting to Net-Zero – Technology, Critical Minerals and Energy Transition
12 May, Institute of the Americas - La Jolla Energy Conference: Future of Transport
14 May, Institute of the Americas - La Jolla Energy Conference: Country Updates
Have a great weekend.
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Friday Reading List - 30 April 2021
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Happy Friday. We’re a third of the way through the year. Thanks to everyone who attended Wednesday’s webinar.
Here are links to the four newsletters I published this week:
Monday - Mexico - Criminal organizations target political candidates
Tuesday - Ecuador - Lasso pushes a pro-business agenda
Wednesday - Politics and Polls (Peru, Panama, Colombia)
Thursday - Brazil - Congressional committee investigates Bolsonaro's pandemic response
Per usual, Tuesday’s was free for everyone and the others are behind a paywall. If you want to support the newsletter and receive additional content, please subscribe for $9 per month or $90 per year.
Reading List
Francisco Toro and I published an op-ed in the Washington Post about Peru’s elections - Peru’s democracy has gone off the rails, leaving voters trapped between extremes
New York Times - After a Year of Loss, South America Suffers Worst Death Tolls Yet
Wall Street Journal - Brazil Covid-19 Variant Tears Through South America in Warning to World
Financial Times - LatAm must ‘build back better’ - return to status quo is not an option
Economist - How will Latin America’s covid-19 bill be paid?
Rest of World - The new wave of crypto users: migrant workers
Proceso Digital - Washington habla con dos voces a Triángulo Norte de Centroamérica
WLRN - If U.S. Wants Return On $4 Billion Central America Investment, Look For Anti-Alonzos
Miami Herald - As Biden rolls out U.S. ‘vaccine diplomacy,’ he needs to start in our own hemisphere
Financial Times - Latin American drug cartels in lucrative tie-up with ’Ndrangheta
Bloomberg - Waterways Are Drying Up in Key South American Crop-Shipping Hubs
Center for Strategic and International Studies - New Dynamics in Northern South America’s Geopolitical Neighborhood
Wilson Center - Latin America’s Vaccine Gamble with Venezuelan Migrants
Washington Post - Brazil rejects Russia’s Sputnik V coronavirus vaccine, citing safety concerns
Washington Post - Mexico’s president intensifies his attacks against independent institutions
Wall Street Journal - In Mexico, Worries Mount Over Political Interference in the Judiciary
Economist - Mexico’s president is giving the armed forces new powers
Rest of World - How a brand new Mexican digital outlet became President López Obrador’s most fearsome opponent
Financial Times - Mexican drug cartels see big profits in fentanyl
Los Angeles Times - ‘Sitting ducks for organized crime’: How Biden border policy fuels migrant kidnapping, extortion
InSight Crime - Methamphetamine Taking Over Mexico’s Domestic Drug Market
El Pais - The drought that is scorching Mexico, a predictable and devastating tragedy
Washington Post - In the Venezuelan ‘Workers’ Paradise,’ very different pandemics for the haves and have-nots
New York Times - Terrorist Group Steps Into Venezuela as Lawlessness Grows
Human Rights Watch - Venezuela: Security Force Abuses at Colombia Border
International Crisis Group - A Rebel Playing Field: Colombian Guerrillas on the Venezuelan Border
Associated Press - US weighs policy on Venezuela as Maduro signals flexibility
Associated Press - Watchdog: US aid to Venezuela driven by more than just need
NPR - An Unexpected Pandemic Side Effect In Peru: A Comeback For TB
Americas Quarterly - Could Colombia’s Protests Derail its Basic Income Experiment?
La Silla Vacía - Putumayo en medio del fuego cruzado
New York Times - Argentina necesita una vacuna contra la grieta
La Nación - El derecho al aborto en la Argentina podría influir en la región
Confidencial - Nicaragua “blanquea” salida de oro de Venezuela, según Douglas Farah
Financial Times - Prosperous Costa Rica faces reckoning on debt
Economist - Cuba’s new leadership will have to deliver results fast
Miami Herald - Cash-strapped Haiti has an image problem. The government is spending thousands to fix it
Miami Herald - Congress: U.S. insistence on ‘elections at all costs’ in Haiti risks deeper crisis
Just Security - Combating Transnational Authoritarian Kleptocracy: Cracking Down on Western Professional Enablers
New York Times - The World Needs Many More Coronavirus Vaccines
New York Times - Let’s Launch a Moonshot for Meatless Meat
Upcoming events
4 May, AS/COA - 51st Annual Washington Conference on the Americas
4 May, Inter-American Dialogue - 100 Days of the Biden-Harris Administration – What Lies Ahead for US-Mexico Ties?
5 May, Institute of the Americas - La Jolla Energy Conference: Elections and Energy
5 May, Global Initiative - China’s New Silk Road: Navigating the organized crime risk
6 May, Inter-American Dialogue - Healthcare Investment & Economic Recovery in the Americas
6 May, Wilson Center - Mexico's Mid-Term Elections: What's at Stake and What to Expect
6 May, Wilson Center - Temporary Protected Status for Venezuelan Migrants in Colombia: Opportunities and Challenges
7 May, Institute of the Americas - La Jolla Energy Conference: Getting to Net-Zero – Technology, Critical Minerals and Energy Transition
12 May, Institute of the Americas - La Jolla Energy Conference: Future of Transport
14 May, Institute of the Americas - La Jolla Energy Conference: Country Updates
Thanks for reading
Have a great weekend.