Friday Reading List - 30 August 2024
It's almost September.
Good morning and happy Friday from Virginia!
This week’s World Politics Review column focused on Colombian President Petro at the halfway point of his term.
This week’s newsletter considered the scenarios for Mexico’s judicial reform.
Reading List
Foreign Policy - Kamala Harris's Foreign Policy Team Helped Prevent a Guatemala Coup
FT - Guatemalan president warns of risk of ‘coup via the courts’
NYT - The For-Profit City That Might Come Crashing Down (Honduras)
NYT - The High Price of Safety in El Salvador
Confidencial - Centro de espionaje ruso opera en base militar de Mokorón en Managua
Bloomberg - First Quantum Seeks Damages for Copper Trapped at Panama Mine
NYT - Last Crusade of Mexico’s President: A Drastic Redesign of the Judiciary
Bloomberg - Mexico Will Pay Dearly for AMLO's Judicial Revenge
NYT - Mexico’s President Bet Big on Oil. His Successor Will Be Stuck With the Tab.
Americas Quarterly - Brazil’s Most Powerful Judge Is in the Spotlight—Again
AP - Brazil top court threatens to suspend X operations
Reuters - US general, pointing to Maduro, says democracy is under attack globally | Reuters
Reuters - Venezuela's Machado says peaceful protests, external pressure could still oust Maduro
CNN - Venezuela’s ‘little commandos’ took on Maduro. Now they’re fleeing the country
NYT - No Evidence that Maduro Won, Says Top Venezuelan Election Official
NYT - The Human Cost of Your Breakfast Banana
BBC - A spirit so good people are smuggling it in suitcases
AP - Ecuador's citizens voted to stop oil drilling in heart of Amazon. A year later, it hasn't happened
Americas Quarterly - Peru's Anti-Law Enforcement Turn Is a Threat to Regional Stability
Wilson Center - Santiago Peña’s Paraguayan Balancing Act
Reuters - Argentina official says lithium, copper to drive metal exports to $10 billion by 2027
Journal of the Americas: The Impact of the Political Orientation of Latin America, on the Advance of the People’s Republic of China in the Region
Economist - The poisonous global politics of water
IMF Blog - Dollar Dominance in the International Reserve System: An Update
RFE/RL - How The Ukraine War Could Revamp Trade In Eurasia
Bloomberg - Iran Oil: Secretive Trader Called ‘Hector’ Seen as Global Kingpin
Abu Aardvark - Autocrats Can't Always Get What They Want
Brookings - Addressing and preventing coups in Africa: What the United States can do
World Politics Review - The U.S. Can Provide an Alternative to China in Sub-Saharan Africa
Economist - Why Sudan’s catastrophic war is the world’s problem
Foreign Affairs - The Case for a Clean Energy Marshall Plan
Thanks for reading
I’ll bring back the upcoming events links at some point in the fall. Meanwhile, I plan to attend the Inter-American Dialogue’s CAF conference on Thursday, 5 September. Hope to see some of you there.
Have a great weekend!
