Friday Reading List - 30 May 2025
Start marking your judicial ballots now and you might finish by the end of the weekend.
Good morning from Vienna, Virginia. I’ll be in NYC early next week for a few days.
This week’s articles and newsletters
Tuesday - Comments on US policy toward Venezuela - The Hawks vs the Transactionalists
Wednesday - Suriname Election Results
Thursday - Six Stories - Venezuela elections, Colombia’s Ecopetrol scandal, Brazil BYD lawsuit, Haiti conflict
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Reading List
FT - Latin America trade halt with China would be disaster, says outgoing OAS chief
Bloomberg - Mexico’s Judicial Reform Is Now in the Hands of Confused Voters
ICG - A People’s Court? Weighing Mexico’s First Elections for Judges
FT - Mexico embarks on ‘Kafkaesque’ experiment to elect judges
AQ Podcast - A Crossroads for Mexico’s Security
Reuters - Mexico hopes early review of USMCA can end uncertainty, revive flagging investment
NYT - Trump Administration Targets Brazilian Judge for “Censorship”
Washington Post - 2-year-old American girl ‘deported’ to Brazil with her undocumented parents
NYT - F.B.I. Memo on Sheds Light on Dispute Over Venezuelan Gang
New Yorker - The Criminalization of Venezuelan Street Culture
Foreign Policy - Give Negotiations With Venezuela a Chance
Economist - Venezuela’s sound of silence
CSIS - The Maduro Regime Held Another Sham Election—What Happens Now?
NYT - Venezuela Is Holding an Election. For Another Country’s Land.
InSight Crime - Seize, Reuse, and Repeat: Venezuela's War on Recycled Drugs.
CBS - 6 tons of cocaine recovered from "narco sub" and underground stashes in Colombia, videos show
Reuters - Argentina takes baby step toward financial order with pricey $1 billion debt auction
Telegraph - Bitcoin Beach: How a small seaside town became cryptocurrency ground zero - I’m quoted here.
Politico - Nayib Bukele Went All In on Trump. One Democrat Still Wants to Work With Him.
Guardian - Trump’s lawlessness is emboldening El Salvador’s brutal regime
Confidencial - Rosario Murillo: between Madame Mao and Grace Mugabe
NPR - China is now the biggest debt collector in the developing world, report says
Upcoming events
4 June, CSIS - Combatting State Hostage Taking and Wrongful Detention
6 June, CSIS - Justice on the Ballot? The Impact of Mexico's Judicial Reform on the Rule of Law and Business Environment
6 June, Atlantic Council - A deep dive into US-Guatemala economic and security cooperation
11 June, Inter-American Dialogue - Eleventh Annual Building a Competitive U.S.-Mexico Border Conference
12 June, AS/COA - Book Talk: How to Save the Amazon by Dom Phillips
Thanks for reading
Have a great weekend!
