Friday Reading List - 30 September 2022
Good morning and happy Friday! Here are the links to the four newsletters we published this week.
Tuesday - The strong U.S. dollar is a political and economic challenge for Latin American governments
Wednesday - Politics and Polls (Brazil)
Thursday - Haiti - The debate over intervention
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Reading List
New York Times - How China Targets the Global Fish Supply
The China Signal - Ecuador's debt deal, corruption scandals in Bolivia and Ecuador, disagreement over Argentina's nuclear power plant
Americas Quarterly - A Strategic Moment for the U.S.-Brazil Relationship
The Economist - Are Brazil’s pollsters right about the presidential election?
New York Times - To Defend Democracy, Is Brazil’s Top Court Going Too Far?
Washington Post - Bolsonaro vs. Lula: A referendum on Brazil’s young democracy
Associated Press - Brazil’s decisive debate on eve of presidential election
Bloomberg - The World Sees Brazil’s Election as a Climate Flashpoint. Brazilians Have Other Concerns
Financial Times - ‘It cannot be the madness that it is today’: what’s next for Petrobras?
Foreign Policy - The Battle for Brazil’s Evangelicals
Associated Press - Bolsonaro campaign to evangelicals: Brazil’s soul at stake
Reuters - Lula challenges Bolsonaro's grip on Brazil evangelical vote
The Guardian - ‘Lift this country up’: trans pioneer Erika Hilton seeks Brazil election win
Associated Press - Mexico is world’s deadliest spot for environmental activists
Insight Crime - Record Fentanyl Seizures and Migrant Encounters on US-Mexico Border Are Unrelated
Forbes - Mexico’s President Does Not Know How To Fight Crime
Reuters - In Mexico, more loved ones go missing. Their families keep searching
Animal Político - Fuerzas Armadas elevan presencia en la seguridad pública estatal: 1 de cada 4 instituciones tiene a un militar como titular
Foreign Policy - Chavismo’s Latest Target
World Politics Review - In Venezuela, Negotiating With Maduro Is the Worst Option—and the Only Hope
Americas Quarterly - A Clash Over a Census Reflects a Bolivia in Flux
Foreign Affairs - The Change Chileans Really Want
Americas Quarterly - Can Petro Pull Off ‘Total Peace’ in Colombia?
Washington Post - In test of ties with U.S., Colombian leader proposes shift on drugs
WOLA - Corruption under the State of Emergency in El Salvador: a democracy without oxygen
Insight Crime - The Jungle Patrol: Fighting Illegal Loggers on the Guatemala-Mexico Border
Financial Times - Haiti crisis deepens amid fuel protests and gang warfare
El País - Daniel Ortega impide el regreso a Nicaragua a voces críticas con su régimen
Financial Times - Paraguay calls for Taiwan to invest $1bn to remain allies
Insight Crime - How Peru's Coca Production is Helping the Global Cocaine Boom
The Economist - Peru has an incompetent president and a discredited Congress
New York Times - Biden Is Hoping Small Changes Go a Long Way on Immigration
Pew - How Global Public Opinion of China Has Shifted in the Xi Era
Upcoming Events
30 September, AS/COA - Investment Opportunities in Argentina’s Norte Grande Region
30 September, CSIS Project on Prosperity and Development - Covid-19 and Digital Payments: How the Pandemic Changed G2P Payments Globally
3 October, Insight Crime - The Colombo-Venezuelan Guerrillas: How Colombia’s War Migrated to Venezuela
3 October, Center for Global Development - The Short-Term Effects of Visa Restrictions on Migrants’ Legal Status and Wellbeing: A Difference-In-Differences Approach on Venezuelan Displacement
4 October, Wilson Center Mexico Institute - Traitor, Survivor, Icon: La Malinche – Expressions of Gender-Based Violence from Mexico’s Inception
4 October, Wilson Center - What Better Looks Like: Breaking the Critical Minerals Resource Curse
6 October, William J. Perry Center for Hemispheric Defense Studies - Climate Migration and Security in the Western Hemisphere
10, October, Brookings - Reclaiming Human Rights in a Changing World Order
13 October, CSIS - 2022 Global Development Forum
13 October, Center for Global Development - Empowering Women to Unleash Green, Resilient, and Inclusive Development: Should Development Policy Be Feminist?
18 October, Institute of the Americas - Geothermal across the Americas Part II: supplying sustainable low carbon energy in Latin America
20 October, AS/COA - 2022 Latin American Cities Conferences: Santiago
24 October, AS/COA - Ecuador Open for Business Conference