Friday Reading List - 4 August 2023
Links and events. Also announcing that I'll be teaching the Analyzing Protests course again in October.
Good morning and happy Friday! There was no newsletter again this week, but I did write a column for World Politics Review about Latin American militaries. I’m probably going to miss one more week of the newsletter and then I’ll be back to writing regularly.
From 2-6 October I will be teaching a virtual course titled “Analyzing Protests” that will give you the tools to analyze protests as they are happening and deliver better products to your readers and clients. The class sold out several weeks early when I held it last April, so don’t wait until the last minute. Sign up before 31 August with the coupon code EARLY20 for a 20% discount!
Here is this week’s reading list and upcoming events:
Reading List
CSIS - Ensuring Information Integrity in Electoral Processes in the Americas
US Institute of Peace - Will Voters or the Courts Choose Guatemala's Next President?
New York Times - An International Force May Be Headed to Troubled Haiti, Again
Americas Quarterly - The AI Revolution Is Coming for Latin America. Is It Ready?
Crisis Group - Landmark Amazon Summit Needs to Grapple with Crime as well as Climate
Americas Quarterly - The Delicate Balancing Act of Bolsonaro’s Possible Heir
Reuters - Brazil now main holdout against BRICS expansion, sources say
Economist - Investors are increasingly optimistic about Brazil’s economy
Financial Times - The militarisation of Mexico’s economy
AP - Investigators recall surreal moments during years-long investigation in Mexico’s missing students
New York Times - Mexico’s ‘Monster’ Trucks Show Cartels Taking Drug War to Next Level
Financial Times - Mexican president’s populism looms over scientist protégé
New York Times - City in Mexico Bans Performances of Songs With Misogynistic Lyrics
Road to the Casa Rosada - Argentina Politics Update - 2 August 2023
Reuters - Analysis: China holds the key to avoiding Argentina's IMF default. The price tag is unknown
Americas Migration Brief - July 31, 2023
Wall Street Journal - Son of Colombian President Arrested on Money Laundering Charges
Bloomberg - El Salvador’s Iron Fist on Crime Will Crush Latin American Democracy
Tico Times - Costa Rica’s President Chaves Faces Influence Peddling Charges
Al Jazeera - Peru’s cocaine trade overruns remote Indigenous territory
Bloomberg - Russia Sanctions Aren't Stopping Putin But May Stop Xi
New York Times - Elon Musk’s Unmatched Power in the Stars
Bloomberg - Putin and Wagner Are Still Gunning for Africa
ACLED - Moving Out of the Shadows: Shifts in Wagner Group Operations Around the World
Wall Street Journal - The West Attacked Russia’s Economy. The Result Is Another Stalemate.
Upcoming Events
4 August, CSIS - Looking South: A Conversation with GEN Laura Richardson on Security Challenges in Latin America
4 August, Inter-American Dialogue - A Conversation on Central America
7 August, Wilson Center - A Conversation with Henrique Capriles, Presidential Candidate for Venezuela’s Primero Justicia Party
8 August, Wilson Center - Argentina Elige: A Conversation with Martín Redrado, Former Central Bank President and Economic Adviser to Presidential Candidate Horacio Rodríguez Larreta
9 August, AS/COA - 2023 Latin American Cities Conferences: Santiago
22 August, Institute of the Americas - Argentina Energy Roundtable
22 August, AS/COA - 2023 Latin American Cities Conferences: Brasília
24 August, AS/COA - 2023 Latin American Cities Conferences: Buenos Aires
18 September, Wilson Center - Understanding the Fentanyl and Opioid Crisis: US-Mexico Solutions
18 September, Migration Policy Institute - 20th Annual Immigration Law and Policy Conference
27-28 September, Wilson Center - The Rules-Based Order in Antarctica and Global Challenges
2-6 October, Hxagon - Analyzing Protests (use coupon code EARLY20 for a 20% discount)