Below are links to interesting articles I’ve read in the past week (with extra focus on Central America and migration issues) as well as a list of upcoming events related to Latin America.
Here are the links to the four newsletters I published this week.
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ANNOUNCEMENT: I plan to hold an online event on Monday, 14 December, at 1PM EST. This event is for paying subscribers of the newsletter. It will run about an hour and I’ll talk about how I view the region in 2021 and take questions. If you are a paying subscriber, you’ll get an invitation to register next week. I’ll try to record it for those who can’t make it.
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Friday Reading List - 4 December 2020
Friday Reading List - 4 December 2020
Friday Reading List - 4 December 2020
Good morning and happy Friday!
Below are links to interesting articles I’ve read in the past week (with extra focus on Central America and migration issues) as well as a list of upcoming events related to Latin America.
Here are the links to the four newsletters I published this week.
Monday - Venezuela - Maduro increasing repression while eyeing political transitions
Tuesday - The November 2020 protest wave
Wednesday - Politics and polls (Peru, Mexico, Argentina)
Thursday - Ten ways criminal groups will try to profit from Covid-19 vaccines in 2021
If you found any of my newsletters useful this week, please encourage your friends and colleagues to subscribe. People can add their email at https://boz.substack.com/ or email me at boz@substack.com to be added to the free distribution list.
ANNOUNCEMENT: I plan to hold an online event on Monday, 14 December, at 1PM EST. This event is for paying subscribers of the newsletter. It will run about an hour and I’ll talk about how I view the region in 2021 and take questions. If you are a paying subscriber, you’ll get an invitation to register next week. I’ll try to record it for those who can’t make it.
If you’re not a subscriber, it’s $9 per month (or $90 per year) and you can cancel any time, meaning you can get in this event for just $9. Thanks!
Reading List
U.S. Foreign Affairs Committee - Engel Releases Western Hemisphere Drug Policy Commission Report
Reuters - Storms, coronavirus and drought spread hunger to millions in Central America
Wilson Center - Latin America Has No Margin of Error in its Fight against a Second Wave
Wilson Center - US Foreign Aid to the Northern Triangle 2014–2019: Promoting Success by Learning from the Past
Foreign Policy - Honduras and Nicaragua Have Been Hit By Some of the Worst Natural Disasters in Decades
Real Clear World - Central America Can't Wait for Help
Migration Policy Institute - Building a New Regional Migration System: Redefining U.S. Cooperation with Mexico and Central America
Washington Post - Migrant caravans could be early test for Biden and post-Trump relations with Mexico
Strauss Center - MPP Update, December 2020
Americas Quarterly - Back to the 1960s? Education May Be Latin America’s Most Lasting Scar from COVID-19
New York Times - China Poised to Be First to Distribute Virus Vaccine in Latin America, U.S. Official Says
Bloomberg - Biden Can’t Pick Up in Latin America Where Obama Left Off
S-RM - Covid Corruption: Extortion Among Latin America’s Security Forces During The Pandemic
DOJ - Vitol Inc. Agrees to Pay over $135 Million to Resolve Foreign Bribery Case
Associated Press - Brazil’s Bolsonaro suffers wave of defeats in mayoral races
Financial Times - Brazil’s Jair Bolsonaro faces challenge from the centre after local elections
Guardian - Rio voters inflict humiliating electoral wipeout on mayor
International Military Council on Climate and Security - Climate and Security in Brazil
WSJ - Brazilian Bank Heists Put President Bolsonaro on the Firing Line
Reuters - Exclusive-Red Tape, Bad Data And Bribes Endanger Mexico's Workers
Global Americans - AMLO’s threat to Latin American democracy
New York Times - Guns, Drugs and Viral Content: Welcome to Cartel TikTok
Bloomberg - U.S. Chemical Companies Face Few Legal Risks, and the Cartels Bank On It
Wall Street Journal - Mexico’s Leftist President Becomes Fiscal Hawk in Midst of Pandemic
Reuters - Burner phones and banking apps - Meet the Chinese 'brokers' laundering Mexican drug money
The Globe and Mail - The disappeared: Inside families’ risky search to uncover the truth behind Mexico’s mass graves
Washington Post - The Search For The Disappeared Points To Mexico’s Darkest Secrets
Bloomberg - Banxico Frets Over Senate Bid to Force It to Buy Dollars
Wilson Center - High Profile Tests for Mexican Justice, Bilateral Cooperation
Reuters - Venezuela opposition discussing scaling back interim government, sources say
Provea - Las sanciones económicas contra Venezuela: consecuencias, crisis humanitaria, alternativas y acuerdo humanitario
Al Jazeera - ‘We are fed up’: Guatemalans continue anti-government protests
Wilson Center - Waves of Pollution in Honduras: Understanding Poor Waste Management and Natural Disaster
El Salvador Perspectives - Bukele tweets a paid advertisement as real news coverage
InSight Crime - Submarines for Rent – The Best Option for Traffickers in Colombia
International Crisis Group - A Refuge from Violence in a Forgotten Corner of Colombia
Las 2 Orillas - La carrera entre China y Estados Unidos por reconstruir Providencia
Dominican Today - Attorney General arrests two brothers of former Dominican Republic President Danilo Medina
Economist - The Movimiento San Isidro challenges Cuba’s regime
Miami Herald - What will happen when Cuba unifies its currency? Economists say it won’t be good
Bloomberg - Peak Oil is Suddenly Upon Us
Washington Post - Biden wants more refugees, but it could take years to rebuild the resettlement system
Upcoming events
7 December, CSIS - Responding to Venezuela's Parliamentary Elections
9 December, Inter-American Dialogue - Chinese Investment in LAC — Post-Pandemic Prospects
9 December, Atlantic Council - The incoming US administration and the future of supply chains in the Americas
9 December, Wilson Center - Elecciones en pandemia: aprendizajes y desafíos para el 2021
10 December, Inter-American Dialogue - Forward Together: A Conversation with Former Presidents of the Americas
11 December, WOLA - Las relaciones cívico-militares en América Latina después de nueve meses de pandemia
14 December 1PM EST - Event for Latin America Risk Report paying subscribers. Link to register will be sent next week.
15 December, Chatham House - Expanding UK-Latin American Trade: Opportunities and Bottlenecks
28 January 2021 - Technology. Behaviour. Data. (TBD) Conference 2021
Thanks for reading
Have a great weekend!