Friday Reading List - 4 July 2025

When in the course of this week's events....

Jul 04, 2025

Good morning. I’ll be at the Fourth of July parade in Fairfax, VA, this morning.

This week’s articles and newsletters

WPR - Ortega’s Transnational Assassinations Demand a Regional Response
- Republished in Spanish by Confidencial
Monday - A failed Colombian coup plot and other US policy stories in LatAm
Tuesday - 2025 - Mid-year update with 80% predictions
Wednesday - Chile Election Notes - July 2025
Thursday - Six Stories - Costa Rica’s presidential removal process, El Salvador’s crypto-remittances, Mexico’s cartel civil war and cargo theft.

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Reading List

AP - Latin America’s top human rights court says states have duty to act on climate crisis

Bloomberg - Cartel Money Crackdown Has Mexican Banks Reeling From Sanctions

Bloomberg - Highway Robberies Are Now Just Part of Doing Business in Mexico

NYT - Cartel Fighters Make a Desperate Alliance That Could Transform Underworld

AP - 4 decapitated bodies are among 20 deaths in Sinaloa, Mexico, cartel violence

Milenio - Arma anti drones tras balacera en Culiacán - A few weeks old, but an important link showing Mexican cartels able to obtain high-tech weapons from China.

InSight Crime - Sinaloa Cartel Hack Exposes Cracks in FBI Security

El Universal - Resuelve Tamaulipas que a EL UNIVERSAL y a mí nos registren 4 años como violentadores de género

Economist - Brazil’s president is losing clout abroad and unpopular at home

Reuters - Gold Reserve's $7.38 billion bid recommended as winner of Citgo auction

Reuters - Venezuela's oil exports on the rise as more cargoes head to China

Washington Post - Donald Trump boosts Nicolás Maduro with Venezuela travel ban

AP - Venezuela declares UN human rights chief persona non grata

LatAm Journalism Review - Journalists combat information vacuums on Venezuela's border by bringing news to the streets

AQ - Noboa's Balancing Act Between China and the U.S.

BBC - Peru's president doubles her salary despite record low approval rating

Reuters - Bolivian congress brawls over China, Russia lithium deals

Bloomberg - Argentina Shale Oil Boom Helps Javier Milei Push Economic Reforms