Good morning and happy Friday! Here are the links to the four newsletters we published this week.
Monday - Honduras - Castro requests UN-backed anti-corruption commission
Tuesday - Implications for Latin America of Putin's invasion of Ukraine
Wednesday - Politics and Polls (Mexico)
Thursday - Argentina - Global energy prices shake up IMF negotiations
Thanks to all the paying subscribers who support this newsletter.
Foreign Affairs - Latin America Looks East: As Washington Idles, China Is Cutting Deals
Americas Quarterly Podcast - The White House's Juan Gonzalez on the Americas Summit, Ukraine and More
War on the Rocks - Great-Power Competition Comes For Latin America
Bloomberg - Climate Change Brings Extreme, Early Impact to South America
Miami Herald - Sanctions on Russian banks could also hurt Moscow’s Latin American allies
CSIS - Russian Invasion of Ukraine Should Force a Rethink about Russian Presence in the Americas
The Hill - Lessons from Russia's Latin America engagement over Ukraine
Nearshore Americas - Is Inflation Undermining the Case for Nearshore?
U.S. Senate Caucus on International Narcotics Control - Hearing: Drug Caucus - The $150 Billion Drug Market: A Dive into the Economics of Cartels
Atlantic Council - Financial de-risking in the Caribbean: The US implications and what needs to be done
Bloomberg - For Its Expats, Brazil Is Now the Country of the Past: President Jair Bolsonaro’s backward policies have accelerated the brain drain from Latin America’s biggest economy.
Economist - Why industrial decline has been so stark in Brazil
The Lancet - Brazil's COVID-19 guidelines: political hijack of public health
Financial Times - How Brazil’s largest crime syndicate built a global drug empire
Financial Times - Bolsonaro and Lula leave little space for Brazil’s ‘third way’ candidates
Rest of World - Brazil’s move to legalize sports gambling is fueling a digital gold rush
Washington Post - Opinion: As criminals unleash more violence in Mexico, the president goes on the offensive — against the press
New York Times - Along Mexico’s Riviera Maya, Tourists, Drugs and Violence
Associated Press - At cartel extermination site; Mexico nears 100k missing
Rest of World - Powerful Mexicans pay to scrub their reputations online. Lawyers fear it’s hindering criminal investigations
Guardian - Bodies missing after Mexican drug cartel massacre caught on video
InSight Crime - Liquid Meth Produced in Mexico Streams Across US Border
Washington Post - Opinión: Los militares y el AIFA rescatarán a AMLO de la crisis
El Financiero - Casa Gris le ‘cuesta’ a AMLO: Aprobación baja a 54% en febrero
Wall Street Journal - Venezuela Asks Wall Street to Help Lift U.S. Sanctions So Oil Can Flow
New York Times - Venezuela’s Leader Trades Old Guard for Slick Technocrats to Keep Power
InSight Crime - Is This the End for Venezuela’s Megagangs?
Associated Press - Venezuelan opposition faces fading enthusiasm
World Politics Review - Venezuela’s Crisis Could Be Another Casualty of Russia’s Ukraine Invasion
Economist - Nicolás Maduro lets miners trash Venezuela’s forests
Financial Times - Political and economic risks threaten Colombia’s recovery from pandemic
Bloomberg - Colombia Front-Runner Says He’d Declare Emergency if Elected
WOLA - Colombia’s Growing Humanitarian Crises and Violence
InSight Crime - ELN Show of Force Confirms its Unmatched Criminal Presence in Colombia
Agence France Press - Mutilated bodies, gang wars shock once-peaceful Ecuador
El País - El presidente Lasso tiene una oportunidad para proteger a mujeres y niñas en Ecuador
La República - Renovación Popular anuncia moción de vacancia contra Pedro Castillo
Economist - Bolivia is awash with contraband cars from Japan
Bloomberg - Paraguay’s President Overhauls Cabinet Again After Drug Sting
InSight Crime - Paraguay: The New Safe Haven for Brazilian Traffickers, Money Launderers
Economist - What Latin America’s success story can teach its neighbours (Uruguay)
Financial Times - Argentina secures $45bn debt deal with IMF
Narratively - Revolución on the Cookie Factory Floor
Americas Quarterly - The Dangerous Hubris of Chile’s Constitutional Convention
Bloomberg - Drought-Riven Chile Makes World First in Environmental Bonds
Washington Post - Editorial: In pro-Putin Managua, tyrannical history is repeating itself — this time as tragedy
Associated Press - Honduras prosecutor: Ex-president's offices swept of papers
WOLA - International Organizations Demand Publicity and Announce Observation of Guatemalan Judge Erika Aifan’s Deposition Hearing Before the Investigating Judge
Guardian - Dominican Republic starts work on border wall with Haiti
BBC - Jovenel Moïse murder: Suspect handed over to Haiti
CNBC - Biden administration launches new ‘KleptoCapture’ task force to go after Russian oligarchs
4 March, AS/COA - Agriculture and the 2022 Summit of the Americas
7 March, WOLA - Innovation and Challenges in Defending Human Rights in Venezuela
8 March, Atlantic Council - Conversation with Admiral Craig Faller: Global and Latin American implications of Russia’s invasion
9 March, Inter-American Dialogue - Teacher policies in Latin America during Covid-19: lessons learned and future challenges
9 March, WOLA - The Drug War and Grave Human Rights Violations
10 March, William J. Perry Center - 4th Annual Security Challenges in Latin America Forum: Security, Defense, and Gender in Latin America
17 March, Atlantic Council - Road to the Summit: A green and equitable future for the Americas
Have a good weekend.
Friday Reading List - 4 March 2022
Friday Reading List - 4 March 2022
Friday Reading List - 4 March 2022
Good morning and happy Friday! Here are the links to the four newsletters we published this week.
Monday - Honduras - Castro requests UN-backed anti-corruption commission
Tuesday - Implications for Latin America of Putin's invasion of Ukraine
Wednesday - Politics and Polls (Mexico)
Thursday - Argentina - Global energy prices shake up IMF negotiations
Thanks to all the paying subscribers who support this newsletter.
Reading List
Foreign Affairs - Latin America Looks East: As Washington Idles, China Is Cutting Deals
Americas Quarterly Podcast - The White House's Juan Gonzalez on the Americas Summit, Ukraine and More
War on the Rocks - Great-Power Competition Comes For Latin America
Bloomberg - Climate Change Brings Extreme, Early Impact to South America
Miami Herald - Sanctions on Russian banks could also hurt Moscow’s Latin American allies
CSIS - Russian Invasion of Ukraine Should Force a Rethink about Russian Presence in the Americas
The Hill - Lessons from Russia's Latin America engagement over Ukraine
Nearshore Americas - Is Inflation Undermining the Case for Nearshore?
U.S. Senate Caucus on International Narcotics Control - Hearing: Drug Caucus - The $150 Billion Drug Market: A Dive into the Economics of Cartels
Atlantic Council - Financial de-risking in the Caribbean: The US implications and what needs to be done
Bloomberg - For Its Expats, Brazil Is Now the Country of the Past: President Jair Bolsonaro’s backward policies have accelerated the brain drain from Latin America’s biggest economy.
Economist - Why industrial decline has been so stark in Brazil
The Lancet - Brazil's COVID-19 guidelines: political hijack of public health
Financial Times - How Brazil’s largest crime syndicate built a global drug empire
Financial Times - Bolsonaro and Lula leave little space for Brazil’s ‘third way’ candidates
Rest of World - Brazil’s move to legalize sports gambling is fueling a digital gold rush
Washington Post - Opinion: As criminals unleash more violence in Mexico, the president goes on the offensive — against the press
New York Times - Along Mexico’s Riviera Maya, Tourists, Drugs and Violence
Associated Press - At cartel extermination site; Mexico nears 100k missing
Rest of World - Powerful Mexicans pay to scrub their reputations online. Lawyers fear it’s hindering criminal investigations
Guardian - Bodies missing after Mexican drug cartel massacre caught on video
InSight Crime - Liquid Meth Produced in Mexico Streams Across US Border
Washington Post - Opinión: Los militares y el AIFA rescatarán a AMLO de la crisis
El Financiero - Casa Gris le ‘cuesta’ a AMLO: Aprobación baja a 54% en febrero
Wall Street Journal - Venezuela Asks Wall Street to Help Lift U.S. Sanctions So Oil Can Flow
New York Times - Venezuela’s Leader Trades Old Guard for Slick Technocrats to Keep Power
InSight Crime - Is This the End for Venezuela’s Megagangs?
Associated Press - Venezuelan opposition faces fading enthusiasm
World Politics Review - Venezuela’s Crisis Could Be Another Casualty of Russia’s Ukraine Invasion
Economist - Nicolás Maduro lets miners trash Venezuela’s forests
Financial Times - Political and economic risks threaten Colombia’s recovery from pandemic
Bloomberg - Colombia Front-Runner Says He’d Declare Emergency if Elected
WOLA - Colombia’s Growing Humanitarian Crises and Violence
InSight Crime - ELN Show of Force Confirms its Unmatched Criminal Presence in Colombia
Agence France Press - Mutilated bodies, gang wars shock once-peaceful Ecuador
El País - El presidente Lasso tiene una oportunidad para proteger a mujeres y niñas en Ecuador
La República - Renovación Popular anuncia moción de vacancia contra Pedro Castillo
Economist - Bolivia is awash with contraband cars from Japan
Bloomberg - Paraguay’s President Overhauls Cabinet Again After Drug Sting
InSight Crime - Paraguay: The New Safe Haven for Brazilian Traffickers, Money Launderers
Economist - What Latin America’s success story can teach its neighbours (Uruguay)
Financial Times - Argentina secures $45bn debt deal with IMF
Narratively - Revolución on the Cookie Factory Floor
Americas Quarterly - The Dangerous Hubris of Chile’s Constitutional Convention
Bloomberg - Drought-Riven Chile Makes World First in Environmental Bonds
Washington Post - Editorial: In pro-Putin Managua, tyrannical history is repeating itself — this time as tragedy
Associated Press - Honduras prosecutor: Ex-president's offices swept of papers
WOLA - International Organizations Demand Publicity and Announce Observation of Guatemalan Judge Erika Aifan’s Deposition Hearing Before the Investigating Judge
Guardian - Dominican Republic starts work on border wall with Haiti
BBC - Jovenel Moïse murder: Suspect handed over to Haiti
CNBC - Biden administration launches new ‘KleptoCapture’ task force to go after Russian oligarchs
Upcoming Events
4 March, AS/COA - Agriculture and the 2022 Summit of the Americas
7 March, WOLA - Innovation and Challenges in Defending Human Rights in Venezuela
8 March, Atlantic Council - Conversation with Admiral Craig Faller: Global and Latin American implications of Russia’s invasion
9 March, Inter-American Dialogue - Teacher policies in Latin America during Covid-19: lessons learned and future challenges
9 March, WOLA - The Drug War and Grave Human Rights Violations
10 March, William J. Perry Center - 4th Annual Security Challenges in Latin America Forum: Security, Defense, and Gender in Latin America
17 March, Atlantic Council - Road to the Summit: A green and equitable future for the Americas
Thanks for reading
Have a good weekend.