Friday Reading List - 6 May 2022
Good morning and happy Friday! Here are the links to the four newsletters we published this week:
Tuesday - Region - Measuring what matters at the Summit of the Americas
Wednesday - Politics and Polls (Mexico, Chile and Colombia)
Thursday - Brazil - Bolsonaro's feud with the STF
Thanks to everyone who supports this newsletter. As you’ll see below, we are holding a public event with our colleagues at Colombia Risk Analysis at 12pm ET on May 30, the day after Colombia’s first round, to discuss the country’s presidential election. We invite you to register and circulate the event information to anyone else in your networks who might be interested.
Reading List
Foreign Policy - Biden Is Setting Himself Up for Embarrassment in Los Angeles
Americas Quarterly - A 2022 Overview of Latin America: Key Indicators
The Guardian - Latin American feminists vow to protect abortion rights at home after shock US ruling
Vice - The US Could Learn a Lot From Big Abortion Wins in Latin America
Wilson Center - Latin America’s Tryst with the Other Asian Giant, India
Americas Quarterly - “¡Hola a Todes!” Language Becomes a Political Battleground in Latin America
War on the Rocks - Can You Spare a Dime? The Full Range of Foreign Policy Policy Tools in Latin America
Time - Lula Talks to TIME About Ukraine, Bolsonaro, and Brazil's Fragile Democracy
Financial Times - Lula falters as former Brazil president prepares to launch re-election bid
Foreign Policy - Bolsonaro Is Already Undermining Brazil’s Upcoming Election
The Guardian - Brazil’s ex-president Lula claims Zelenskiy equally to blame for war
Bloomberg - Brazil Eyes Wheat in the Heat to Tackle Ukraine Grain Shortage
World Politics Review - Bolsonaro Isn’t Letting Up in His War Against the Amazon
New York Times - In Mexico, One Cartel Is Cleared, but Others Storm In
The Guardian - Ukrainian refugees waiting at Mexico camp urge US to open doors
Reuters - Mexico seeks lithium association with Argentina, Bolivia and Chile
El País - The main unknowns in the ‘Debanhi Escobar case’: The death that’s shocked Mexico
Wall Street Journal - Scarcity of Medicines in Mexico Leaves Trail of Suffering
Animal Político - Gobierno de la CDMX recibió informe final sobre la Línea 12; decide no publicarlo
Insight Crime - Venezuela's Cocaine Revolution
Bloomberg - Iran Oil Minister Travels to Venezuela for Energy Deals
Foreign Policy - Will Argentina’s Stolen Generation Be Forgotten?
Rest of World - How cellphones transformed life at a women’s prison in Argentina
La Nación - Javier Milei, los secretos del hombre del momento
The Guardian - ‘We were told our brothers were dead’: Chile’s lost tribe reclaims identity
World Politics Review - In Colombia’s Presidential Election, the Periphery Has Taken Center Stage
Insight Crime - Colombia's Most Wanted: Gentil Duarte
New York Times - Cuban Migrants Arrive to U.S. in Record Numbers, on Foot, Not by Boat
El Faro - Las mujeres que buscan entre el Régimen
Bloomberg - Bitcoin-Bond Sale Flop Deepens Debt Market Rout in El Salvador
Rest of World - Most Salvadorans have already ditched their national bitcoin wallets
New York Times - Nicaragua’s Secretive Ruling Family Reaches Out Quietly to the U.S.
Americas Quarterly - Haitians Deserve a Rethink on International Aid
Americas Quarterly - “This Can Be Done”: In Honduras, Farmers Adapt to a Changing Climate
New York Times - She Promised to Empower Women. Will Honduras’s President Succeed?
New York Times - Roe Inspired Activists Worldwide, Who May Be Rethinking Strategy
El País - The legacy of Nikolai Leonov, the Kremlin’s man in the Americas
Americas Quarterly - The Critics Are Coming for Roberto Bolaño
Upcoming Events
9 May, Inter-American Dialogue - A Push for Freedom: Ensuring a Democratic Transition in Nicaragua Through International Pressure
9 May, Wilson Center - Latin American Digital Leaders on the Future of Digital Media
12 May, AS/COA - 52nd Annual Washington Conference on the Americas
12-13 May, Institute of the Americas - U.S. Policies Towards Authoritarian States in the Americas: Fresh Thinking Amidst Changing Geo-Politics
16 May, Wilson Center - Convocation 2.0 Report Presentation | Strengthening the U.S.-Mexico Relationship
17-20 May, Jack D. Gordon Institute for Public Policy - 7th Annual Hemispheric Security Conference
19 May, BU Global Development Policy Center - Political Economies of Energy Transition: Wind and Solar Power in Brazil and South Africa
23-24 May, Chatham House - Latin America 2022
30 May, Colombia Risk and Hxagon - The Day After The First Round
6-7 June, CGS Quito - Mining Conference 2022
Boz will be presenting at the inaugural Copper Gold Symposium Mining Conference in Quito, Ecuador.
8 June, Wilson Center - Safeguarding Democracy in the Americas: How to Strengthen the Inter-American Democratic Charter, 20 Years after Its Adoption
Have a great weekend.