Good morning and happy Friday! No newsletter was sent on Tuesday. After 13 years living outside the US, I moved back to the DC area this week. Busy summer ahead.
Here are this week’s links and upcoming events.
Reading List
World Politics Review - Brazil’s Electoral Ban on Bolsonaro Is Not Anti-Democratic
Guardian - Will El Niño on top of global heating create the perfect climate storm?
Reuters - US-Mexico-Canada trade meeting to skirt major disputes, USTR says
Americas Migration Brief - July 3, 2023
Bloomberg - Lula Puts an Ally on Track to Lead the Central Bank He’s Fought
Wall Street Journal - Brazil Worries It Has Become a Haven for Russian Spies Infiltrating the West
Americas Quarterly - A Crucial Trial For Brazil’s Right—and Democracy
Bloomberg - How a Prison Gang Inspired by Hollywood Heists Stole $23 Million
Wall Street Journal - Republicans’ New Border Plan: Send Military Into Mexico
Bloomberg - Pemex Is the Elephant in Mexico’s Voting Booth
Mexico Business - Is Mexico Ready for Its First Female President?
InSight Crime - Venezuela Security Policy: The Criminal Exploitation of the Migrant Crisis
Wall Street Journal - Venezuela Bans a Top Opposition Figure From Public Office
VOA - Obstáculos y “altos riesgos”: causas del cese de transmisiones de RCR, radio pionera en Venezuela
Reuters - Venezuela pursues debt settlement with Crystallex, Conoco, bondholders
World Politics Review - Brazil and Colombia Need to Step Up on Venezuela's Crisis
Road to the Casa Rosada - Argentina Politics Update - 5 July 2023
Reuters - Havana suffers water shortages as cracks show in aging Cuban infrastructure
Economist - Cuba’s Communist government taps the diaspora for cash
Los Angeles Times - Saving an election on Insta: Guatemalans go to social media to try to protect presidential vote
Americas Quarterly - Seven Decades After Guatemala Coup, Bernardo Arévalo Sees a Dramatic Rise
AP - Why a Guatemalan court’s decision to freeze presidential election results is stirring criticism
Guardian - US warns against efforts to interfere with Guatemala election result
New York Times - If the Election Deniers Succeed, Guatemala Will Have Lost the Battle for Democracy
Atlantic Council - Success is not just showing up. Blinken’s Caribbean trip needs to deliver.
Foreign Policy - More Police Won’t Solve Haiti’s Crisis
USIP - There is a Path Forward in Haiti — But It’s Not the One We Are On
Miami Herald - Exclusive: Confidential U.N. document spells out thinking on foreign troops for Haiti
BBC News - Colombia: Country's last active guerrilla group ELN agrees truce
Americas Quarterly - In Honduras, Xiomara Castro’s Government Is Caught in the “Remittances Trap”
Guardian - The Guardian view on El Salvador’s crime crackdown: a short-term, high cost fix
Economist - This year’s El Niño will hit Peru especially hard
New York Times - A New Kind of Disaster Aid: Pay People Cash, Before Disaster Strikes
New York Times - Why Bolsonaro Was Barred in Brazil but Trump Can Run in the U.S.
Upcoming Events
13 July, Atlantic Council - Guatemala’s choice: What’s at stake ahead of the runoff election?
13 July, Chatham House - Lula part two: Brazil’s role on the international stage
17 July, Atlantic Council - Visions of change: A conversation with Delsa Solórzano
18 July, Wilson Center - Understanding the Fentanyl and Opioid Crisis: U.S-Mexico Solutions
25 July, AS/COA - 2023 Latin American Cities Conferences: Bogotá
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
2-6 October, Hxagon - Analyzing Protests(use coupon code EARLY20 for a 20% discount)