Per usual, Tuesday’s was free for everyone and the others are behind a paywall. If you want to support the newsletter and receive additional content, please subscribe for $9 per month or $90 per year.
Last night I spoke briefly about Colombia’s protests and regional situation with Sergio Guzman on Twitter Spaces. It was a pop-up surprise event. I may do another one next week. I’ll try to announce it ahead of time, but no promises.
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Friday Reading List - 7 May 2021
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Good morning and happy Friday.
Here are the links to the four newsletters I published this week
Monday - Crime and Security Update (Mexico, Colombia)
Tuesday - El Salvador - Bukele consolidates power
Wednesday - Politics and Polls (Mexico elections)
Thursday - Venezuela - Maduro concessions
Per usual, Tuesday’s was free for everyone and the others are behind a paywall. If you want to support the newsletter and receive additional content, please subscribe for $9 per month or $90 per year.
Last night I spoke briefly about Colombia’s protests and regional situation with Sergio Guzman on Twitter Spaces. It was a pop-up surprise event. I may do another one next week. I’ll try to announce it ahead of time, but no promises.
Reading List
Bloomberg - Covid’s Shockwaves Took Poverty in Latin America to a New Nadir
Georgetown Security Studies Review - The Dragon Descends Southwards: Chinese Foreign Policy in Latin America Warrants a U.S. Response
CNN - Colombia's bloody protests could be a warning to the region
NPR - Opinion: How Latin America's Kids Suffer From World's Longest COVID School Closings
Guardian - ‘This is tragic’: fears for Latin America’s young people as Covid accelerates
InSight Crime - Why South America’s Armies Are Losing the War for the Amazon
Washington Post - Opinion: Democratic backsliding and unrest add to U.S. challenges in Latin America
Bloomberg - Latin American Candidates Seek Divine Intervention
Foreign Affairs - Has Bolsonaro Truly Gone Green?
Reuters - Spies, satellites, subpoenas: soy buyers play hardball with Brazilian farmers
BBC - UK supermarkets warn Brazil over Amazon land bill
New York Times - Biden Should Not Ignore Mexico’s Turn to Authoritarianism
Coda - The Mexican government wants to create a massive database with cell phone users’ biometric data
Financial Times - López Obrador flouts constitution in battle against Mexico’s institutions
NPR - U.S.-Mexico Efforts Targeting Drug Cartels Have Unraveled, Top DEA Official Says
Politico - Mexico Just Took an Important Step Toward Ending Military Impunity
El Financiero - Todo el poder: AMLO lanza ‘ráfaga legislativa’ antes de las elecciones, señala Bloomberg
Washington Post - How two young math geeks solved the mystery of Mexico City’s covid-19 dead
InSight Crime - Weaponized Drones in Mexico: Game-Changer or Gimmick?
Reuters - U.S. targets Central America officials for possible sanctions over corruption
Axios - The day Maduro almost fell: The inside story of a failed uprising
Vice - ‘We Just Really Want Them Back’: Families of Americans Captured in Failed Venezuela Coup Say They Were Duped
Financial Times - Has Venezuela’s economy bottomed out?
Center for Strategic and International Affairs - The Chickens Have Come Home to Roost: Venezuelan Skirmishes on the Border
BBC - Protestas en Colombia | "Si no hay castigo, van a seguir matando sin miedo": la dura condena a la Policía de familiares de los fallecidos
WLRN - Dear Uribistas: Colombia's Problem Right Now Isn't The FARC — It's You
Global Americans - Duque is a lame duck
Washington Post - Opinion: Duque’s repressive security policies have failed Colombia
International Crisis Group - Pandemic Gloom and Police Violence Leave Colombia in Turmoil
Economist - Peru ponders: whose fish are they anyway?
The Intercept_ - DOJ Threatened MIT Researchers With Subpoena In Collaboration With Bolivian Coup Regime
Ex Ante - Opinión: Descifrando el increíble y peligroso ascenso de Pamela Jiles. Por Kenneth Bunker
Reuters - Analysis: Virus, poverty and vaccines: Argentina's Peronists face storm in election year
Bloomberg - Argentina’s Economy Buckles After Leader Puts Politics First
El Faro - This Weekend's "Technical Coup d'État" in El Salvador
Divergentes - Las empresas en alza del hijo del general Avilés
Vice - Police Claimed Her Jail Death Was Suicide. After Months of Outrage, a Cop Was Just Charged With Murder
Miami Herald - PAHO: Haiti still not ready to receive COVID-19 vaccines as delays drag on
CNN - US investigating possible mysterious directed energy attack near White House
Washington Post - Chinese workers allege forced labor, abuses in Xi’s ‘Belt and Road’ program
Atlantic - What the Arab World’s Protesters have learned
Upcoming events
10 May, Wilson Center - Latin America's Digital Divide: Overcoming Persistent Gaps
12 May, Institute of the Americas - La Jolla Energy Conference: Future of Transport
12 May, Atlantic Council - What might the year 2035 bring for China’s trade with Latin America?
13 May, AS/COA - 2021 Latin American Cities Conferences: Mexico City
13 May, Wilson Center - A Conversation with President Laurentino Cortizo of Panama
14 May, WOLA - Militarization and Militarism in Mexico: Implications for Security and Democracy
14 May, Institute of the Americas - La Jolla Energy Conference: Country Updates
17 May, Inter-American Dialogue - Evaluating the Socioemotional Competencies of Students During the Pandemic and School Reopening
19 May, Institute of the Americas - La Jolla Energy Conference: Electrifying Everything
21 May, Institute of the Americas - La Jolla Energy Conference: Country Updates
21 May, Wilson Center - Nicaraguan Elections and Prospects for Democracy in 2021
Thanks for reading
Lucy Hale, who helps with research and drafting the newsletters, also published this last week:
Have a great weekend.