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Friday Reading List - 9 October 2020
Friday Reading List - 9 October 2020
Friday Reading List - 9 October 2020
Good morning and happy Friday!
Below are links to interesting articles I’ve read in the past week as well as a list of upcoming events related to Latin America.
Here are the links to the four newsletters I published this week.
Monday - Extortion in the Northern Triangle impacts politics
Tuesday - Two presidents reshape their Supreme Courts
Wednesday - Politics and polls ( Bolivia, Mexico, Colombia)
Thursday - Latin America's political narratives are moving on from coronavirus
Four other points before I get to the articles:
If you found any of my newsletters useful this week, please encourage your friends and colleagues to subscribe. People can add their email at https://boz.substack.com/ or email me at boz@substack.com to be added to the distribution list.
I appreciate everyone who wrote in with feedback and comments this week. Please keep your comments coming.
If you want to support this newsletter, you can subscribe for $9 per month or $90 per year. Thanks to everyone who pays to subscribe!
Finally, I'm looking for some part-time research assistants to work perhaps 5-10 hours per week for a few weeks. I need at least one person to assist with research and data collection related to polling and security statistics in Latin America and another to help with marketing the newsletter. If you know any good candidates, please recommend them.
Reading List
Public Radio International - China's new Silk Road runs through Latin America, prompting warnings from the US
Reuters - Virus shatters Latin America's middle class dreams
Economist - Latin America's new poor
ECLAC - Main conditioning factors of fiscal and monetary policies in the post-COVID-19 era
Brookings - From the Washington to the Latin American Consensus
World Resources Institute - Undermining Rights: Indigenous Lands and Mining in the Amazon
Los Angeles Times - Biden would likely shift U.S. policy in Latin America away from sole focus on immigration
Sun Sentinel - Colombia is the keystone of U.S. policy in Latin America and the Caribbean
National Geographic - Volunteers coming to rescue jaguars, other animals injured during Brazil's wildfires
Americas Quarterly - Mexican Women Are Furious. AMLO Should Start Listening.
El Universal - El homicidio y las otras métricas
International Crisis Group - Time to End the Lethal Limbo of the U.S.-Mexican Drug Wars
C4ADS - The Nunvav Network: The Private Security Company at the Heart of a Mexican Corruption Scandal
New York Times - Venezuela, Once an Oil Giant, Reaches the End of an Era
Associated Press - To dodge sanctions Venezuela turns to Asia asphalt giant
Associated Press - Venezuelans once again fleeing on foot as troubles mount
CSIS - The 2020 Chilean Plebiscite: Overview, Citizen Engagement, and Potential Impact
Reuters - How a Chilean raspberry scam dodged food safety controls from China to Canada
La Nacion - Alberto Fernández, entre Cristina Kirchner y el Fondo
Washington Post - In Colombia, a death in police custody follows a history of brutality
International Crisis Group - Leaders under Fire: Defending Colombia’s Front Line of Peace
Save the Children - Spike in Killing and Recruitment of Children and Youth in Colombia
Amnesty International - Colombia: New report shows how failed policies are putting human rights defenders at risk
Bloomberg - Correa Spurns IMF-Ecuador Deal That Allowed Debt Restructuring
Associated Press - Hard-hit Peru’s costly bet on cheap COVID-19 antibody tests
The Tico Times - Following backlash, Costa Rican presidency withdraws IMF-related economic measures
Guardian - How Honduras became one of the most dangerous countries to defend natural resources
Dissent - Central America Dismantles Democracy
Washington Post - If this is my last column here, it’s because I’ve been imprisoned in Cuba
Foreign Policy - Everything You Think About the Geopolitics of Climate Change Is Wrong
Financial Times - From AI to facial recognition: how China is setting the rules in new tech
Wall Street Journal - Travelers Profit by Skirting Customs When Using Delivery Apps
TechCrunch - Latin America’s digital transformation is making up for lost time
Upcoming Events
14 October, WOLA - Bolivia at the Ballot Box: Will Elections Provide a Path to Peace, or Plunge the Country into Renewed Crisis?
22-23 October, LAPOP - The Public and Democracy in the Americas
30 October, Wilson Center - A Conversation with President Luis Abinader of the Dominican Republic
Thanks for reading
Have a great weekend!