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Friday Reading List and Open Thread
Friday Reading List and Open Thread
Friday Reading List and Open Thread
Good morning. Below is a list of articles published in the past week. The comments are open for anyone who wants to discuss the news of the week.
I published four newsletters this week.
Monday - Two maps on Mexico's security situation
Tuesday - Brazil's anti-corruption efforts face new challenges
Wednesday - Politics and Polls Update from Argentina, Chile and Mexico
Thursday - Tense Months Ahead in Venezuela
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Reading List
Foreign Affairs - Latin America’s COVID-19 Nightmare
The Dialogue - US-Latin America Relations: Can the Damage be Repaired?
New York Times - Pandemic Drives Millions from Latin America’s Universities
Nieman Lab - In Latin America, religious misinformation on Covid-19 spreads with the help of the Christian press
Associated Press - AP finds Brazil's plan to protect Amazon has opposite effect
Financial Times - The road to Bolsonaro’s popularity is paved with payments to Brazil’s poor
Washington Post - In the Amazon, the coronavirus fuels an illegal gold rush — and an environmental crisis
Reuters - Head of Brazil's 'Car Wash' anti-graft task force quits with team's future in doubt
El Universal - En riesgo, el control de los satélites del Mexsat
Washington Post - Mexico is in crisis. Its president insists on alternative reality.
InSight Crime - The Sicilianization of Mexican Drug Cartels
Reuters - Mexico's Pemex tests limits of investor influence on climate change
Associated Press - In Mexico, crime, problems resist president’s solutions
Reuters - Iranian vessel loads with Venezuelan alumina, amid closer ties - sources
Bloomberg - Venezuela Fuels an Amazon Gold Rush With Petrodollars Drying Up
Argus - Listing oil tanker threatens Venezuela, Trinidad
Miami Herald - Venezuelan charged in Miami money laundering case gunned down by motorcycle assassin
Wilson Center - When Corruption Funds the Political System: A Case Study of Honduras
AP - US cables: Colombia’s ex-president suspected of militia ties
InSight Crime - Criminal Governance Under Coronavirus: How Colombian Groups Seized the Day
UNHCR - COVID-19 driving Nicaraguan refugees to hunger and desperation
Miami Herald - Anonymous hack exposes Nicaraguan government secret COVID-19 data
Reuters - Virtual schooling in pandemic sharpens divide for Bolivia's poor
Bloomberg - Guyana's Oil Bonanza Could Inflame Its Ethnic Divisions
El Faro - Gobierno de Bukele lleva un año negociando con la MS-13 reducción de homicidios y apoyo electoral
Washington Post - America’s excessive reliance on sanctions will come back to haunt it
Politico - What Happens If China Gets the Covid-19 Vaccine First?
Bloomberg - A Tenth of the World Could Go Hungry While Crops Rot in Fields
This is an open comment thread. Please feel free to leave comments and questions.
Have a great weekend!