Friday Reading List and Twitter Space Link - 28 October 2022
Good morning and happy Friday! Here are the links to the four newsletters we published this week:
Wednesday - Brazil - Final runoff polls
As we wrote yesterday, we are hosting a Twitter Space with Catherine Osborn, the author of Foreign Policy’s Latin America Brief, next Thursday (November 3) at 11am EDT to discuss the results of the second round of Brazil’s presidential election.
This event is open to the public, and you can access it here. We hope you will join us!
Reading List
Americas Quarterly - Latin American Millennials Want Reform, Not Revolution
World Politics Review - In Latin America, Economic Clouds Could Bring Political Storms
Rest of World - Chinese tech giants are creating a new class of elite workers in Latin America
El País - No, a América Latina no le conviene invertir en gas natural (pese a la guerra de Ucrania)
Americas Quarterly - 5 Viral Moments from a New Era in Latin American Politics
Americas Quarterly - What If Jair Bolsonaro Wins?
The Economist - Brazil’s election is tight ahead of a run-off on October 30th
The Guardian - Bolsonaro’s campaign relies on ‘secret budget’ payoffs to win Brazil’s election
Bloomberg - Brazil’s Online Disinformation Challenges Extend Beyond Meta
Reuters - Police showdown with Bolsonaro ally amplifies Brazil election violence fears
Brazilian Report - How Bolsonaro loads the dice ahead of the presidential runoff
New York Times - Brazil’s Polls Were Wrong. Now the Right Wants to Criminalize Them.
Reuters - Donations from Brazil farm sector boost Bolsonaro's re-election bid
Foreign Policy - Brazil’s High-Stakes Hustle for Swing Voters
The Guardian - It will be extremely close’: bellwether state holds key to Brazil election
Foreign Affairs - Mexico’s Dying Democracy
AP - In Mexico, ruling party infighting gets worse
El Universal - Mucho está en juego para México el 8 de noviembre
Washington Post - AMLO quiere minimizar las revelaciones de Guacamaya, pero son gravísimas
New York Times - Evidence ‘Invalidated’ in Explosive Report on Mexico’s 43 Missing Students
Washington Post - U.S. urges Mexico not to buy Chinese scanners for the border
El Universal - La presencia y otras trampas
New York Times - Venezuelans Who Left Everything Behind Are Stuck South of U.S. Border
AP - Venezuelans halted in Panama by US policy change return home
Insight Crime - ELN Oversees Rampant Cattle Smuggling Between Colombia and Venezuela
Foreign Policy - Fat Leonard Cost the U.S. Navy More Than Money
World Politics Review - Venezuelans Seeking Asylum Now Have No Good Options
Bloomberg - Argentina Needs a Free-Floating Peso, Opposition Leader Says
The Economist - A film about Argentina’s history sheds light on its politics today
Insight Crime - What Lies Behind Bolivia's Expanding Cocaine Trade?
El País - Petro playing both sides in Colombia-US relations
Bloomberg - As the World Backpedals on Ditching Fossil Fuels, One Oil Major Plows Ahead
Americas Quarterly - Rodrigo Chaves Brings Confrontational Leadership to Costa Rica
AP - Prison deaths mount in El Salvador’s gang crackdown
El Faro - PNC supo de la liberación ilegal de Crook desde noviembre de 2021
Confidencial - Biden Sanctions Nicaraguan Gold
Insight Crime - Paraguay’s Former President Horacio Cartes Losing Aura of Impunity
El País - Una treintena de comunidades de la Amazonia peruana, en emergencia por derrames de petróleo
Upcoming Events
31 October, Atlantic Council - Setting the agenda for COP27: Pathways for an inclusive energy transition
31 October, Wilson Center Mexico Institute - US-Mexico Security Cooperation: The Bicentennial Framework
2 November, Americas Quarterly - How Millennials Are Changing Latin American Politics
3 November, Wilson Center Latin American Program - Renewable Energy and Mining in Latin America
7 November, Georgetown Americas Institute - Latin America and the Caribbean Economic Outlook
8 November, Inter-American Dialogue - Power in Brazil – Energy Policy Post-Election
9 November, CSIS Humanitarian Agenda - 2022 Washington Humanitarian Forum: Closing the Gap
16 November, FIU Gordon Institute - Regional Initiative for Cybersecurity Education and Training (RICET)
22 November, Chatham House - Strengthening cyber resilience conference