Good morning from Vienna, VA. Back home after two weeks in Mexico.
This week’s articles and newsletters
WPR - Is Mexico Coming to Terms With Its China Trade Shock?
Monday - Travelogue - Seven more thoughts on Mexico City
Tuesday - The political impacts of Colombia’s earthquake
Wednesday - Comments on US policy in Cuba and Venezuela
Thursday - Perception vs statistics on homicides - I made a chart.
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Reading List
Foreign Policy - Drone Warfare Comes to Latin America
Wall Street Journal - Mexico Pushes for Lower Auto Tariffs in Trade Talks
The Atlantic - Influencers Are the Sinaloa Cartel’s Newest Targets
Bloomberg - Money Flow Linked to Human Smuggling Plunges in Trump Crackdown
Mexico Political Economist - Mexico’s Next Top Investment Hubs
La Jornada - Ricardo Thompson, socio del ex gobernador Ruffo, se amparó contra proceso y prisión preventiva por ‘huachicol’ fiscal
Reuters - Bolsonaro Campaign Drafts Debt-Linked Fiscal Rule to Replace Brazil Framework
SCMP - China Moves to Join Brazil’s WTO Fight Over Trump’s Forced Labour Tariffs
Brazilian Report - Pix-Flavored Transactions
AP News - Key Amazon Cases Reach Brazil’s Supreme Court Following Lula’s Defeats in Congress
AFP - Brazil Police Probe Plot to Carry Out Election Attacks
Bloomberg - What Can Stop a Bolsonaro Comeback in Brazil? Kitchen Tables
Financial Times - Goldman Sachs Staff Named as Suspects in Brazil Investigation
The Economist - Brazil Is at Last Managing to Build Its Own Warships
Caballeros - Brazil Is Latin America’s Rearmament Success Story
The Economist - America Really Might Restore Democracy to Venezuela
Caracas Chronicles - Has Venezuela Formally Entered a Transition?
New York Times - A Long Night of Agony: The 48 Hours That Changed Venezuela
Politico - Venezuelans Welcomed the U.S. Intervention. Then Two Earthquakes Hit.
Project Syndicate - Will the Real Marco Rubio Please Stand Up?
Al Jazeera - Talks Between Government and Opposition Mark a New Chapter for Venezuela
MercoPress - Venezuela’s Government and Opposition Agree to Renew the Supreme Court and Claim the London Gold
Reuters - Venezuela Looks to UK-Held Gold Reserves for Reconstruction as Inflation Surges
Caracas Chronicles - The Odyssey of Renegotiating Venezuela’s External Debt
Caracas Chronicles - Chavismo Quietly Reopens the Door to Israel After the Earthquake
Responsible Statecraft - Maria Machado Hiring DC Lobbyists for Access to Venezuela’s Future
The Economist - A Big Earthquake Reveals Two Very Different Colombias
NPR - Magnitude 7.4 Quake Rocks Western Colombia, Killing at Least 111 People
Washington Post - Colombia Rescuers Scramble to Find Survivors as Earthquake Death Toll Rises
The New Humanitarian - Colombia Earthquake Strikes at Challenging Time for Aid Response
AP News - Colombia’s Earthquake Is Déjà Vu for Venezuelans. The Government Response Is Anything But
El Colombiano - Cuando la tierra tiembla sobre un territorio fracturado: las heridas que el terremoto vuelve a abrir en Chocó
Al Jazeera - Mexico Says Colombia Rejected Its Earthquake Rescue Team
Colombia One - De la Espriella’s First 48 Hours in Colombia: 3 Offices, 70 Decrees
MercoPress - De la Espriella Sets Ten Armed Group Leaders as His Target for His First 90 Days
New York Times - They Spoke English, Wore U.S. Flags and Attacked Fishermen. Who Were They?
Washington Post - Covert CIA Program Said to Be Behind Mysterious Attacks on Galápagos Boats
Americas Quarterly - Ecuador: Daniel Noboa’s Crackdown at a Crossroads
Mongabay Latam - Pedido de facultades legislativas de presidenta Fujimori enciende alertas en sector ambiental de Perú
Infobae - Keiko Fujimori: la prueba de fuego ante la crisis política y el avance del crimen organizado
Reuters - Analysis: Bolivia’s Paz Tests Fragile Coalition With Reform Push, IMF Deal
Mongabay Latam - Bolivia: gobierno de Rodrigo Paz diseña nuevo Código Minero y excluye de las discusiones a pueblos indígenas y defensores ambientales
Infobae - La megarreforma económica de Kast pasó el tratado parlamentario y quedó a un paso de la promulgación
Financial Times - Chile Allows Ailing State Copper Miner to Reinvest All Profits for First Time
Emol - Cadem: Aprobación de Kast llega a 40% y medidas de seguridad anunciadas concitan alto apoyo
Bloomberg - Argentina Inflation Rises to 2.1% in July, Snapping Three-Month Slowdown
The Paraguay Post - Fiscal Fiction: Paraguay Comes Clean as Deficit Doubles
Times of San Diego - TPS for Salvadorans Ends Sept. 9, Putting Thousands of Families at Risk of Deportation
Washington Post - Ortega’s Nicaraguan Election Ban Deserves Regional Pushback
Confidencial - Nicaragua mantiene en las sombras un millonario centro de emergencias con fondos chinos
Confidencial - Exhiben a obispo Abelardo Mata en entrevista con vocero del régimen
Artículo 66 - Secretario de la OEA avisa que vienen «pasos concretos» contra el régimen de Nicaragua
Haitian Times - Gangs Ramp Up Attacks in Haiti, Fueling Concerns Over Security of Upcoming Elections
Miami Herald - Poll: Haitians Oppose Amnesty for Gangs; Security, Education Are Top Priorities
New York Times - U.S. Squeezes Cuba Even as It Searches for a New Regime Leader
New York Times - How Raúl Castro’s Grandson Rose From Bodyguard to Key Power Broker
Miami Herald - American investors poised to gain stake in Cuban mines confiscated six decades ago
Wall Street Journal - Cuba Is Low on Oil. Now, It’s Counting on Solar, With China’s Help.
Bloomberg - US Sanctions on Cuba: Could They Force Regime Change?
Kaieteur News - Investment Fully Recovered – Where’s the Govt.
Reuters - How Will Latin America’s Super El Niño Affect the Top Food-Exporting Region?
Americas Quarterly - The Donroe Doctrine’s China Paradox
Diálogo Américas - Chinese Money Laundering Networks Fuel Financial Expansion of Organized Crime in Latin America and the Caribbean
USA Today - Make Latin America Great? How Trump Influences Region’s Elections
CSIS - Democracy Under Stress and the Transformation of the Global Order
The American Conservative - The Poverty of the Latin American Right
Thanks for reading
Have a good weekend!
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