Good morning from Mexico City.
WPR - Hernández’s Return to Honduras Tees Up a Presidential Power Struggle
Monday - Mexico - Another travelogue - Seaweed, pirates, and comments on Mexico’s security and tourism economy.
Tuesday - Colombia - Petro’s final week and the insurrection threat
Wednesday - The Orange Drift - August 2026 update - Updated map!
Thursday - Argentina - Economic Notes - Milei’s defenders don’t want to hear this, but for many of Argentina’s citizens, the economy felt better under CFK.
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Foreign Affairs - China’s Quiet Quest to Dominate Latin America
El País - América Latina deja la seguridad pública en manos de los militares
InSight Crime - Mapping Latin America’s Megaprisons
The Economist - Mexico’s President Stops Turning the Other Cheek
Bloomberg - Sheinbaum’s Approval Jumps as Mexico Inflation Cools to Five-Year Low
Bloomberg - BlackRock Jostles Rivals Like Apollo in Bid for Mexican Projects
Bloomberg - Mexico Is Winning the Trade War Through Hospitality
Financial Times - How Mexico Became a Surprise Cornerstone of America’s AI Boom
AP News - Why Mexican Avocado Exports to the US Have Been Stopped Again
The Guardian - Mexican Influencer Shot Dead While Streaming Live on Social Media
Proceso - Cae ‘Poncho La Quiringua’, líder del Cártel de Los Reyes; EU ofrecía 5 mdd por su captura
Animal Político - ANAM pasó por alto el huachicol fiscal durante las gestiones de Marín Mollinedo
Proceso - Golpe al huachicol: desmantelan cuatro centros de procesamiento ilícito en tres estados
AP News - Trump Administration Revokes Visa of Brazil’s Ambassador to US in Spat With Lula
Wall Street Journal - Trump Looms Over Brazil’s Closely Fought Election
AP News - Brazil’s Lula Launches Reelection Bid as Concerns Rise Over Foreign Interference
Reuters - Flavio Bolsonaro Closes In on Lula in Nexus/BTG Poll for Brazil Election
Americas Quarterly - Brazil: Meet the Candidates 2026
Metrópoles - Flávio descarta novos escândalos na campanha: ‘Não há nada de errado’
Bloomberg - Brazil Steel Billionaires Ramp Up Plans to Fight China’s Latin America Push
Caracas Chronicles - Venezuela’s New ‘Institutional Dialogue’ Had a Wobbly Start
CNN - US-Backed Democracy Talks Start in Venezuela Without Nobel Laureate María Corina Machado
Efecto Cocuyo - Agenda general, reacomodo chavista y señales de alerta: lecturas del inicio de la mesa
El País - Venezuela Negotiates, Washington Arbitrates, Trump Decides
Axios - Energy Dept. Draws Fire for Slow Pace of Venezuelan Oil Deals
Venezuela Weekly - What Happened Last Week in Venezuela? Chavismo and the Opposition Begin Talks
France 24 - Venezuela’s Political Transition Talks Wrap First Day in Caracas
Bloomberg - Colombia’s New President Joins a Right-Wing Wave Facing Tough Reality
AS/COA - Ahead of Inauguration, Colombia’s De la Espriella Sets Agenda
Colombia Risk Analysis - ¿Qué esperar de los primeros 100 días del Gobierno de Abelardo de la Espriella?
Americas Quarterly - Colombia’s Mighty Vice President
Colombia Reports - As De la Espriella Takes Office, His US-Backed Security Policy for Colombia Is Raising Questions
El Espectador - Petro insiste en que se deben investigar las elecciones en las que ganó Abelardo de la Espriella
La Silla Vacía - El legado económico de Petro: mejoras sociales a costa de problemas fiscales
Inter-American Dialogue - Rethinking Security in Colombia: Subnational Leadership in a National Crisis
El Espectador - Más hidrocarburos no son la solución para Colombia
Financial Times - Colombian Narcos Head to Ukraine for Drone Expertise
Al Jazeera - At Least 11 Wounded by Colombia Car Bomb Days Before Presidential Election
Colombia One - Symbolism of Cali in De la Espriella’s Inauguration: Real Decentralization or a Political Gesture?
AP News - Five Amazon Countries Arrest Hundreds in Major Crackdown on Environmental Crime
Panamericana - Presidente Paz reporta drástica caída del ‘riesgo país’ y un superávit comercial de $us 2.669 millones pese a los 53 días de bloqueos
Bolivia Brief - Politics and Economy Roundup
Primicias - CNE convoca a elecciones seccionales, el sexto proceso electoral en Ecuador en menos de cuatro años
El Diario - Revocatoria de Daniel Noboa: El CNE toma una nueva decisión y esto pasará con el proceso
Bloomberg - Peru’s New Foreign Minister Is Fujimori’s Clearest Nod to US Over China Yet
La República - Gobierno de Keiko Fujimori necesita 10 votos de la oposición para obtener facultades legislativas
Peru Support Group - Keiko Fujimori: From the Penitentiary to the Palace
Reuters - Chile Congress Approves Sweeping Kast Reform to Spur Growth, Rollout to Face Delays
Americas Quarterly - Chile’s Rising Anti-Establishment Powerbroker
MercoPress - Argentine Senate Passes Property Bill After Dropping Two Key Chapters
MercoPress - Milei Promotes a Summit of Right-Wing Presidents Outside Existing Regional Bodies
The Economist - Javier Milei’s Odysseus Act
Buenos Aires Herald - Central Bank Reform Is Heading to Congress. Is the Peruvian Model the Goal?
Bloomberg - Milei’s Money Man Shuns Foreign Markets After Failed Bond Binge
Financial Times - Argentine Company Accuses US of Meddling in Huawei Project
Caras y Caretas - El Frente Amplio marca distancia de un eventual acuerdo para recibir deportados de Estados Unidos
The Paraguay Post - Paraguay Braces for Another El Niño
El Salvador Perspectives - The Growing Wealth of Nayib Bukele’s Inner Circle
Univision - Testimonios de líderes de pandillas reabren la polémica sobre Nayib Bukele
ContraCorriente - Energía limpia deja denuncias de daños en sur de Honduras
The Guardian - ‘Danger No Longer Only Comes From the Hitmen, but From the State’: The Honduran Farmers Labelled Terrorists for Protecting Their Land
New York Times - This Is What a Desperate Dictatorship Looks Like
Artículo 66 - Seis claves de la reforma constitucional en Nicaragua
ACI Prensa - Denuncian desaparición forzada del obispo Abelardo Mata en Nicaragua como crimen de lesa humanidad
Georgetown Journal of International Affairs - The Panama Canal and the Limits of the Monroe Doctrine
Sulaco Times - My Trip to Panama’s Jungle School
Washington Post - TPS for Haitians Officially Ends, Putting Thousands Out of Work and in Limbo
AP News - Haiti Pushes Ahead With Elections Despite Gang Violence
Miami Herald - Can Haiti’s Long-Overdue Elections Produce Younger Leaders and Political Change?
New York Times - C.I.A. Sets Up Secret Cuba Task Force as Trump Pressures Havana
Bloomberg - Fresh US Sanctions Target Cuba’s Military Ties to China and Russia
AP News - Cubans Sleep on Havana’s Seaside Boulevard to Seek Relief From Crippling Blackouts and Summer Heat
NPR - Shut Out of the U.S., Cubans Start New Lives in Brazil
Caballeros - The Caribbean Countries Beating the Murder Spree
Kaieteur News - Guyana Still to Receive Full 50% Profits Promised by VP Jagdeo
Foreign Policy - Resurrecting the Real Monroe Doctrine
American Prospect - In Latin America, Trump Is Bringing Back That Old-Time Imperialism
UPI - Moody’s Warns Latin America Faces Hurdles in Critical Minerals Boom
UPI - Brazil Integrates Pix With China’s UnionPay Network
Foreign Affairs - America’s Superintelligence Dilemma
Washington Post - Capybaras Keep Their Chill While Crashing Brazilian Legislature
Have a good weekend!
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