This week’s newsletter covered how the climate in Peru remains primed for protests: 

Latin America Risk Report

Peru protest notes – March 2023

The last time we wrote about Peru, we predicted that more protests and political change would likely occur in the coming 12 months. While a reopening of tourism and the mining sector might signal some political stabilization, we warned: But even if those signals appear in the short term, new flareups of protests are likely this year. The protests going a…

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As a reminder, Boz will be teaching a week-long course on analyzing protests in late April. As of this week, the course only has three more spots available. Thanks to everyone who has signed up so far. We are offering 20% off the enrollment fee with the discount code HX20 until April 1st. You can view the course page and sign-up here, and please feel free to reach out to info@hxagon.com with any questions. 

Here are this week’s links and upcoming events. 

Reading List 

Atlantic Council – How can Latin America halt its democratic backsliding? And how can the US help?

Associated Press – Across Latin America, migrant blaze families left reeling

World Politics Review – The U.S. Is Overstating China’s Influence in Latin America

Atlantic Council – What policymakers should know about improving gender equality in Latin America and the Caribbean

El País – América Latina mejora su calificación en materia de discriminación por género

Rest of World – How Latin American tech rebuilds after SVB

Bloomberg – Succession Looms for Latin American Families Swaying $3 Trillion

Washington Post – Bolsonaro arrives home in Brazil — and faces an uncertain future

Americas Quarterly – What Lula Sees

Bloomberg – Petrobras CEO Says He’s Ready to Be World’s Last Oil Producer

Bloomberg – Four Billion of US Remittances to Mexico Could Be Linked to Crime

Forbes – Mexico’s President Lopez Obrador Is An Unreliable Business Partner

Amnesty International – Mexico: Fatal fire in migrant detention center is result of inhumane policies

Reuters – Mexico’s Pemex, ‘punished’ by markets, weighs how to pay heavy debt

The Economist – Mexico now receives more remittances than China

El Financiero – ¿Causará problemas? Buque ruso lleno de diésel se dirige hacia su destino final: México

MCCI – La opacidad de los contratos de la CDMX no es falsa ni se exagera.

Rest of World – Mexicans say some police officers are taking bribes with mobile payment services

Washington Post – Monarch butterflies lose sanctuary in Mexico as climate changes

Americas Quarterly – Venezuela’s Opposition Still Has Lots of Work to Do

Wilson Center – Overcoming Barriers to Humanitarian Aid in Venezuela

Journal of Democracy – How Maduro Survived

Caracas Chronicles – Bellum Bodegonicum: The Bubble Pops

Associated Press – Top Venezuela oil official pleads guilty to taking bribes

Associated Press – Shadowy brokers walk off with billions in Venezuelan oil

CSIS – The Venezuelan External Public Debt Crisis: Everything Everywhere All at Once

The Economist – Venezuela’s autocrat launches a massive corruption probe

World Politics Review – Fernandez Is Attacking Argentina’s Courts Instead of Its Problems

El País – Why do Colombians get up earlier than everyone else in the world?

Insight Crime – Colombia’s Peace Process Stumbles as Gaitanista Ceasefire Ends

Wall Street Journal – The New York Couple Behind El Salvador’s Bitcoin Experiment

UNHCR – El Salvador state of emergency

El Faro – Un año de régimen de excepción: se consolida un estado militar y policial

Confidencial – The Ortega-Wang “mafia route”: “The canal was a failure, but the concession is still in force”

Americas Quarterly – In Paraguay, Politicians Await the U.S.’s Next Move

Foreign Policy – Peru’s First Female President Has Blood on Her Hands

Disability Debrief – Disabled People in Peru’s Political Protests

Bloomberg – Peru’s Indigenous Sacrifice Livelihoods in a Quest to Oust the President

Insight Crime – DEA Criticized for Tame Review of Foreign Operations

Upcoming Events

31 March, Hudson Institute – Has the United States Given Up on Venezuela?

3 April, Wilson Center – Corruption, Accountability and Democracy in Brazil: Challenges and Solutions

4 April, Atlantic Council – Special event with President of the World Bank Group David Malpass

4 April, AS/COA – YPA Preview of 2023 Latin American Elections

4 April, Center for Global Development – A Conversation with IDB President Ilan Goldfajn

5 April, Atlantic Council – The cost of fragmentation: Geopolitics and the impact on the global economy in 2023 and beyond

6 April, Center for Global Development – Taxing Multinationals in Developing Countries: What has been Achieved and What Remains to be Done?

11 April, Inter-American Dialogue – Critical Minerals in LAC: The ‘S’ in ESG

11 April, Georgetown Americas Institute – Seeking Truth: The Challenges and Achievements of Colombia’s Truth Commission

11 April, Migration Policy Institute – Meeting Global Skills and Talent Needs in Changing Labor Markets

12 April, AS/COA – 2023 Latin American Cities Conferences: Santo Domingo

14 April, AS/COA – 8th Women’s Hemispheric Network Conference in Miami

18 April, Wilson Center – Electoral Reform in Mexico: A Threat to Democracy

18-20 April, Institute of the Americas – Madrid Energy Conference 2023

24-28 April, Hxagon – Analyzing Protests

2 May, AS/COA – 53rd Annual Washington Conference on the Americas

2-3 May, FIU – Hemispheric Security Conference

5 May, Institute of the Americas – Geothermal across the Americas – A Three-Part Webinar Series exploring the potential of geothermal

By Boz and Lucy Hale