South Asia bureau chief at the Financial Times. Longtime Latin Americanist. India is my 4th BRIC posting after Russia and Brazil (twice).
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Why marijuana is yesterday's news: excellent piece from @jude_webber Mexican drug cartels see big profits in fentanyl ft.com/content/a667a8b6-a306… via @financialtimes
Colombian guerrillas now operate in more than half of Venezuela’s territory. Startling report via @nytimes nytimes.com/2021/04/26/world…
Central America needs trade more than aid from the US ft.com/content/9e950fc1-5fdd… via @financialtimes
Why is Latin America's left in denial on the environment? Excellent piece from @OliverStuenkel
americasquarterly.org/articl… via @amerquarterly
Alarm bells ringing in Bolivia:
Luis Arce’s Broken Promise in Bolivia americasquarterly.org/articl… via @amerquarterly
Michael Stott retweeted
The militarization of Brazil's government continues. After Bolsonaro announced that a general would lead Petrobras, today he's handing the Social Communication Secretary (Secom) to an Admiral. There are now more generals in top gov positions than during the military dictatorship.
Bolsonaro decide trocar comando da Secretaria de Comunicação da Presidência e deve entregá-la a militar www1.folha.uol.com.br/poder/…
Mexico’s #COVID death toll is far worse than the government is admitting. Great piece from @jude_webber ft.com/content/44a1f03f-5a2e… via @financialtimes
Cocaine: Colombia weighs a new aerial war on drugs ft.com/content/03b032e9-a745… via @financialtimes
#Petrobras president suddenly pushed out: a clear signal from Bolsonaro that his re-election campaign takes precedence over economic policy ft.com/content/5178dabd-ed17… via @financialtimes
Mexico's AMLO wanted to boost investment. Instead he scared it away. "Mexico doesn’t seem to have a clear model for economic growth," says one economist in this revealing piece by @jude_webber : ft.com/content/8a657318-6caa… via @financialtimes
Excellent piece by the redoubtable Max Hastings on the future of the UK. He sees a N Irish departure bloomberg.com/opinion/articl…
A wealthy ex-banker is campaigning as a ‘change candidate’ in Ecuador's pivotal election on Sunday: will it work? ft.com/content/d8b4ecee-a297… via @financialtimes
Important and thoughtful proposals on breaking the Venezuela stalemate from @ericfarns Venezuela Needs More Realism, Less Hubris from the US americasquarterly.org/articl…
Under-reported and alarming: the cultural price of Brexit. Will Britain’s orchestras survive the Brexit exodus? spectator.co.uk/article/will… via @spectator
It's a bit late now...
If the 2016 EU referendum were to happen again today, Britons would vote to Remain... but they are split on 'Re-join'
If 2016 EU referendum held again:
Remain - 49%
Leave - 37%
If referendum on re-joining EU:
Re-join EU - 42%
Not re-join EU - 40%
thetimes.co.uk/article/not-a…
How will Bolsonaro react as US pressure on Brazil over the Amazon increases this year? nytimes.com/2021/01/29/clima…
Bolsonaro gets close to a Brazilian ex-president best known for having been impeached. Is he looking for advice?
Bolsonaro se une a Collor, que pode ganhar espaço no governo br.noticias.yahoo.com/bolson… via @YahooBr
Latin America's entrepreneurs are filling gaps left by the state. Here's how: ft.com/content/f760f519-8974… via @financialtimes
Michael Stott retweeted
JUST IN: Mexico’s AMLO says he will NOT take a position on the storming of the US Capitol. Unlike other world leaders, AMLO avoids any statement in support of US democracy citing the principle of “non-intervention”. AMLO also defended his trip to meet Trump last summer👇
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