Eating out in the age of Covid, British-style-stiff-upper-umbrellas

Why marijuana is yesterday's news: excellent piece from Jude Webber Mexican drug cartels see big profits in fentanyl ft.com/content/a667a8… via @financialtimes

Colombian guerrillas now operate in more than half of Venezuela’s territory. Startling report via ⁦The New York Times⁩ nytimes.com/2021/04/26/wor…

Central America needs trade more than aid from the US ft.com/content/9e950f… via @financialtimes

Why is Latin America's left in denial on the environment? Excellent piece from Oliver Stuenkel 🇧🇷
americasquarterly.org/article/latin-… via @amerquarterly

Alarm bells ringing in Bolivia:
Luis Arce’s Broken Promise in Bolivia americasquarterly.org/article/luis-a… via @amerquarterly

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.

Mexico’s #COVID death toll is far worse than the government is admitting. Great piece from Jude Webber ft.com/content/44a1f0… via @financialtimes

Cocaine: Colombia weighs a new aerial war on drugs ft.com/content/03b032… 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/5178da… 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/8a6573… 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/d8b4ec… via @financialtimes

Important and thoughtful proposals on breaking the Venezuela stalemate from Eric Farnsworth Venezuela Needs More Realism, Less Hubris from the US americasquarterly.org/article/venezu…

Under-reported and alarming: the cultural price of Brexit. Will Britain’s orchestras survive the Brexit exodus? spectator.co.uk/article/will-b… via The Spectator

It's a bit late now...

How will Bolsonaro react as US pressure on Brazil over the Amazon increases this year? nytimes.com/2021/01/29/cli…

Bolsonaro gets close to a Brazilian ex-president best known for having been impeached. Is he looking for advice?

Latin America's entrepreneurs are filling gaps left by the state. Here's how: ft.com/content/f760f5… via @financialtimes

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👇