Is venture capitalism the key to #LatAm's dream of a tech-driven future? NSAM's @CampbellCuba spoke with Wenyi Cai from Polymath Ventures on what's the state of VC in the region and its role in the fight against inequality. bit.ly/3o3E4p6

China opened a China-Caribbean Development Center in Jinan a few weeks back—part of the #NewDevelopmentInitiative. The Inter-American Dialogue fellow Rasheed J. Griffith talked with me about what the center and other developments mean for China-Caribbean affairs: thedialogue.org/blogs/2022/07/…

“Hybrid tactics will increasingly play a role in the theater of conflict, so Latin American leaders and the region’s public should prepare accordingly,” write Steph Shample and Bryan Ch. Campbell for Global Americans. theglobalamericans.org/2022/09/the-ru…

In Latin America, the world's most unequal region, the effects of high inflation are starting to be felt in politics. We headed to markets, borders, and living rooms to ask people how high costs will change their vote. By @EloMdeo Matthew Bristow + me. bloomberg.com/news/features/…

John F. Kennedy: “Above all, while defending our own vital interests, nuclear powers must avert those confrontations which bring an adversary to a choice of either a humiliating retreat or a nuclear war..." 1/ wsj.com/articles/endur…

"Restrictions on U.S. support for #LatinAmerica’s renewables industry also deprive the #UnitedStates of an important diplomatic tool in Washington’s tug of war with Beijing for regional influence," explains Benjamin Gedan to Foreign Policy. buff.ly/3G37mOT

La población mundial va a alcanzar los 8 mil millones en las próximas horas.

Cuba takes the 2nd place in this week's inflation roundup. On Nov 17, I measured #inflation in Cuba at a punishing 166%/yr.

'The outrage reveals something about those who feel it, though. It is plain now that lots of people have paid lip service to the idea of a changing world, a less western-skewed balance of power, without reckoning with its practical effects.' ft.com/content/257d91…

Mexico has the potential to be a powerful economic player on the global stage in the coming decade 🇲🇽 🇺🇸 cc Enrique Perret Erhard & U.S.-Mexico Foundation nytimes.com/2023/01/01/bus…

"There is now a whole subgenre of Twitter in which foreigners will post their impressions of the city, only to get harangued for their ignorance." restofworld.org/2023/newslette…

“The importance of energy security never diminished; it had simply been taken for granted in a world of abundance and integrated, well-functioning global energy markets.” trib.al/GYtVF1W

Nearshoring presents Mexico as a whole with a unique economic opportunity, but southern states have increasingly been left behind. Energy security is key for southern Mexico to capture these economic opportunities, write CSIS Americas experts. Learn more: cs.is/3XIuB7M

"Drill, Millennials, Drill" via Russell Gold | #OOTT #Permian #shale texasmonthly.com/news-politics/…

Biden’s administration is set to ease some restrictions on Cuba to help small businesses amid one of the island's worst economic crisis 🇺🇸🇨🇺bloomberg.com/news/articles/… scoop by Eric Martin Stephen Wicary Bloomberg Politics

EXCLUSIVE: Mexico’s state oil firm #Pemex is considering ways to start CHARGING #Cuba for oil it’s been giving to the nation, Foreign Minister Alicia Bárcena tells me, as the company faces its own financial struggles and the price crude barrels climbs. bloomberg.com/news/articles/…