Mexico-Ecuador diplomatic spat over Embassy break-in; Elon Musk’s X not complying with Brazil’s Supreme Court; and Colombia’s government intervenes in two major private healthcare providers.

Check out our #RegionalPulse for these key #LatAm developments: open.substack.com/pub/southernpu…

Just because #WomensHistoryMonth is over doesn’t mean you can read these books by Sabrina Strings Golding Deborah Bonello Daina Ramey Berry Sonali Kohli 🙆🏾 Laura Pappano Mona Eltahawy & others year round! 😉 buff.ly/491Wtb2

How Mexican drug cartels made their own fentanyl crisis

Good stuff from Channel 4 on a story first reported by Deborah Bonello at Vice
channel4.com/news/how-mexic… via Guillermo Galdos

This Narca Pleaded Guilty, But Got 33 Years Behind Bars. Was She the Last Big Fish of Her Generation?, by Deborah Bonello open.substack.com/pub/dbonello/p…

The latest business and political developments in Latin America are here: open.substack.com/pub/southernpu… Southern Pulse

Latin America Admires Bukele’s Crime Crackdown. But Not All Criminal Conundrums Are Created Equal. open.substack.com/pub/southernpu…

Wow that was quick- JOH found guilty of drug trafficking
cnn.com/2024/03/08/ame…

'Defenders of Peso Pluma & other artists in the same vein argue that the corridos tumbados genre is the product of a generation that has never known anything but the “drug war”'

If that isnt a sad but true commentary

Deborah Bonello for Southern Pulse

southernpulse.substack.com/p/chiles-peso-…

🗣️ Writers’ roll call!

Happy #InternationalWomensDay to Deborah Bonello Rafia Zakaria Mona Eltahawy Shelina Janmohamed Ruth Behar ✳️ Eileen Truax & all our international authors! #WHM

“The patriarchy of the cartels seems very real, but to assume women don’t have a capacity for violence or a thirst for power and status is just another narrow gender stereotype that grossly misunderstands and underestimates women.”—Deborah Bonello #WHM2024 beacon.org/Narcas-P1941.a…

Southern Pulse investigator, Deborah Bonello, sheds light on how the wildly popular “corridos tumbados” music genre is both loved and loathed in the region and why businesses should pay attention to this cultural phenomenon: open.substack.com/pub/southernpu…

Chile’s Peso Pluma Affair Shows the Risks of What We Worship open.substack.com/pub/southernpu… Southern Pulse

An exodus of nearly 8 million Venezuelan migrants who have fled poverty and political turmoil is boosting the economies of other countries across South America, two studies published by leading international financial institutions have found. theguardian.com/global-develop…

I'm so grateful for the solidarity of my colleagues who signed this letter. I feel honored to be able to do this work alongside you.

Estoy agradecida y conmovida por la solidaridad de los colegas que firmaron esta carta. Aprecio el apoyo y me siento honrada de poder ejercer este trabajo junto a ustedes.

.Deborah Bonello wrote NARCAS to open our minds a little bit more about women’s capacities in the drug world and to not assume that they’re there just because they’ve been co-opted by their husbands. PantherNOW buff.ly/48wEtW4

Deborah Bonello Speaks On Women of the Narcotrafficking World - panthernow.com/2024/02/24/nar…

Henry Langston Kevin Lee Kharas AM Jamie Clifton I was lucky to have amazing bosses Matthew Champion and Helen Nianias, and work with some brilliant journalists and writers on the drug beat including Deborah Bonello, mike power, David Hillier, Niko Vorobyov, 𝐦𝐚𝐧𝐢𝐬𝐡𝐚 𝐤𝐫𝐢𝐬𝐡𝐧𝐚𝐧 and Dr Mohammed Qasim MBE 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿. 6/7

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