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Over the next month and a half, Extemp Central will provide R&Ds on the topic areas for the 2022 NSDA National Tournament. USX topic areas will have R&Ds posted on Thursday and IX topic areas will have R&Ds posted on Friday. This is meant to help extempers assemble resources to prepare for the competition in Louisville. This week we tackle IX topic area #2 on Central & South America.
An OPEC-style lithium pact in South America is a “far-fetched prospect” because of “key differences between the oil and lithium industries.”https://t.co/CJOYEiaVQm
— World Politics Review (@WPReview) April 16, 2022
China is South America’s top trading partner and a major source of both foreign direct investment and lending in energy and infrastructure.
But Beijing’s growing sway in the region has raised concerns in Washington and beyond. More in this explainer ⬇️ https://t.co/wq4I0rae7U
— Council on Foreign Relations (@CFR_org) April 28, 2022
South America’s breadbasket is also balancing on precarious ecosystems https://t.co/hT1nPmZHzg
— The Economist (@TheEconomist) April 30, 2022
World risks loss of land the size of South America, UN report warns https://t.co/mX8c4hIPwP
— The Independent (@Independent) April 27, 2022
Bitcoin was supposed to make life in El Salvador easier. It’s been a disaster, David Gerard wrote last September. Today, as Salvadoran President Nayib Bukele reveals plans for Bitcoin City, the country fears default.https://t.co/EJA95iohRy
— Foreign Policy (@ForeignPolicy) May 11, 2022
“Where are they, where are they? Our children, where are they?”
Thousands of women in Mexico take to the streets of Mexico City to demand accountability amid a worsening surge in violence https://t.co/v6P6sORTYj pic.twitter.com/OPaLvmzZAK
— Al Jazeera English (@AJEnglish) May 11, 2022
Another four years under Bolsonaro would exacerbate Brazil’s isolation from the democratic world and its norms.
In @AmerQuarterly, @OliverStuenkel explains why Bolsonaro is likely to double down against democracy after reelection: https://t.co/oVYPw0uAKJ
— Carnegie Endowment (@CarnegieEndow) May 11, 2022
As Argentina’s inflation continues to grow with no end in sight and the news is that guidelines agreed upon with the IMF already need to be reviewed, Economy Minister Martín Guzmán is beginning to take flak from friends and foes alike.https://t.co/aPk9roUmhv
— MercoPress (@MercoPressNews) May 3, 2022
Mexican president says U.S. not investing enough in Central America https://t.co/aQVOJRpXI9 pic.twitter.com/9UXoYgnbho
— Reuters (@Reuters) May 2, 2022
Xiomara Castro, Honduras’s first female president, came to power pledging to relax some of the world’s steepest restrictions on women’s reproductive rights. But months into her term, attempts to empower women are rekindling bitter ideological divisions. https://t.co/kyeGgrx12I
— New York Times World (@nytimesworld) May 2, 2022