"The Brazil exposure helped catapult Cerimedo into successful presidential campaigns in Argentina (Milei), Honduras (Asfura) and Bolivia (Paz). His arrest prompted Chilean lawmakers to create a commission to investigate Cerimedo’s possible role in that nation’s recent electoral shift to the right."

Juan Escalante@juanescalante.com · last wk.

This man was invited to speak at Mar A Lago just so we’re all clear L

“Cuba is suffering through a man-made economic & humanitarian catastrophe, caused in significant part by deliberate policy choices of the US,” @ceprdc.bsky.social & 44 other groups write, urging House members to call a vote on Rep. Velazquez's Cuba War Powers Resolution cepr.net/newsroom/45-...

45 Organizations Urge House Democratic Leadership to Call a Vote on Cuba War Powers Resolution

A coalition of 45 faith, peace, labor, health, and political organizations is calling on House Minority Leader Hakeem Jeffries, and committee Ranking Members Gregory Meeks and Jim McGovern to immediat...

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Nothing says confidence like trying to bribe people for votes.

Aaron Rupar@atrupar.com · 2w ago

Trump: "We're making a fortune. So if the Republicans win, you win with us and you get $5,000. It will be called the Trump Dividend. Congratulations."

“By targeting the island’s mining, metals, construction & trade sectors, the administration will further restrict the Cuban government’s ability to manage a deliberately designed crisis that UN experts recently warned could become a ‘silent Gaza,'" Pedro Labayen Herrera said cepr.net/newsroom/cep...

CEPR Condemns State Department Sanctions on ICAP Leadership and Cuban State Enterprises

The Trump administration announced new sanctions today targeting the leadership of the Cuban Institute of Friendship with the Peoples (ICAP) and 10 Cuban state-owned enterprises in the metals, mining,...

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Reuters@reuters.com · last mo.

US imposes more sanctions on Cuba reut.rs/3UJ59Bs

🌐 ECUADOR NEWS ROUND-UP #27 Our latest round-up on Ecuador 🧵

As "mano dura" policies return to Bolivia — with rights monitors documenting excessive police force during June's protests, an extended state of exception, and the DEA's return after two decades — @ibtimes.bsky.social  reports on the remilitarization of the US-backed drug war.

Hausmann's use of AI is much less problematic IMO than the total lack of evidence for some of his academic "findings." See cepr.net/publications... and cepr.net/publications...

Black Swans, Conspiracy Theories, and the Quixotic Search for Fraud: A Look at Hausmann and Rigobon’s Analysis of Venezuela’s Referendum Vote

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Techdefused@techdefused.bsky.social · last mo.

Harvard professor Ricardo Hausmann flagged over AI use in Financial Times op-ed

Do mass deportations help or hurt the economy? A new study from @brookings.edu examines employment data from US cities, those targeted by ICE raids and those which weren't. The study found that cities hit by ICE raids saw significantly greater job losses than the controls.

My job is researching military history with an eye for catastrophic fuck ups and I've never come across something like this before. www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026...

USS Abraham Lincoln sailors tried to jump overboard amid extended deployment – reports

Aircraft carrier’s crew in ninth month at sea and has spent record 250 days consecutively without making land

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Ecuadorean fishermen say drones attacked them in the Pacific — English-speaking men in US-flag uniforms, no insignia. 8 missing, several injured. Flight data shows a patrol plane shifting course to stay pointed at all 3 boats. It's on no Pentagon roll, registered to a UPS store mailbox in Virginia.

Bad news for paychecks: higher inflation from Trump's Iran war and slowing nominal wage growth are pushing down real wages

*Along with federal law enforcement agencies, private companies are now surveilling opponents of Big Tech* by Daniel Boguslaw August 10, 2026 prospect.org/2026/08/10/p...

Private Intelligence Firms Are Selling Dossiers on AI and Data Center Critics - The American Prospect

Along with federal law enforcement agencies, private companies are now surveilling opponents of Big Tech.

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Too many Black families are grieving murdered loved ones and "mysterious circumstances". I grieve with the community that loved Tasia Fortune and who are demanding answers.

Black Woman, 29, Found Hanging from Tree Behind Vacant Home in Mississippi and the Community Wants Answers

The body of Tasia Fortune, a 29-year-old Black woman, was found hanging in a tree behind a vacant house in Jackson, Miss., on Monday, Aug. 3

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“The Petro administration in Colombia was blamed for racking up public debt through supposed profligate spending, but the facts tell a very different story,” Paola Jaimes Santamaría said. “Much of this is actually a COVID story and began before Petro became president.”

Center for Economic and Policy Research@ceprdc.bsky.social · last mo.

Is Colombia’s public debt the result of “uncontrolled spending” under Petro? The numbers tell a different story.

🌎 LATEST | US Escalation in the Americas 🇦🇷 #ARGENTINA — Milei guts his foreign land-ownership bill after backlash; renews China swap line 🇧🇷 #BRAZIL — US revokes Brazilian ambassador's visa as the diplomatic rift deepens

As international attention shift toward the war in Iran, Trump's interventions in Latin America have gotten overshadowed. But reactionary governments are popping up across the map, poised to undo decades of redistributive politics, social rights, & environmental regulation. Caleb Brennan reports.

In Latin America, Trump Is Bringing Back That Old-Time Imperialism - The American Prospect

‘Hondurasgate’ exposed a plan to boost far-right American puppets across the Western Hemisphere.

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Sure, but the left is going to have to prove they can win outside of their strongholds like in rural areas of Michigan's Upper Peninsula

Good to see Members of Congress denouncing Little Marco's neo-McCarthyite red scare witch hunt for what it is. The US is killing babies in Cuba and the Trump admin wants to silence and demonize anyone who speaks against that

Rep. Ilhan Omar@repilhan.bsky.social · 2mo ago

Proud to lead a statement with 10 of my colleagues to condemn the State Department’s attack on Americans’ free speech rights and collective punishment of Cubans: 🧵

“Venezuela likely did not grow more rapidly despite increased oil revenues in the first quarter because the U.S. didn’t transfer to the Venezuelan government the totality of its increased oil revenues,” @ceprdc.bsky.social Senior Research Fellow Francisco Rodríguez said.

Alice Hancock@alicemhancock.bsky.social · 2mo ago

Great piece on Venezuela's missing billions of oil money that appears to have disappeared into the US www.ft.com/content/0e56... from excellent @financialtimes.com LatAm and data colleagues

Modern healthcare was built on the exploitation of Black bodies, from nonconsensual experiments on enslaved women to the theft of Henrietta Lacks’ cells. Now, Republicans call efforts to level the playing field “DEI” instead of addressing the inequities they helped create.

A letter led by Chuy García and Greg Casar — signed by 14 members of Congress, including @aoc.bsky.social , Rashida Tlaib, and Ilhan Omar — calls on the Trump administration to lift US sanctions on Venezuela so it can respond to the June 24 earthquakes, which have killed more than 4,500 people.

📑 @commondreams.org shares the letter calling to end sanctions on Venezuela after the earthquakes. It notes that, as the NYT reported, the Trump administration keeps sanctions in place — even after seizing ~$8B in Venezuelan oil this year. By @corbettjessica.bsky.social

100+ Economists, Scholars Demand End to Sanctions on Venezuela After Catastrophic Earthquakes | Common Dreams

Economists and scholars called for immediate action to unfetter Venezuela's humanitarian response and reconstruction from sanctions and debt burdens.

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NEW: 100+ economists and experts — including CEPR's Mark Weisbrot, Andrés Arauz, Dean Baker and Guillaume Long — call on the US to lift its sanctions on Venezuela after the earthquakes. Venezuelans "should not pay twice — first through disaster, then through sanctions."

Over 100 economists ask US to lift sanctions on Venezuela to ease the impact of the earthquakes

Academics call for a moratorium on Venezuelan debt, and urge the IMF to restore Caracas’ access to the Fund: ‘The emergency is human before it is political’

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The election “is shaping up as a stark choice that could impact the future of the Amazon rainforest, fossil fuel development and the rights of Indigenous communities.” Cepeda “has emphasized Indigenous rights, environmental conservation and reducing Colombia’s dependence on fossil fuels”

Steven Grattan@sjgrattan.bsky.social · 4mo ago

Ahead of Colombia’s presidential runoff, I look at what the two candidates could mean for the Amazon, fossil fuels and Indigenous rights. apnews.com/article/amaz...

Thomas Massie suggests the deadly assault was not an accident and calls on the US government to honour its survivors.

US congressman demands probe into Israel's 1967 attack on USS Liberty

Thomas Massie suggests the deadly assault was not an accident and calls on the US government to honour its survivors.

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"Colombia's Trump-aligned presidential frontrunner Abelardo de la Espriella...is facing renewed scrutiny after journalist Daniel Coronell published documents allegedly showing transfers from companies linked to Alex Saab" totaling "more than $370,000" www.latintimes.com/colombias-tr...

Colombia's Trump-Aligned Presidential Frontrunner Faces Scrutiny Over Transfers From Nicolas Maduro's Alleged 'Money Man'

A new investigation cites records from a closed civil case in Florida showing more than $370,000 in transfers made in 2014 while De la Espriella was actively representing Saab as his lawyer

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There should be a hall of shame for worst Pittsburghers of all time

Doug Gordon@brooklynspoke.bsky.social · 4mo ago

It's wild to me that Bari Weiss thinks she can win a PR battle with some of the best journalists in the business.

"According to his lawyers, Chavarría testified that Ecuadorian President Daniel Noboa & Interior Minister John Reimberg were behind the brazen daylight murder of Fernando Villavicencio, a journalist & anti-corruption presidential candidate who was gunned down ... days before the 2023 election."

Organized Crime and Corruption Reporting Project@occrp.org · 4mo ago

Ecuadorian Cartel Boss Fights Extradition in Spain, Accusing President Noboa of Assassination Plot www.occrp.org/en/news/ecua...

#NEW: CEPR backgrounder outlines what you need to know about #Colombia's pivotal vote this Sunday: who’s running, the candidates’ positions on key issues, and concerns and challenges regarding the election. We'll also be on the ground, sharing live updates 👇