This quote from Abdul El-Sayed reads like something the tawdriest, most intolerant despots I've reported on (Aristide, Kagame, Ortega et al) would say. At base, this is who the guy is. www.nytimes.com/2026/08/05/o...
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“We’re expecting you to have compassion for our people. They haven’t done anything wrong. All they came to this country to do is to work, to make a difference in our economy. … There’s no security at home. If you really send us over there, you send us to die.” apnews.com/article/immi...
Empty pews and fear of ICE on Maryland’s Eastern Shore after TPS ends for Haitians
The Word of Life Center, a church in Salisbury, Maryland, is facing difficult times. Many members of the Haitian community are staying home, fearing arrest and deportation after the Trump administrati...
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He may well be guilty, but most people I spoke to when I was in Ecuador earlier this year viewed this as Daniel Noboa clearing the field in a nakedly political manner: Condenado a tres años de prisión el alcalde de Guayaquil en el primero de tres procesos que enfrenta elpais.com/america/2026...
Condenado a tres años de prisión el alcalde de Guayaquil en el primero de tres procesos que enfrenta
Un tribunal declaró culpable a Aquiles Álvarez de incumplir una medida cautelar al no portar el grillete electrónico
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The regime continues murdering people in its concentration camps: "I'm going to grow up without a father," Lopez-Cornejo's 12-year-old daughter said. "We had so many plans, but I never did them because they're just heartless monsters. Shame on all of them." 6abc.com/post/family-...
Family seeks investigation after death of Salvadoran man in ICE custody at Delaney Hall
Edwin Lopez-Cornejo died Aug. 1 while being held at Delaney Hall, a privately operated immigration detention facility in Newark
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Kashmir, meri jaan, still the most beautiful place I've ever visited, and one of the saddest: "We were only asking for our rights. We are not terrorists. No mother could ask for a better son. He knew there were risks, but he believed standing up for justice was important" www.bbc.com/news/article...
'My only son was shot standing up for justice' - inside city gripped by deadly protests in Pakistan-administered Kashmir
The BBC gains unique access to Rawalakot, scene of violent clashes between security forces and protesters in Pakistan-administered Kashmir.
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Given the continuing violence in the area, that families would return to Port-au-Prince's Carrefour-Feuilles is a testimony to how deplorable the conditions they were living in elsewhere were metropole.ht/les-deplaces...
Les déplacés de Carrefour-Feuilles commencent à rentrer chez eux - METROPOLE
Après trois années d’exil, plusieurs dizaines de familles déplacées de Carrefour-Feuilles, dans le sud de Port-au-Prince, regagnent progressivement leur quartier. Les premiers à revenir sont souvent c...
metropole.ht
“There are many police officers among these kidnappers. The highest authorities in the country know this...There is still no political will at the highest levels of the police to purge the institution and remove these officers who are in cahoots with the gangs" lenouvelliste.com/article/2706...
Kidnapping : les dessous d’un crime quasi normalisé
Les kidnappeurs écument les rues des communes où la population de la zone métropolitaine de Port-au-Prince s’est entassée.
lenouvelliste.com
Mexico influencer César Gastélum gunned down during livestream from Sinaloa's Culiacán www.proceso.com.mx/nacional/202...
César Gastélum: quién era el influencer asesinado a quemarropa durante una transmisión en vivo en Culiacán
César Gastélum realizaba una transmisión en vivo en Culiacán cuando dos hombres llegaron en motocicleta. Esto se sabe del creador y del ataque
proceso.com.mx
This is the regime that the DSA, Codepink, Hassan Piker, Ryan Grim etc lionize: Victims and family members recount how Cuban state security and prison officials use common criminals to commit sexual assaults against political prisoners and inmates who defy the regime adncuba.com/derechos-hum...
Violencia sexual como tortura: así opera la Seguridad del Estado dentro de las cárceles cubanas | ADN Cuba
Testimonios de víctimas, familiares y expertos describen cómo la Seguridad del Estado y funcionarios penitenciarios presuntamente utilizan a reclusos comunes para cometer agresiones sexuales contra pr...
adncuba.com
I share some writing about the life and career of Chalino Sánchez In the Advanced Reporting class I teach: Los enemigos del Compa Chalino: ¿Quién mató al Rey de los Corridos? elpais.com/mexico/2026-...
Los enemigos del Compa Chalino: ¿Quién mató al Rey de los Corridos?
Una misteriosa nota de papel, entregada en medio de un concierto en Culiacán hace 24 años, fue el preludio del asesinato de una de las leyendas de la música popular mexicana, precursor del bum actual ...
elpais.com
6 relatives of Nicaragua deceased indigenous leader Brooklyn Rivera are still missing after having been disappeared by that country's dictatorship this past May amnesty.ca/urgent-actio...
Nicaragua: Reveal the whereabouts of disappeared relatives
On May 31, 2026, six relatives of Indigenous Miskitu leader Brooklyn Rivera disappeared in Managua after travelling to claim his remains following the
amnesty.ca
Hitting the sack. If the pint-sized, misogynistic, antisemitic international landlord wins - unworthy and unfit as he is - I doubt he wins in November (you were warned), but I hope he does win then for one reason only: I don't think he will sign off on Trump's judicial nominees.
I'm not even a fan of Wesley Bell, but keeping Cori Bush - who voted against the RENACER Act targeting Nicaragua's dictatorship - from Congress is good www.nbcnews.com/politics/202...
Rep. Wesley Bell defeats former Rep. Cori Bush in a Missouri Democratic primary rematch
Bell won, NBC News projects, with ad support from a pro-Israel super PAC, while Bush had backing from prominent progressives.
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Colombia‘s outgoing president showing that he has no more respect for democracy than he did when he was a drug-running homicidal commie guerrilla (a non-judgmental description).
Might anyone in my network be able to help with this?
Heba Gowayed هبة جويد@hebagowayed.bsky.social · yesterdayFellow academics: I know a Haitian PhD student who due to TPS termination needs another institutional affiliation not in the USA. Do you or someone you know have an avenue for them? If so, DM me.
My forthcoming book, With the Pen In One Hand and the Sword in the Other: Haiti and the United States in the Nineteenth Century, coming out with @ugapress.bsky.social this Fall, is now available for pre-order. www.ugapress.org/978082038100...
With the Pen in One Hand and the Sword in the Other
Michael Deibert’s With the Pen in One Hand and the Sword in the Other is a sweeping history of Haiti’s first century, examining its complex internal poli...
ugapress.org
More parties than voters: Quid des 17 groupements de partis politiques enregistrés au CEP? lenouvelliste.com/article/2705...
Quid des 17 groupements de partis politiques enregistrés au CEP ?
Les 17 groupements de partis politiques enregistrés au Conseil électoral ne sont pas encore agréés pour participer aux prochaines élections dont le premier tour est fixé au 13 décembre.
lenouvelliste.com
Targeting vulnerable kids is one of the few things this squalid regime does effectively: Trump administration weighs proposal to gut Head Start preschool standards, leaving states to set the rules www.pbs.org/newshour/pol...
Trump administration weighs proposal to gut Head Start preschool standards, leaving states to set the rules
Two people familiar with the deliberations tell The Associated Press the Republican administration's proposed changes could significantly reduce the preschool program's quality standards.
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“I came to bear witness to the great wrong that's being done to people who came here for a better life and had the rug pulled out from under them. It doesn't make humanitarian sense. It doesn't make economic sense. It's purely for ideology.” www.wvxu.org/local-news/2...
Hundreds show support for Haitians attending ICE meetings in Cincinnati
People gathered outside the Cincinnati ICE field office Sunday for a vigil and to show solidarity with Haitian immigrants being summoned to meetings with federal officials.
wvxu.org
Nicaragua’s gold boom is now encroaching on protected areas and Indigenous land news.mongabay.com/2026/08/nica...
Nicaragua’s gold boom is now encroaching on protected areas and Indigenous land
In Nicaragua, the mining sector has steadily grown over the last two decades, with gold becoming a top export and a pillar of the national economy. For most of that time, the growth was gradual. But i...
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🤣 Rosario Murillo "is very unpopular in her own right [and] frequently referred to as “la Chamuca,” or the witch, because of her frequent use of esoteric symbols and mystical language. She is considered both fearsome and an object of suspicion and ridicule." www.nytimes.com/2026/08/04/o...
Opinion | What Do Dictators Fear Most? Just Ask Nicaragua.
Nicaragua shows what happens when even dictators fear a rigged election.
nytimes.com
Just a note to let listeners know that @notesfromtheworld.bsky.social is now also available on Spotify open.spotify.com/show/7zBplBV...
Notes from the World
Podcast · Michael Deibert · Politics, culture, and society from the Caribbean, Latin America, and beyond.
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A most fascinating book on a most fascinating character.
This article on how Hollman Morris & Edinson Bolaños - two self-proclaimed "progressives" - tried to destroy the career of a journalist who dared fall afoul of their patrons should be read by all who think poison in Colombia's political system only cuts one way. www.lasillavacia.com/opinion/de-l...
“Estuve dispuesta a entregarles mi nombre, pero no mi fe en el oficio”
Reflexión a raíz del fallo del Tribunal Superior que obligó a la revista Raya y a RTVC rectificar que ni La Silla ni Juanita León tuvieron que ver con la Operación Júpiter.
lasillavacia.com
"The settler plans your day. The settler pressures the Civil Administration to come and demolish your home. The settler sends the army to monitor you...The settler controls every aspect of your life." www.haaretz.com/west-bank/20...
A year after a fatal settler shooting, Umm al-Khair still can't mourn in peace
'Since Awdah was killed, there has been no place for joy in our lives. The joy in our hearts has gone out'
haaretz.com
Cuba's electrical system collapses for the sixth time this year www.14ymedio.com/cuba/sistema...
El sistema eléctrico colapsa por sexta vez en lo que va de año
La caída llega 21 horas después del restablecimiento de una desconexión parcial este sábado
14ymedio.com
Darfur faces famine threat as drought and soaring food prices deepen crisis www.dabangasudan.org/en/all-news/...
Darfur faces famine threat as drought and soaring food prices deepen crisis - Dabanga Radio TV Online
The General Coordination for Displaced Persons and Refugees in Darfur has warned of an imminent...
dabangasudan.org
Time to show Susan Collins (and Elon Musk) the door.
Troy Jackson@troyjackson207.bsky.social · 3d agoMy response to Elon Musk.
"Because, no matter your feelings about the Cuban regime..." This isn't a matter of feelings, Justin Ling. No serious person in 2026 is debating whether or not Cuba's reactionary dictatorship is illegitimate or not. And pro-regime kook Antoni Kapcia as a source? www.thestar.com/opinion/star...
Justin Ling: Trump’s White House is spinning a wild conspiracy tale about this country. Canada needs to step in to defend it
While Trump and Marco Rubio spin theories about Cuba, Canada needs to do what it can to protect Cuba’s residents
thestar.com
As I wrote in American Founders: Americans are the descendants of slaves & slave owners both literally & figuratively. Our families trees are intertwined (see Jeffersons, Washingtons, Madisons.) People of African descent contributed to the development of the US in every possibly way.
KEW@kidadaewilliams.com · 3d ago'Slaves and slave owners': Pope Leo XIV speaks on his genealogy in new interview www.blackcatholicmessenger.org/slaves-and-s...