Hunter T. Carter

International business lawyer doing LatAm arbitration, litigation, investigations, and human rights. Think tank founder. Personal account, opinions only mine.

[Kenneth Roth @KenRoth]

Trump wanted to abandon multilateral institutions like the United Nations. Then he discovered that they were often useful, that Washington going it alone didn't work. https://t.co/RZ0iWAexKO

[Jake Tapper 🦅 @jaketapper]

Wonder how the Federalist is reacting to the rul—

[Hunter T. Carter @HunterCarterAFS]

@NathanielParish Weak negotiating tactic from someone widely known to have weak negotiating credibility.

[Volodymyr Zelenskyy / Володимир Зеленський @ZelenskyyUa]

Since the start of the full-scale war, the Russian army has been given as many as 15 deadlines for capturing our Donetsk region. Russia’s political leadership remains obsessed with Donbas. They have entertained this delusion – that they would fully capture Donbas – 15 times already.

In 2022, the deadlines were March 31, then May 9, June 1, September 15, and December 31. In 2023, Putin set two more deadlines for capturing Donbas: March 1, and then, when that failed again, they moved it to December 31. In 2024, there were again two such deadlines.

In 2025, when the Russians tried to convince President Trump that Ukraine would supposedly fall, there were already three final dates for capturing the Donetsk region, namely, September 1, December 1, and December 25.

Already this year, the Russians have again pushed back the date for the capture of the Donetsk region. At first, they had set a deadline of March 31 of this year, then September 1, and now the deadline is December 31.

If Russia does not end its war, they will have to move this deadline again as well. If Putin wants to sacrifice another million of his soldiers to keep smashing against this wall, then the million Russians who have not yet been mobilized into the Russian army and are arguing in gas lines should think about what awaits them next.

[Javier Corrales @jcorrales2011]

Colombia's president-elect is a newcomer. With very little track record, things look uncertain. That said, not everything is that mysterious. Newcomers follow a certain political logic, at least at first. https://t.co/VzW4DzZzsP

[Ian Vasquez @VasquezIan]

ICYMI.
https://t.co/U7phM3WHjm

[Global Americans @GlobalAmericans]

Yesterday, Paraguay reminded the world why it should never be underestimated, advancing in the World Cup in a result that turned heads. Similarly, Paraguay has been on a quiet, deliberate, multi-year effort to show the world what it has to offer on other fronts: clean energy reserves, political stability, and an increasingly central role in global AI infrastructure. Revisit @gregory_ross's piece for Global Americans on how Paraguay is moving to the center of the conversation, and not only in regards to football:

https://t.co/qizfljXjSM

[Caracas Chronicles @CaracasChron]

🫓 El headline🔥

[Alexandra Sharp @AlexandraSSharp]

Starting today, @ForeignPolicy is lifting its paywall on ALL content. From the Iran war to the World Cup, read up on the biggest global stories—for free! 1/9

[Brian Winter @BrazilBrian]

Since the 1980s Latin America has had 22 “newcomer” presidents — with little or no experience in office

Some concentrated power
Others took on the system — and lost everything

What does this history tell us about Abelardo’s chances of success?
@jcorrales2011 for AQ:

https://t.co/rlN5vsdVnE

[Laurence Blair @laurieablair]

Paraguay’s president appears to declare a national holiday after the narrow win against Germany 😅🇵🇾

[Ricardo Herrero @ric23]

For months I’ve had a nagging suspicion that “Cuba’s Next” will prove to be little more than a long, costly, and painful exercise in wheel-spinning.

[Cuba Study Group @CubaStudyGroup]

📌Los envíos de alimentos, medicinas y productos básicos desde Florida se han convertido en una tabla de salvación para millones de cubanos.

📌Mientras la Administración Trump soporta las sanciones y restringe las fuentes de ingreso del régimen, las familias cubanoamericanas asumen cada vez más el costo de la supervivencia de sus parientes, enviando desde medicamentos oncológicos y material médico hasta arroz, frijoles, pañales y generadores solares.

📌Según estimaciones citadas por The Wall Street Journal , las remesas y bienes enviados a Cuba alcanzaron los 3 000 millones de USD en 2025.

📌De ellos, dos tercios correspondieron a productos físicos.

📌Cerca de un tercio de la población cubana depende de forma directa de esta red informal de apoyo, que opera principalmente desde Miami.

🎯Fuente: Cuba Review. Junio, 2026

[Michael J Bustamante, Ph.D. @MJ_Busta]

GAESA reportedly sold off its container terminal at Mariel to another state company.

If true, interesting response to get free and clear of sanctions.

But claim in article this is start of a wider dismantling of GAESA seems a stretch at this stage.

https://t.co/nSs5WoUIUf

[Freedom House @freedomhouse]

We welcome the CIDH’s resolution finding the Cuban state responsible for the enforced disappearance, arbitrary detention, and conviction of Cuban artist Maykel Osorbo, as well as violations of his fundamental rights including freedom of expression and artistic creation.

We call for Maykel’s immediate and unconditional release and urge the CIDH to further examine the legal processes and framework used to criminalize dissent and free expression in Cuba. #FreeThemAll

[Benjamin Gedan @benjamingedan]

Useful window into Trump’s decision-making on Cuba: (1) lessons from Iran don’t apply (“Iran is a very long trip”; Cuba is “hopscotch”), and (2) real estate mercantilism (Cuba has no oil, but it has a “nice shoreline”).

https://t.co/hcReB9DMfs

[Acyn @Acyn]

Talarico: Every bar has that one guy. He’s loud, he’s obnoxious, he makes all the women in the bar feel uncomfortable. He hears you say your name to the bartender and then adds his drink to your tab when you’re not looking.

That’s Ken Paxton.

And I don’t know about y’all, but I’m done picking up his tab.

[Mauricio Albarracín Caballero @malbarracin]

Hoy es el día del orgullo LGBTIQ+. Se conmemora la resistencia al autoritarismo policial en un bar de la ciudad de Nueva York. Es un día para manifestarnos para que nuestros derechos no den ni un paso atrás y para seguir adelante en su garantía efectiva. Feliz orgullo.

[Orlando J. Pérez @Perez1oj]

#Cuba has faded from the headlines—for now! And @DiazCanelB & regime are surely breathing a sigh of relief. The reality is that the Venezuelan crisis is now functional to the Cuban regime: not realistic for "Cuba to be next" while @Southcom assets are diverted to Venezuela. Remember: Washington has limited bandwidth to handle multiple crises.

The situation is not resolved, of course. The blackouts continue, the sanctions & designations intensify, and the reforms come too little too late. But a "military solution" is off the table for now...

[Cuba Study Group @CubaStudyGroup]

📌 Carlos Saladrigas, presidente del Cuba Study Group, lanzó una advertencia sobre el riesgo de apostar por privatizaciones en Cuba que se conviertan en ´piñatas´ que beneficien a pocos, tanto dentro de la isla como en el exterior.

📌 Lo dijo el pasado 15 de junio, en una entrevista con CiberCuba.

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