Ivan Briscoe

Senior director for policy at @crisisgroup. Errant Mancunian, oft relapsing Latin America addict. Aquí se habla Spanglish. RT out of mirth, horror or curiosity.

[Branko Milanovic @BrankoMilan]

To all the newspapers I loved
The decline and fall of the print media.
https://t.co/YMG10912bf

[Glenn Greenwald @ggreenwald]

Brazil's presidential election is on Sunday. Last night, US @StateDept announced that, effective immediately, it was closing all embassies and consulates in Brazil due to unspecified "security concerns."

Quite odd: Lula's govt and campaign has been warning of US intervention.

[#AGUANTAUCRANIA 🇺🇦 @AguantaUcrania]

In Ukraine, it is a war against civilians. Amid air raid sirens and attacks, people have to carry on with their lives. #AguantaUcrania

[EFE Noticias @EFEnoticias]

VIDEO | El presidente de Brasil y candidato a la reelección, Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva, lamenta el “complejo de inferioridad” de ciertos líderes latinoamericanos frente a EE. UU., tras cuestionar el Escudo de las Américas, la alianza regional impulsada por Donald Trump.

📹 Redes sociales: Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva.

[Ali Vaez @AliVaez]

Seven months in, Iran & the U.S. each believe they have tools to make the other blink, fortitude to wait the other out, and disinclination to make concessions the other seeks.

My latest for @ForeignAffairs 👇

https://t.co/GrlVWBr8e0

[Juan S. Gonzalez @Cartajuanero]

Happy to share my new piece for @CarnegieEndow.

U.S. policy toward Latin America can no longer separate foreign policy from homeland security. The hemisphere is where migration, critical minerals, infrastructure, supply chains, and strategic competition now converge. The challenge is converting U.S. power into durable influence.

https://t.co/KAvjrWDF9X

[Comfort Ero @EroComfort]

In my latest piece for @el_pais, I argue that world leaders talking up multilateralism at UNGA this week rings hollow. Too many governments talk a good game on the @UN while letting it starve. Reviving it takes cash, political capital, and action. https://t.co/uJnnur5g0y

[Delcy Rodríguez @delcyrodriguezv]

Sostuvimos una histórica reunión con el presidente de los Estados Unidos, Donald Trump, con quien conversamos sobre el fortalecimiento de la relación bilateral entre nuestros países y el avance de una agenda de cooperación en áreas estratégicas como energía, minería, seguridad

[Richard Gowan @RichardGowan1]

Trump on Venezuelan oil: "To the victor belongs the spoils". Not sure that is in the UN Charter?

[EL PAÍS América @elpais_america]

Del largo discurso de Fidel Castro a las descalificaciones de Hugo Chávez a Bush: estos son algunos de los momentos más icónicos en la historia de las Asambleas Generales de la ONU. Está previsto que los líderes mundiales se reúnan el martes 22 de septiembre en Nueva York para celebrar varios días de debates de alto nivel

[Buenos Aires Herald @BAHeraldcom]

Vatican reveals itinerary for Pope Leo XIV’s visit to Argentina in November

The Pontiff will meet Javier Milei, religious leaders, workers and young people, and hold masses in Buenos Aires, Córdoba and Luján

https://t.co/WnoUJtWoWC

[JP Spinetto @JPSpinetto]

I asked ChatGPT which Latin American presidents have confirmed attending UNGA this week & it said Colombia's Gustavo Petro isn't going because he "had already announced he would avoid international travel during his presidency"

Then it got worse 👇😯

[Ivan Briscoe @itbriscoe]

In the print edition this came with the rather more Beckettian title: "There is no way to hedge for the robot apocalypse". How true.

[Financial Times @FT]

How should investors position for the robot apocalypse? https://t.co/8kwSPlag4K | opinion

[Juanita Goebertus @JuanitaGoe]

Estamos en Venezuela🇻🇪 después de 18 años, cuando mi predecesor fue expulsado.

Hemos constatado que las expresiones más violentas de la represión se han reducido.

Pero para que la transición sea sostenible es fundamental poner en marcha reformas urgentes.https://t.co/MhIoY3haah

[Ivan Briscoe @itbriscoe]

"It’s been interesting to watch how quickly some hardline ideologues become pragmatists once there’s money on the table"

A little premature maybe, but well-connected business seems to be having a #Cuba frenzy. Amazing piece.
https://t.co/PjhDUYIiLD

[UK in Venezuela 🇬🇧🇻🇪 @UKinVenezuela]

El Gobierno del Reino Unido anunció hoy #15Septiembre que elevará el nivel de sus relaciones diplomáticas con Venezuela.

El texto completo de la declaración presentada ante el Parlamento del Reino Unido por el Ministro para América Latina, Chris Elmore, está disponible aquí:
https://t.co/8IvYcJEn4X

[Richard Gowan @RichardGowan1]

It's out! @CrisisGroup's big annual briefing on the state of the #UnitedNations is here.

Congrats to @FortiD for pulling it together this year.
https://t.co/mhdfXHRbG4

[EL PAÍS América @elpais_america]

El hijo del fallecido Premio Nobel Mario Vargas Llosa, quien apoyó a la presidenta en su elección, asume una de las principales plazas diplomáticas en pleno acercamiento de Lima a Washington https://t.co/S0mlYwq1CI

[Ivan Briscoe @itbriscoe]

"Washington appears determined to grab what it can before Venezuelans can once more exercise their right to govern themselves"

Our latest @CrisisGroup @philgunson @delaneysimon looks up close at the US-Venezuela oil deal and what it portends.
https://t.co/HgwEOLJIQx

[Ivan Briscoe @itbriscoe]

An extraordinary piece on the era's darker powers.

[Progressive International @ProgIntl]

The largest electoral scandal in Latin America is cresting over the continent.
Yet three weeks after the capture of Fernando Cerimedo, the massive operation around him has gone almost entirely unreported.

Our new investigation: How to Steal a Hemisphere.

https://t.co/D2N4YtdzPb