@rakarl.bsky.social

Colombia past + present; author of #ForgottenPeace/#LaPazOlvidada. Host, @research_craft. Prof @MinervaUni; frmly @Princeton, @the_IAS

[@rakarl.bsky.social @RAKarl]

Ya no ando por aquí. I'm over on Bluesky.

[@rakarl.bsky.social @RAKarl]

@JuanMa_AmaCas Sí, algunos de los datos son preocupantes. Pero, por ejemplo, 68% de los secuestros en 2023 se han realizado en Arauca. Dudo que la perspectiva de un medio como FT sea útil para explicar tales dinámicas del conflicto actual.

[@rakarl.bsky.social @RAKarl]

Because FT subscribers keep doing cocaine?

[Financial Times @FT]

Across Colombia, kidnappings have increased more than 80% under leftwing president Gustavo Petro, extortion is up 27% and the murder rate has barely fallen.

Why is the country’s ‘total peace’ plan unravelling? https://t.co/ABbV9DnemD

[Juan José Ponce Vázquez @jjponcevazquez]

Even if we decide to ignore all the people who were here already (big if) I can still stare in Colonial Latin Americanist, from Spanish Florida and New Mexico, and tell you this is trash.

[Christy Thornton @llchristyll]

This international colloquium on state violence, featuring world-renowned scholars, was just cancelled at the last minute by the sponsoring federal agency because, @sergioaguayo was told, it featured ‘enemies of the government.’ What the hell is this, @SEGOB_mx?

[Lauren Rea @DraLRea]

Yes it’s an #OpenAccess publication but nothing quite beats receiving physical author copies. Thanks ⁦@WRUniPress⁩!

⁦@UniSheffieldLib⁩ ⁦@ShefLanguages⁩
Download for free: https://t.co/RTjx1ZTi8w

[Amanda Waterhouse @AmandaCWater]

Super excited to share that my article, “Protesting Architects: Development and Dissent at Colombia’s University of Valle,” has just been published by @SHAFRDH https://t.co/WRBcxewjpp

[Liz Lemon @cucharitadepalo]

Y aquí está Bogotá nocturna, una de las próximas serigrafías de la nueva edición 🖤. También, muy muy pronto a la venta en https://t.co/tmVdvWKBMe

[Juan José Ponce Vázquez @jjponcevazquez]

Sure, let’s fill Madrid with Napoleonic troops! Because last time they did it they left such a good impression! There is actually a painting in that museum that reflects that moment… Who is in charge of the promotion of this nonsense?

[Rachel Nolan @rachelbnolan]

Oh, it’s real.

My book.

[ACAPS @ACAPSproject]

#WorldChildrensDay | #Colombia: from 1 Jan to 2 Sep 2023, local health authorities in #LaGuajira department identified 1,700+ severe & moderate malnutrition cases among under-five children.
Of the reported cases, 1,300+ came from indigenous communities.
🔗https://t.co/6MJsaJsvsv

[Gustavo Petro @petrogustavo]

Ha ganado la extrema derecha en Argentina; es la decisión de su sociedad. Triste para América Latina y ya veremos... el neoliberalismo ya no tiene propuesta para la sociedad, no puede responder a los problemas actuales de la humanidad.

[Dan Lamothe @DanLamothe]

The last month of attacks on U.S. troops in the Middle East, mapped by @washingtonpost.

[Juan José Ponce Vázquez @jjponcevazquez]

Remember: every time you go to Spain to do tourism and have fun, you are never further than 100 kilometers from an unmarked mass grave like this one.

[DiscussingFilm @DiscussingFilm]

Ridley Scott on historians having criticisms about ‘NAPOLEON’.

“When I have issues with historians, I ask: ‘Excuse me, mate, were you there? No? Well, shut the fuck up then.’”

(Source: https://t.co/QiHXYjhfqD)

[@rakarl.bsky.social @RAKarl]

@drewmckevitt We would so be friends IRL