Erick Langer

Prof @georgetownsfs • Historian • Commentator @NTN24 @CGNT @JornalOGlobo • Fluent Spanish, German, some French, Portuguese, Quechua • Fountain pen aficionado

[Sam Karas @sammiecarrots]

In 2022 — an all-time peak year for migration and the numbers that the Trump administration is using to justify a “crisis” at the US-MX border — Big Bend National park accounted for 0.01% of all migrant traffic. ZERO POINT ZERO ONE PERCENT

[𐌁𐌉Ᏽ 𐌕𐌉𐌌𐌉 @OrevaZSN]

One of my favorite things about traveling is how it shatters the illusion that the life you’ve always known is the only way to live. It reminds you that there are countless ways to live, and yours is just one of them.

[Andrew Gebo @GeboMpls]

People will go on vacation to a place like this and then, back home, they’ll vote to make sure this never happens in their town.

[Laiken Jordahl @LaikenJordahl]

BREAKING: DHS just waived all environmental laws to blast border barriers and roads through Big Bend National Park.

This marks the first time in American history the feds have gutted dozens of laws to push industrial-level construction through a national park.

[Erick Langer @ErickLanger]

@StefyOchoa Muy útil saber!

[Sahil Bloom @SahilBloom]

Your entire life will change when you stop assuming people know how you feel about them. Tell your friends you’re proud of them. Text your parents you love them. Compliment your coworkers. Say the kind thing while you still have the chance. It’s something you’ll never regret.

[Andrés Pertierra @ASPertierra]

This is a core universal problem in the region, and it goes back to the wars of independence. You also have the issue of militaries being necessary because of external threats, from unstable neighboring countries with irredentist claims (Venezuela-Guyana issue) to US threats

[Cory Doctorow NO LONGER ON TWIT TER @doctorow]

I've left Twitter, but I'm still writing a daily blog.

You can read today's post ("Criticizing the everything machine")

at https://t.co/HF11050JFI

It's also available on Mastodon at:

https://t.co/jnbPnt7zcr

And on Bluesky at:

https://t.co/U3A7O5SLCz

[Timothy Snyder @TimothyDSnyder]

Pay attention to who is willing to break the law for Trump as we head into the midterms—because his end goal is to create a system where others will break the law for him. It's about building a custom where it's normal to break the law for a person. The big case is the military

[Gerardo L. Munck @GerardoMunck]

The 2nd round of Peru’s election for president is tomorrow. The big question is whether Keiko Fujimori wins on her 4th try.

However, to understand Peru it is important to think about it historically. And this book, edited by @paulodrinot & Alberto Vergara, is a very good source

[David J. Bier @David_J_Bier]

“The new wall of red tape for legal immigrants isn’t some anomalous departure for the Trump administration. Rather, the bureaucratic hoops are an essential component of mass deportation.” https://t.co/i2pXfWWcVG

[Maj. (Ret.) Richard Ojeda @Ojeda4America]

Trump’s new acting director of national intelligence has never even received an intelligence briefing before this Thursday.

For context, the White House janitorial staff held a higher security clearance than the new Intelligence Director.

This is DANGEROUS.

[Juan Carlos Iragorri @jciragorri]

Tómese un café y póngase los audífonos. Este es nuestro episodio de hoy. Óigalo aquí: https://t.co/6BnlfDpI0B

[Nicolás Albertoni @N_Albertoni]

#Charla | Esta semana tuvimos una productivo intercambio con a @DianaMondino🇦🇷, @rupertschlegelm🇩🇪, y Tatiana Prazeres🇧🇷 , sobre “How the #EUMercosur Agreement Can Reshape #LatinAmericaEU Relations”, organizado por @Georgetown Americas Institute🇺🇸 (@GUAmericas)

🧩 El principal mensaje: el Acuerdo #UEMercosur no es solo un acuerdo comercial, sino una plataforma estratégica para relanzar la relación entre #AméricaLatina y #Europa en un contexto global más fragmentado y competitivo.

https://t.co/4DuAG5n20E

[Ada Ferrer @Adita_Ferrer]

Join us this Sunday online ….

[Fritz Sanchez @Fritz_A_Sanchez]

La falta de voluntad política y militar para detener la devastación del #SurDelOrinoco en la #Venezuela de hoy, se cuenta, cada día, en selvas destruidas, ecosistemas contaminados y enormes cicatrices en parajes, otrora prístinos

...la destrucción avanza en el eje Karuay

[David J. Bier @David_J_Bier]

“Mexicans are invading the United States.” -Dangerously wrong. “Russians are invading Ukraine.” -True.

[The Green Dragon Tavern @greendragonhq]

Family wealth generated while holding office.

We are not angry enough about this.

[William A. Booth @WilliamABooth]

And by way of contrast, history graduates have had very robust employment prospects for decades. Not least in law firms, which I’ve said before should be paying a special tax directly to history departments for churning out such excellent pressure-ready evidence-based arguers.

[Erick Langer @ErickLanger]

This is criminal behavior by the USG. It must stop:

[Adam Isacson @adam_wola]

They've killed 204-206 people. But "they have not used the presence of narcotics on the boat as one of the targeting criteria."

THEY HAVE NOT USED THE PRESENCE OF NARCOTICS ON THE BOAT AS ONE OF THE TARGETING CRITERIA.