Gisela Salim-Peyer

venezuelan, associate ed @TheAtlantic

[Gisela Salim-Peyer @giselasalimp]

"This is Italy's Apollo project"

For longer than anyone can remember, Italian governments have promised a bridge to Sicily and failed to build it. This story is about the beguilement of great infrastructure--and about power as an optical illusion:

https://t.co/y6be6CtdeQ

[Jacob Kushner @JacobKushner]

7 years in the making, this feature for Now Voyager Magazine took me to six countries on 4 continents. The epic story of the famous writer turned travel influencer who became China’s literary lens into Africa, and the world. But was Sanmao’s Africa real? https://t.co/yBGNNJFSwa

[SAVE A SEAT FOR ME (Simon & Schuster, 2026) @NewBlackMan]

"The Cuban American artist Coco Fusco complained to me that every time she gives a talk about her work on Cuba, an audience member asks her some version of the question: But what about the American blockade?"

Cubans’ Despair | @giselasalimp
https://t.co/iuUXm19nYO

[Griff Witte @griffwitte]

After decades of being buffeted by great powers, repressed by their own government, crushed by economic crises, and paraded as the victims of a succession of sanctions, Cubanos have had it up to here with pretty much everyone, @giselasalimp writes: https://t.co/nEE8tHc5jZ

[Gisela Salim-Peyer @giselasalimp]

wrote about cuban people who are very very angry and have every reason to be:
https://t.co/K6JtJzufGw

[Paul Beckett @paul4thepress]

After decades of being buffeted by great powers, repressed by their own government, crushed by economic crises, and paraded as the victims of a succession of sanctions, Cubanos by now have had it up to here with pretty much everyone, @giselasalimp writes: https://t.co/l0z0ZKsNw3

[Álex Maroño Porto @alexmaronho]

"I’m trying to convince myself that I’m not missing out on a big portion of the dating scene, but being graciously spared"
https://t.co/ye6udy82q8

[Gisela Salim-Peyer @giselasalimp]

This was a phenomenal essay!

[Jesse Barron @_jessebarron]

Three more days to read this online at @GrantaMag before it slinks back into its paywall cave—

[The Atlantic @TheAtlantic]

What Donald Trump wrought in Venezuela could have come from a Wall Street playbook, Gisela Salim-Peyer reports: https://t.co/t5yCiirS4V

[Gisela Salim-Peyer @giselasalimp]

Finally had a reason to use my degree in econ! 🤓

[Paul Beckett @paul4thepress]

A new way to think about what Trump did to Venezuela. Smarts by @giselasalimp https://t.co/atGbh1GQQT

[Gisela Salim-Peyer @giselasalimp]

very proud that if you look up example sentences for 'political prisoner' in Merriam-Webster, you get my words
read more sentences on political prisoners here: https://t.co/NMEdDjXY6P

[The Atlantic @TheAtlantic]

Venezuelans once viewed oil as a source of wealth and pride—but now many have come to see it more as a curse, @giselasalimp and @nancyayoussef reported in January: https://t.co/ASShqIcrso

[Gisela Salim-Peyer @giselasalimp]

The most important story I've written in a while:

[The Atlantic @TheAtlantic]

"For much of the Venezuelan opposition, the fate of the political prisoners promises to show both what the Trump administration intends for Venezuela and whether the country has left Maduro behind," @giselasalimp reports: https://t.co/4Ol2RNdx3p

[Gisela Salim-Peyer @giselasalimp]

Thank you so much for the wonderful pics @Adriaventuras

[Gisela Salim-Peyer @giselasalimp]

A month ago, Trump declared the US would run Venezuela. Today, 70% of known political prisoners locked up, suggesting that either American officials don���t have as much control over the regime as they claim—or that they do and haven’t cared enough to use it
https://t.co/NMEdDjXqhh

[Gisela Salim-Peyer @giselasalimp]

gift link: https://t.co/6seaoBJeI9

[Gisela Salim-Peyer @giselasalimp]

The Venezuelan government said on Jan 8 it would start releasing prisoners. Massiel Cordones (center) has been camping outside one of the jails ever since, waiting for the release of her son:

[Laureano Marquez @laureanomar]

Cuando un norteamericano le pregunta a un venezolano “Where are you from?” Y éste responde “Venezuela”, al norteamericano le suena a “Minnesota”.
A mí me pasa exactamente al revés: veo Minnesota y me suena a Venezuela.

[Toluse Olorunnipa @ToluseO]

Venezuelans once viewed oil as a source of wealth and pride—but now many have come to see it more as a curse, @giselasalimp and @nancyayoussef report:
https://t.co/OVqyYNxnwz

[Jenna Johnson @Jenna_DC]

Venezuelans once viewed oil as a source of wealth and pride—but now many have come to see it more as a curse, @giselasalimp and @nancyayoussef report:
https://t.co/exoQ2JHeMA