Oliver Dodd

Political economist | Media, war, and imperial power
Latin America, US foreign policy, security narratives
Lecturer in IR @LJMU | Co-Director @CSSGJ

[Oliver Dodd @olivercdodd]

🚨 New publication in @RISjnl 🌎📚

Very happy to have published this Open Access article with Review of International Studies: “War of Movement: The Political Economy of Conflict Escalation in Colombia, 1990–1998”.

The article reinterprets the escalation of Colombia’s civil war, drawing heavily on archival documents and interviews with former FARC commanders, retired military officers, trade union organisers, and business leaders.

A special thanks is owed to the interviewees, who made a genuine difference to my understanding of the war and its escalation during the 1990s.

You can access the full article at https://t.co/98mifY0lP4

[The Washington Post @washingtonpost]

Exclusive: New York Mayor Zohran Mamdani was planning to meet with leftist Colombian President Gustavo Petro while he was in town for U.N. events, but the Trump administration effectively nixed it in a behind-the-scenes effort. https://t.co/2nPDt0jAQQ

[Cuban Embassy in US @EmbaCubaUS]

President @DiazCanelB:

"Our country is facing a critical moment, threatened as never before by imperialism, which once again believes it can subdue us and put an end to the Revolution.

To that end, and before the eyes of the world, in violation of every norm of international law, the U.S. government is committing an act of genocide that imposes terrible restrictions on the daily lives of our people.

The perverse manner in which the #US is carrying out a plan against #Cuba aimed at provoking a humanitarian crisis throughout the nation—with the grave effects already beginning to be felt by children, the elderly, pregnant women, people with disabilities, and, in general, our entire people without exception—can only be called a crime against humanity."

[Oliver Dodd @olivercdodd]

Classic. A U.S. Congressman doesn’t even know the name of the Colombian President he condemns as a “narco communist”.

[Rep. Carlos A. Gimenez @RepCarlos]

@ABDELAESPRIELLA @realDonaldTrump Here in Washington, we know your commitment to taking US-Colombia relations to new heights — especially after these disastrous years of the narcocommunist Pertro administration.

[Gustavo Petro @petrogustavo]

Presento las bases comprobadas del posible fraude. Que puedo entregar a autoridad competente.

Dije que no reconocí los datos del preconteo del software de los hermanos Bautista es porque tengo datos.

Mi compromiso con mi pueblo y el amor a mi país por el que he luchado toda mi vida hace que arriesgue todo al transmitirlo y lo voy a hacer en este momento.

El registrador se negó permanentemente a entregar el código fuente que era el requisito básico de la transparencia electoral.

Lo hice porque por sentencia plena del consejo de estado del 2018, se declaró ese software vulnerable desde dentro y desde afuera.

Ante mi denuncia sobre que el software fue modificado en días en los que por norma legal debería mantenerse quieto, el registrador dijo que era imposible.

Esto solo indica que la registraduría no tiene control del software, como ya sabíamos.

El software si fue modificado y dos veces el 26 de mayo del 2026. La primera modificación ocurrió a la 1.21.35 pm y la segunda a las 7.21.13 pm

La modificación consistió en modificar el censo electoral y el número de puestos y mesas. El diario el tiempo logró descubrir solo la modificacion de mesas.

La cuantía de la modificación es la siguiente:

Censo oficial 41.421.973. está cifra fue cambiada en DIVIPOL en el software de los hermanos Bautista el 26 de mayo del 2026, cinco días antes de las elecciones en la siguiente cantidad 42.307.373.

La diferencia es de 885.409 nuevas cédulas que no se inscribieron en la fecha legal.

También se variaron los puestos de votación, aumentandolos de la siguiente manera:

De 13.742 oficiales a 14.438 en DIVIPOL, software de los hermanos Bautista, diferencia 696 puestos de votación.

Esto da un cambio en el número totales:

Mesas oficiales, ya escritas: 120.527, pero en DIVIPOL de los hermanos Bautista, quienes son los que hicieron el conteo hay 122.020 con una diferencia de 1493 mesas adicionales, que no posiblemente no han sido escrutadas.

Puedo probar ante autoridad competente estos hechos.

En el conteo de votos de los hermanos Bautista, aparecen 5.300 mesas con ms de 300 votos en el día, que es la cifra que máximo pueden votar en las horas de elección, muchas llegan a 700 votos.

En esas mesas es donde se ubica la ventaja de 635.000 con que Abelardo supera a Cepeda.
Entrego el dato completo de las 5.300 mesas.

[Oliver Dodd @olivercdodd]

Una victoria suya no sería una victoria para las mujeres. Sería la victoria de una oligarca, nieta por línea paterna de un expresidente, alguien que no tiene nada en común con el 99 % de las mujeres.

[Paloma Valencia L @PalomaValenciaL]

Que nadie le diga a la mujer colombiana que hay cosas que no son para ellas. En las urnas haremos historia🕊️. Mujer vota mujer🇨🇴.

[Vijay Prashad @vijayprashad]

When will the United States return the land of Guantanamo to the Cuban people? Settler, go home.

[The Associated Press @AP]

EXCLUSIVE: The Trump administration has quietly instructed federal prosecutors to avoid pursuing criminal investigations into Venezuela’s acting President Delcy Rodríguez, a longtime target of the U.S. Drug Enforcement Administration. https://t.co/i44LPVRbBH

[Ollie Vargas @Ollie_Vargas_]

Neoliberal Ecuador: Violent crime is so high the govt just declared a military curfew on a majority of its cities, including the capital. You can't be outside after 11pm for the next month.

10 years ago 🇪🇨 ranked as 2nd safest country in region under leftist President Correa.

[Carole Cadwalladr @carolecadwalla]

BBC News leading with a cancelled concert. Second on news list: US president threatens civilisational erasure

[Kevork Almassian @KevorkAlmassian]

On the left: Rahmeh Aladwan, an NHS doctor arrested & charged over alleged verbal support for Hamas.

On the right: the leader of an al-Qaeda-linked militia walking freely, treated like a head of state and shaking hands with Keir Starmer.

Spare me the lectures about “values.”

[Asociación Freytter Elkartea @ascjafr]

El profesor Miguel Ángel Beltrán, ex preso político, se solidariza con el profesor e investigador Francisco Toloza Fuentes - @PachoTolozaF - ante su estigmatización en la Universidad Nacional de Colombia, denunciando la persecución y defendiendo la libertad académica y el pensamiento crítico.
@SintraunalBogot
@sintraunal

[Mohamad Safa @mhdksafa]

Doctors are manually operating ventilators in order to keep babies alive in Cuba.

The U.S. is laying siege cruelly cut off all fuel, power is out, leaving hospitals without electricity. Dialysis patients, babies in NICU, and others will die. This’s a crime against humanity.

[Steve Sweeney @SweeneySteve]

Now where have we heard this before? 🤔

[KNEECAP @KNEECAPCEOL]

Streets of Havana right now.

Full blackout across the entire island.

Hospitals, nursing homes, people's lives....all in total darkness.

For US imperialism.

[Juan Ricardo Aparicio Cuervo @AparicioCuervo]

Hace unos años sacamos este volumen con Manuela Fernandez-Pinto, preguntándonos sobre las trayectorias y especificidades del Neoliberismo en Colombia.
@fgutierrezsanin

https://t.co/Hm9QZV6e9I

[Ryan Grim @ryangrim]

Cuban President Miguel Diaz-Canel says it’s curious that the U.S. military can find drug boats in the Caribbean and blow them up, but somehow they missed a bunch of armed men in a boat coming from Miami to attack Cuba

[Steve Sweeney @SweeneySteve]

Today I$rael tried to kill me in a targeted airstrike in southern Lebanon as I was reporting on was the targeting of bridges and the forced displacement of 1 million people, an ethnic cleansing operation on a larger scale than the Nakba

I have absolutely no doubt that this was deliberate. Despite claims there were no warnings ahead of the strike and no notifications sent to the Lebanese Army who allowed us to film

As we have seen in Gaza they want to silence journalists who document and report their war crimes

It is the western powers who provide political and military support for I$rael, arming it to the teeth to carry out genocide in Gaza and ethnic cleansing here in Lebanon. They are not simply complicit, but active participants and should be held accountable for their actions.

But if I$rael thinks today’s strike will silence us and keep us out of the field they are very, very mistaken

[Assal Rad @AssalRad]

Incredible that this was caught on film, yet there’s barely any coverage in Western media and the coverage that does exist doesn’t name ISRAEL.

[MintPress News @MintPressNews]

Shocking Footage Of An Israeli Airstrike Targeting RT Correspondent Steve Sweeney

He was injured along with his cameraman.

[ÚltimaHoraCaracol @UltimaHoraCR]

#UnidadInvestigativa @CaracolRadio | Salvatore Mancuso y un testigo acusan a exjefe de seguridad de @DrummondLTDCo de entregar la lista con los nombres de sindicalistas que debían ser asesinados.

Mancuso afirmó que autorizó reuniones entre ‘Jorge 40’ y el emisario de la Drummond, James Atkins, para llegar a acuerdos. “Con base en eso se realizaban esas operaciones militares desafortunadas, que cegaron la vida de miles de personas en esa zona” afirmó.

@Rafaristizabal @andresGgaitan @BBejaranoG

https://t.co/woHMRjVE2M