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“Desafiante y rebelde” - mi psicóloga

[Latin American Elections @LatAmerElection]

So Peru will soon have a president named Fujimori, Daniel Ortega is the president of Nicaragua, Mexico is governed by a hegemonic party, and the U.S. is acting like an unchecked imperial power. Remind me, what decade are we in?

[Joseph Bouchard @GeopolWonk]

Bolivia: Paz, the right, and the US keep talking about protesters being "narcoterrorists". Where's the proof? Such a serious claim should be met with serious evidence, but, instead, all we get is vague gesturing. Labeling isn't sufficient. This isn't how the law works.

[David Adler @davidrkadler]

The Donroe Doctrine is stone-cold colonialism: We invade your country, we elect your governors, and we extract your wealth. Latin America’s long struggle for self-determination is not simply unfinished; it is moving in reverse.

[Jose Luis @lasmuchedumbres]

Exactamente.

Una sociedad como la guatemalteca no está acostumbrada a que se hagan enunciados categóricos de esta manera, pero más vale acostumbrarse:

Es de ignorantes oponerse a la educación universal, pública y gratuita. Es simple. Sos ignorante si crees que no es necesario.

[Jose Luis @lasmuchedumbres]

El sueño del miguateco es derogar los impuestos totalmente para que el Estado funcione a base de concesiones donde depredadores privados cobran el triple por servicios que con buenas instituciones se pueden proveer a niveles aceptables.

Es bastante tonto, déjenme que se los diga

[Jose Luis @lasmuchedumbres]

Cada vez que un conservador de derecha corrupto pierde, es una victoria para el mundo.

En Guatemala tenemos muchísimos conservadores corruptos y hay que sacarlos de la vida pública del país.

[Will Freeman @WillGFreeman]

This is true, and it's great Latin America has no interstate wars.

But I find something deeply sad about the 'Latin America as haven from violence' take.

There *is* war-like violence many places. 1/3 of all global homicides.

It's just that w/ enough money, you can insulate.

[Tymofiy Mylovanov @Mylovanov]

Colombia is now the single largest source of foreign fighters in Ukraine. About 25% of all foreign volunteers are Colombian.

With Argentines, Brazilians, Peruvians, and others, South Americans form the biggest foreign contingent on Kyiv’s side. 2/

[Branko Milanovic @BrankoMilan]

You have this bizarre world where US, Russia, EU and Israel just attack any countries they feel like attacking, and US and EU are worried about "Chinese aggressive policies".

[Andrés Pertierra @ASPertierra]

Another one of those little episodes to include for students in intro courses to Latin America to explain how weird the region can be

[Jan-Albert Hootsen @jahootsen]

Here's a sad thought: Mexican local media were the ones providing the public with crucial information on Mencho's death and the resulting violence, while AI generated uncertainty and panic via false images and information.

But the money is going to AI, not local journalism.

[Tamanisha J John @TamanishaJohn]

144 Caribbean and Latin American people extrajudicially murdered by US airstrikes against boats in the region. Today (Feb 20*) US SOUTHCOM announced it murdered 3 people in boat strikes on South America’s Pacific Coast:

[Jose Luis @lasmuchedumbres]

Cuando veo a la gente en Guate quejarse del tráfico y luego digo cosas como

“Deberíamos cobrarles altos impuestos a los ricos para financiar un sistema de transporte público de calidad”

y empiezo a recibir insultos, me hace sospechar que buena parte del tráfico es autoinfligido

[Juan Manuel D'Angelo @futboltrotters]

¿Sabías que la Constitución de Perú exige que todos los habitantes del país ocupen el cargo de Presidente de la Nación al menos una vez en la vida?

[María. 🍀🍃 @_marielosd]

Y si, volvería a votar por Bernardo.

[Alonso Gurmendi @Alonso_GD]

I argued elsewhere that there is no rules-based order in int’l relations but that rather world powers select specific areas of the world as “bombable” and “unbombable”. What we are seeing in Venezuela is the US moving to put Latin America back in the “bombable” category

[Fernando Ramos @FernandoRamosB]

Solo se les recuerda que han pasado mas de 70 años desde la intervención militar extranjera en Guatemala y se siguen sufriendo las consecuencias. El país está hundido.

[Alonso Gurmendi @Alonso_GD]

The history of US interventionism in Latin America is a history of human rights violations, human experimentation, slavery, poverty and genocide, not emancipation. Maduro is a monster who does not care about his people, but let’s not be naive: neither does the US

[el aceitu @drozzymandias]

No falla

[Latin American Elections @LatAmerElection]

Utterly predictable, but still tragic: Bukele follows in the footsteps of Chávez and Ortega in scrapping term limits. At 44 years old, Bukele could entrench a personalist dictatorship that rivals Stroessner.