tracy wilkinson

Los Angeles Times Washington DC bureau covering foreign affairs & policy. Former Mexico/Central America bureau chief and longtime foreign correspondent

[tracy wilkinson @TracyKWilkinson]

congrats to the washpost for this great hire.

[Nick Baumann @NickBaumann]

Some personnel news: https://t.co/aMdEyrk7ev

[Ana María @AniMendezD]

U.S imports from #Guatemala was US$5.8 Billion in 2022. The @POTUS administration should take comprehensive action, including targeted financial sanctions, and trade restrictions on any and all actors who have attempted to overturn a free and fair election

[Claudia Paz y Paz @ClaudiaPazyPaz]

Ni el Ministerio Público como institución, ni una Fiscal tienen la autoridad para declarar que las elecciones son nulas.

[Benjamin Gedan @benjamingedan]

Guatemalan elites are playing with fire. Arresting Arévalo or throwing out his election win would invite regional isolation, including suspension from the OAS, US and EU sanctions, and a stampede for the exits by any investors looking for nearshoring opportunities in the country.

[Phil Gordon Archived @PhilGordon46]

Yesterday’s unprecedented raid on electoral facilities in Guatemala was an attack on the democratic process and the rule of law. The US will continue to support Guatemalan democracy and punish corrupt actors who seek to subvert it.

[tracy wilkinson @TracyKWilkinson]

Nice. But many in LATAM see #OAS_official as mere extension of US. Esp RE: some elections (Honduras, Bolivia etc). A need to shore up the institution's credibility? How? (SEE: U.S. chooses sides in Latin America; Electoral unrest in Honduras, Bolivia
LAT 1-5-2020.)

[tracy wilkinson @TracyKWilkinson]

Tonight from State Dept:
US "deeply troubled by Israeli government’s reported decision to advance planning for over 4,000 settlement units in West Bank." Also protests changes to IZ system that makes settlements easier. What'll this do to 'normalization' for IZ in region?

[Melissa Fleming 🇺🇳 @MelissaFleming]

Another terrible Mediterranean shipwreck.
No refugee or migrant would risk their lives on a journey so dangerous if they could survive & thrive where they are.

No person fleeing conflict, persecution, or hunger should have to die trying to reach safety.
https://t.co/4oPrLnLoqJ

[Jennifer Ludden @JenniferLudden]

Why the far right targeted ERIC, a tool to catch voter fraud

https://t.co/emkO5fBniy

[Vivian Salama @vmsalama]

50 days is 50 days too long. We won’t stop fighting for your freedom, Evan. Journalism is NOT a crime. #IStandWithEvan #FreeEvanNow

[tracy wilkinson @TracyKWilkinson]

A very sad loss. The last surviving Nuremberg prosecutor dies at what many are describing a new Nuremberg moment in war-crimes probes (Putin's war against Ukraine). Ben Ferencz was an inspiration to watch in interviews well into his 90s.

[US Holocaust Museum @HolocaustMuseum]

Today the world lost a leader in the quest for justice for victims of genocide and related crimes. We mourn the death of Ben Ferencz—the last Nuremberg war crimes prosecutor. At age 27, with no prior trial experience, he secured guilty verdicts against 22 NazisToday the world lost a leader in the quest for justice for victims of genocide and related crimes. We mourn the death of Ben Ferencz—the last Nuremberg war crimes prosecutor. At age 27, with no prior trial experience, he secured guilty verdicts against 22 Nazis.

[US Holocaust Museum @HolocaustMuseum]

Today the world lost a leader in the quest for justice for victims of genocide and related crimes. We mourn the death of Ben Ferencz—the last Nuremberg war crimes prosecutor. At age 27, with no prior trial experience, he secured guilty verdicts against 22 NazisToday the world lost a leader in the quest for justice for victims of genocide and related crimes. We mourn the death of Ben Ferencz—the last Nuremberg war crimes prosecutor. At age 27, with no prior trial experience, he secured guilty verdicts against 22 Nazis.

[tracy wilkinson @TracyKWilkinson]

Must-read from @latimes 's @cmsub and @kentnish on @VP Kamala Harris and her trip to Africa, embracing her bi-racial identity.
https://t.co/uhGubXmTQv

[tracy wilkinson @TracyKWilkinson]

Finland is now officially 31st member of NATO. Brief ceremony at NATO HQ in Brussels makes it formal.

[Lydia Polgreen @lpolgreen]

I wrote about the excruciating cruelty of the rich world's treatment of refugees from the poor world, connecting the dots from a fire on the US-Mexico border to a biblical earthquake in Turkey and Syria. https://t.co/5DDtPpOZRQ

[Ben Samuels @Bsamuels0]

Another one bites the dust: Netanyahu dismisses Noa Tishby, Israel's prominent special antisemitism envoy, after she criticized his planned judicial overhaul during a segment with @billmaher https://t.co/KCX5tP7XxF

[tracy wilkinson @TracyKWilkinson]

oops, hit the button too soon. here's the story.
https://t.co/Ne3kvcU12s

[tracy wilkinson @TracyKWilkinson]

Trump's supporters say indicting him is 'un-American.' They are kind of right, but probably not in the way they meant. Other democracies around the world have probed, charged, convicted and even jailed their former leaders

[tracy wilkinson @TracyKWilkinson]

Trump's supporters say indicting him is 'un-American.' They are kind of right, but probably not in the way they meant. Other democracies around the world have probed, charged, convicted and even jailed their former leaders

[tracy wilkinson @TracyKWilkinson]

Twice impeached Trump is now indicted
https://t.co/P7yPbeLlXj

[Sarah D. Wire @sarahdwire]

On the third day of the Conservative Political Action Conference earlier this month, two men delivered on experts’ biggest concerns about attempts to access election machines after the 2020 election.
https://t.co/mBR7VJHqq6