
Vera Bergengruen
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National security reporter @WSJ || Previously @TIME || Se habla español 🇺🇾 || Talk to me [email protected]
Washington, DC via 🇺🇾 🇨🇱 🇲🇽 🇩🇪 & Miami
Joined December 2011
My TIME cover story from El Salvador, where I sat down with President Nayib Bukele and his top security officials, as well as salvadoreños who are living in a vastly safer country that has effectively become a one-party state, controlled by a single man.
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RT @WSJTech: Onetime Silicon Valley upstart Palantir Technologies has emerged as a power player in Trump’s second term—and adopted his pers….
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The onetime Silicon Valley upstart has emerged as a power player in Trump’s second term—and adopted his persona.
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RT @alaynatreene: POTUS is on the roof of the White House— asked why he’s up there, he shouts back to us through his hands: “just taking a….
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Bolsonaro is already banned from running for office until 2030 as part of investigations into the alleged coup, but he told the WSJ last year that he planned to run regardless, banking on support from Trump & Brazil’s electoral court to ignore the ruling.
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Justice Alexandre de Moraes accuses the right-wing leader of violating a social-media ban.
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"Practicing journalism in Latin America has become a high-risk profession. According to Reporters Without Borders, between January and July 2025, at least thirteen journalists were murdered in the region simply for practicing their profession."
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New Peruvian media outlet takes a critical look at crime in Latin America Digital Native The founders of the new Peruvian digital media outlet Al Margen talk about their investigations, security...
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The State Department may require travelers entering the U.S. from certain countries to post a bond of up to $15,000, a move aimed at deterring foreigners from overstaying their visas. @RobbieGramer
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The pilot program targets applicants for business and tourist visas from countries with high rates of overstays.
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El Salvador’s ruling-party legislators pushed through constitutional changes eliminating presidential term limits and allowing President Nayib Bukele, who is serving his second term, to run an unlimited number of times.
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El Salvador’s ruling New Ideas party eliminated presidential term limits, likely cementing President Nayib Bukele’s hold on power.
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"There is a difference between producing cease-fires and pauses and ending wars." @mgordonwsj @RobbieGramer
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President Trump says he has averted a half-dozen wars and deserves the Nobel Peace Prize, yet he has made scant headway with two of the most intractable conflicts.
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“At the most basic level, the United States has imposed a grand total of zero new sanctions on Russia since Jan. 20. In practice, sanctions have been eased since Trump came into the White House.” @laurnorman @alexbward @RobbieGramer
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The president’s tighter deadline to reach peace with Ukraine and his threat against Russia’s energy customers contrast with a lighter approach to Russia elsewhere.
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RT @yarotrof: As more bodies are pulled from the rubble of Kyiv apartment blocks bombed by Russia, the death toll has now climbed to 31, in….
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RT @John_Hudson: WSJ chart on the dramatic reduction in aid to Gaza after Israel upended the UN’s aid distribution system .
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President Trump said that he’s agreed to extend the existing tariffs on Mexico for 90 days because the “complexities of a deal with Mexico are somewhat different than other nations.".
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President Trump said that he’s agreed to extend for 90 days the existing tariffs on Mexico because the “complexities of a deal with Mexico are somewhat different than other nations." Trump said in a...
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Helluva newsroom goodbye email.
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RT @JaneLytv: Another massive attack on Kyiv last night, a total of 309 drones and 8 missiles used, most of them against the capital. In….
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RT @WSJ: President Trump’s proposed 50% tariff on Brazilian goods is likely to lift the price of the preferred coffee for most U.S. consume….
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With Brazil’s dominance in arabica bean production, U.S. roasters have few alternatives for a different exporter.
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RT @AricToler: On one of the most unbelievable satellite images I've ever seen, showing hundreds of Palestinians surrounding aid trucks nor….
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“The quake is the strongest on the planet since 2011, when a 9.0 magnitude earthquake hit northeast Japan, triggering a devastating tsunami.”
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Tsunami waves have hit nations across the Pacific after a massive 8.8 magnitude earthquake struck off Russia’s remote east coast Wednesday local time, with millions of people urged to evacuate to...
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Nigeria's foreign minister: "We already have over 230 million people. In the words of the famous U.S. rap group Public Enemy — you'll remember a line from Flavor Flav: 'Flavor Flav has problems of his own. I can't do nothing for you, man.'"
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Nigeria's government is pushing back against U.S. efforts to send the country migrants and foreign prisoners, with Nigerian Foreign Minister Yusuf Tuggar quoting Public Enemy to drive home his point.
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Trump says he would give Putin 10 or 12 days to reach a cease-fire with Ukraine or face more economic pressure
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The U.S. president said he is “very disappointed” in Russia’s leader.
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