Ivan Briscoe
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Senior director for policy at @crisisgroup. Errant Mancunian, oft relapsing Latin America addict. Aquí se habla Spanglish. RT out of mirth, horror or curiosity.
Joined February 2014
RT @APjoshgoodman: Trump now offering same bounty amount for Maduro that U.S. offered for Bin Laden after 9/11. But does a bigger reward….
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The Trump administration is doubling to $50 million a reward for the arrest of Venezuelan President Nicolás Maduro and accusing him of working with cartels to flood the U.S. with fentanyl-laced...
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I found this copy of The Times from 7th August 1945 a few years ago. A strange choice to line an old family hatbox. To quote Churchill's words, "This revelation of the secrets of nature, long mercifully withheld from man, should arouse the most solemn reflections in the mind"
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RT @EroComfort: 80 years since Hiroshima, the taboo on nuclear use still holds - but it is fraying. In Ukraine, South Asia, and the Koreas,….
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New channels of communication and wider support for the IAEA can help prevent catastrophe.
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And in a parallel universe. "The scope and gravity of the recent policies, practices, and actions of the Government of Brazil constitute an unusual and extraordinary threat".
whitehouse.gov
By the authority vested in me as President by the Constitution and the laws of the United States of America, including the International Emergency
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RT @BramEbus: 1/ Record gold prices have made illegal mining more profitable than ever. In the Venezuelan Amazon, this means not only orga….
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Illegal gold mining is doing growing damage to southern Venezuela, its delicate ecosystem and its people. Curbing this harm is up to the government in Caracas. Foreign capitals should use whatever...
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"They threw us down, they dragged us, and the officers from El Salvador said: welcome to hell, you'll never get out of here, the only way out is in a black bag". From one of the 252 Venezuelan migrants to the U.S., now back home after purgatory in CECOT.
eltiempo.com
Tras un acuerdo entre Washington y Caracas, 252 venezolanos retornaron. Los testimonios comienzan a dar luces de los abusos vividos por meses.
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RT @renaticas: Yesterday’s municipal elections consolidate Maduro’s firm grasp on the a Venezuelan state, a year after the presidential ele….
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Crisis Group expert Phil Gunson assesses the Venezuelan government’s staying power despite its unpopularity
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RT @CrisisGroup: NEW STATEMENT | Open the Gates to Save a Starving Gaza. Gaza is tipping from mass starvation toward mass death. Israel mus….
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As ceasefire talks drag on, Gaza is tipping from mass starvation toward mass death. Israel must allow assistance in immediately. But that step alone will not save the strip’s depleted population....
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RT @ForeignAffairsL: #LEE "El desafío de Latinoamérica en la era de la geoeconomía", la #CartaDelDirector Jordi Bacaria Colom (@bacaria_jor….
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RT @FT: Tory leader Badenoch says she is Britain’s chainsaw-wielding Milei
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In an FT interview, the head of the UK opposition says voters want an Argentina-style assault on state spending
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As deadly fighting breaks out across the #ThailandCambodia border, here's an excellent piece @CrisisGroup recently published on the build-up of conflict.
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Tensions have soared between the two South East Asian nations as nationalist fervour and a political fracas fuel a longstanding border dispute. In this Q&A, Crisis Group expert Matt Wheeler assesses...
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RT @Pontifex_es: Estoy profundamente entristecido por las víctimas y los heridos causados por el ataque militar a la parroquia de la Sagrad….
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The work done by @Cristosal has been critical in understanding the effects of mass incarceration in #ElSalvador. Now it's been forced into exile.
reuters.com
El Salvador President Nayib Bukele's drive to consolidate his grip on power and crack down on critics and humanitarian organizations has forced a leading human rights organization to suspend operat...
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RT @tiempoarg: OPINIÓN📝 "Menem": la tragedia neoliberal vendida en tono de comedia. La serie de Prime Video diluye las complejidades políti….
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RT @CrisisGroup: ‘Aged 92, Paul Biya is the world’s oldest head of state. Should he win the election, he will be 99 years old when his term….
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Crisis Group expert Arrey E. Ntui assesses President Paul Biya’s determination to stay in office and its implications for the October poll.
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RT @RichardGowan1: Does the chaos at the UN create an opportunity for Global South countries to gain more influence?. In a new essay for @C….
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Catastrophe or Opportunity?
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RT @AdamClery: We now exist in a timeline where Cole Palmer has had a brief chat with Donald Trump
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Lula letting off steam is electric. “I called Putin and I said, ‘Putin, I think it’s time for you to return to politics. Put an end to this. The world needs politics, not war. You’re missed. There are not enough people to sit around the table and discuss the fate of the planet’”.
Brazil’s President Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva has built a career on unwavering leftist principles. Now, though, he joins a thin coalition of Latin American leaders facing off against the right-wing populists and anti-globalists gaining power worldwide.
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RT @NewYorker: Brazil’s President Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva has built a career on unwavering leftist principles. Now, though, he joins a th….
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Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva on Trump, Putin, and a collapsing global order.
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RT @petracostal: I spoke to @guardian about this moment, and about the evangelical rise in Brazil explored in my new documentary Apocalypse….
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From TV soaps to the supreme court to the top job, Christian fundamentalists are on a power-grab in the country. We meet the director of Apocalypse in the Tropics, a new film charting their rise
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