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Dan Beeton @danbeeton.bsky.social · 4d

"Recordings allegedly expose a coordinated plot by senior figures of the opposition National Party of #Honduras (PNH), a member of the National Electoral Council (CNE), & elements within the armed forces to manipulate the will of the people & distort the results of the elections"

Progressive International @progintl.bsky.social · 4d

NEW 🇭🇳 The Progressive International's Observatory expresses grave concern about the integrity of Honduras’s upcoming general elections on 30 November, following the release of disturbing audio recordings by Attorney General Joel Zelaya.

Statement from the Progressive International Observatory

Red Alert: Audio Recordings Reveal Alleged Conspiracy in Honduras Elections

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Center for Economic and Policy Research @ceprdc.bsky.social · 7d

American aggression in #LatAm is reaching dangerous new levels. CEPR's regional experts—journalists, lawyers, economists—are monitoring every development. This could spread beyond the hemisphere. Stay informed via our live tracker.

US Escalation in the Caribbean and Latin America - Live Updates

As the Trump administration intervenes more directly in hemispheric affairs, CEPR will be closely following developments throughout Latin America and the Caribbean — and here in Washington.

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Dan Beeton @danbeeton.bsky.social · 19d

Important to note, which the article does not, that the CIA supported the quickly overturned 2002 coup against the democratically elected government in Venezuela, which we know from CIA documents web.archive.org/web/20111205...

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Democracy Now! @democracynow.org · 19d

Rutgers professor Mark Bray is author of "Antifa: The Anti-Fascist Handbook," which explores the history and tactics of anti-fascist movements. He recently fled the U.S. after receiving death threats over his scholarship.

https://www.democracynow.org/2025/10/15/mark_bray

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CollinCountyDems @collincountydems.bsky.social · 25d

This is terrifying!

ICE breaks into this woman’s car in the pick-up line at West Loop Elementary school in Chicago and detains her before she can pick her kids up from school. (They were eventually let go after showing their documents)

This is Trump’s America.

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FCNL @fcnl.bsky.social · 25d

After two horrific years, it’s welcome news that we may finally see a reprieve from the violence & genocide in Gaza.

This could be the start of healing. But only if there is accountability to ensure real steps are taken toward just and lasting peace.

Here's what you need to know 🧵⬇️

Democracy Now! @democracynow.org · 26d

President Trump says Israel and Hamas have agreed to the "first phase" of a U.S.-backed ceasefire deal to end the two-year war in Gaza.

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Dan Beeton @danbeeton.bsky.social · Oct 2

"Noboa is exploiting #Ecuador’s security crisis to extend his authority beyond constitutional limits," @ceprdc.bsky.social's Pedro Labayen told FairPlanet.

Noboa is criminalizing opposition to destructive projects & stifling CSOs like Trump admin wants to do in US
www.fairplanet.org/story/ecuado...

Noboa Tightens Grip with Ecuador’s Transparency Law | FairPlanet

Ecuador’s crackdown on Indigenous leaders and civil society under President Daniel Noboa is exposing concerning surveillance and repression.

www.fairplanet.org

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Jeet Heer @jeetheer.bsky.social · Sep 18

This is the biggest attack on free speech since the McCarthy era but it also has significantly less popular consensus behind it than the second Red Scare. It's being done on behalf of a minority faction led by the most unpopular president in modern history. Organizing against this can win.

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Vanity Fair @vanityfair.com · Sep 16

Ta-Nehisi Coates on Charlie Kirk and the pundits and politicians sanitizing his legacy.

Charlie Kirk, Redeemed: A Political Class Finds Its Lost Cause

By ignoring the rhetoric and actions of the Turning Point USA founder, pundits and politicians are sanitizing his legacy.

www.vanityfair.com

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Dan Beeton @danbeeton.bsky.social · Sep 9

“It’s ironic, but not unexpected, that the supposed ‘anti-war president’ and his administration have become unabashedly bellicose in Latin America.”

Matthew Bell @matthewjbell.bsky.social · Sep 8

The attack on a ship off the Venezuelan coast is the first time the US has carried out a deadly military operation on its own in Latin America since the 1989 invasion of Panama. By @undertheshadow.bsky.social -- www.thenation.com/article/worl...

With the Strike on a “Drug-Carrying Boat,” Trump Returns to a Dangerous US Policy for Latin America

The attack on a ship off the Venezuelan coast is the first time the US has carried out a deadly military operation on its own in Latin America since the 1989 invasion of Panama.

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Dan Beeton @danbeeton.bsky.social · Sep 4

Join us Sept 25 at @busboysandpoets.bsky.social in DC for what is sure to be a great discussion between Greg Grandin and @ryangrim.bsky.social about Greg's book, "America, América"!
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Greg Grandin’s America, América: A New History of the New World – Book Discussion

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Dan Beeton @danbeeton.bsky.social · Sep 4

See this @ceprdc.bsky.social study on how lethal #sanctions are here: cepr.net/publications...

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Kevin M. Kruse @kevinmkruse.bsky.social · Sep 4

You've got to remember that even though RFK Jr looks like an idiot and sounds like an idiot, he is, in fact, an idiot.

The Tennessee Holler @thetnholler.bsky.social · Sep 4

SEN. CASSIDY (R) : “Do you agree Trump deserves the Nobel Prize for Operation Warp speed?”

RFK JR.: “Absolutely.”

SEN. CASSIDY: “But you just told Senator Bennet the COVID vaccine killed more people than COVID.”

RFK JR.: “….”😬 🤷🏻‍♂️

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Dan Beeton @danbeeton.bsky.social · Aug 25

"Those critical of U.S. engagement with #Venezuela have been quick to point out Chevron’s funding of the nonprofit world, but conveniently avoid mentioning funding from one of its biggest competitors, Exxon."

Climate, Ecology, War & More by Dr. Glen Barry, BigEarthData.ai @bigearthdata.bsky.social · Aug 25

US non-profits 'in the tank' for Exxon, Chevron over Venezuela oil
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US non-profits 'in the tank' for Exxon, Chevron over Venezuela oil

On Friday, as three U.S. destroyers headed towards waters off of Venezuela and President Nicolás Maduro mobilized 4.5 million militiamen in response, Secretary of State Marco Rubio posted a one-word tweet: “#Guyana.” The post included a screenshot of a statement...

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AFL-CIO @aflcio.org · Aug 8

Terminating the union contracts of 400,000 workers at the VA, many of whom are veterans themselves, is union-busting, plain and simple.

VA Secretary Doug Collins: taking away your workers’ union contracts isn’t putting veterans first—it’s putting them at risk.

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Dan Beeton @danbeeton.bsky.social · Aug 4

Economic #Sanctions like the US is imposing on Afghanistan, Cuba, Iran, & Venezuela kill as many people as armed conflict does, a new study shows. Most of these are small kids & the elderly, study coauthor SilvioRendon explains to the Latino Media Collective
latinomediacollective.com/2025/08/04/a...

August 1st, 2025: Sanctions Kill

Today on the show, the LMC speaks with Silvio Rendon, an economist for the Center for Economic and Policy Research. on how US sanctions imposed on various countries end up possibly killing more peo…

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Elias Ferrer @ferrerbreda.bsky.social · Jul 24

Sometimes we forget that sanctions are, to many effects, an act of war. Blockades aren't new, just the way we do them.

Now, Francisco Rodríguez, Silvio Rendón, and Mark Weisbrot are arguing they cause as many deaths as conventional war.

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Effects of International Sanctions on Age-Specific Mortality: A Cross-National Panel Data Analysis

New study finds unilateral economic sanctions significantly increase mortality, causing over 560,000 deaths annually—comparable to war.

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Dan Beeton @danbeeton.bsky.social · Aug 1

Great reporting on why Petro has been frustrated in his efforts to cut off coal and other economic ties to Israel as part of an international push to stop the genocide

NACLA Report @nacla-report.bsky.social · Jul 31

"While Colombian President Gustavo Petro has emerged as one of the world’s most fearless champions of the Palestinian cause, his policies have so far fallen short of achieving their aim of ending material support for Israel’s genocide."

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Colombia Challenges Israeli Impunity from Above and Below

As President Petro ramps up efforts to halt coal exports to Israel, activists push for decisive action and chart a new path for Global South solidarity.

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Dan Beeton @danbeeton.bsky.social · Jul 29

@ceprdc.bsky.social has launched a dashboard to track the debt distress & climate vulnerability of low- & middle-income countries around the world. Ivana Vasic Lalovic created it in response to concerns over the growing debt & climate crises affecting Global South countries. cepr.net/newsroom/cep...

CEPR Launches Data Dashboard to Track Countries’ Debt Distress and Climate Vulnerability

CEPR has launched a dashboard to track the debt distress and climate vulnerability of low- and middle-income countries around the world.

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Maximillian Alvarez @maximillianalvarez.bsky.social · Jul 29

🚨 RED ALERT 🚨 Israeli forces imprisoned & beat Chris Smalls, US labor leader, after capturing the @freedomflotilla.bsky.social ship Handala on Saturday.

Every union member, every labor leader who took pictures with Chris, should be speaking out NOW! DEMAND CHRIS BE SAFELY RELEASED & RETURNED HOME

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Dan Beeton @danbeeton.bsky.social · Jul 28

"Ecuadorian defenders also expressed deep concern—as we have in Canada—about the inclusion of an investor-state dispute settlement (#ISDS) process that a majority of Ecuadorians rejected in a national referendum last year." #Ecuador nbmediacoop.org/2025/07/28/c...

Canada needs to reset its free trade plans with Ecuador

International relations today are rife with difficult challenges to peace, security, democracy, the rule of law, human rights, and a

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Sarah Kendzior @sarahkendzior.bsky.social · Nov 22

On Ghislaine Maxwell, Jeffrey Epstein, and espionage. From my book HIDING IN PLAIN SIGHT. Written in 2019, published in 2020.

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Charity & Security Network @charitysecurity.bsky.social · Jul 23

🚨 U.S. officials often frame #sanctions as a "peaceful" alternative to war. New @thelancet.com study shows they kill as many people as armed conflict. The "humane" alternative is a lie.

Battle deaths from wars: 106K annually.
Deaths from unilateral sanctions: 564K annually.

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Sanctions, on Rise, Are as Deadly as Armed Conflict, Study Says

Sanctions can cause as many fatalities as armed conflict, with unilateral penalties being associated with more than half a million deaths per year, according to a new analysis.

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Center for Economic and Policy Research @ceprdc.bsky.social · Jul 23

🚨 NEW REPORT: The myth that sanctions are a humane alternative to war is shattered. Sanctions imposed by single countries cause massive civilian deaths, with children under 5 hit hardest. bit.ly/Sanctions_Study

Effects of International Sanctions on Age-Specific Mortality: A Cross-National Panel Data Analysis

New study finds unilateral economic sanctions significantly increase mortality, causing over 560,000 deaths annually—comparable to war.

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Center for Economic and Policy Research @ceprdc.bsky.social · Jul 23

Our new study reveals unilateral sanctions cause over 564K deaths yearly, rivaling war's human toll. Grateful to @Bloomberg.com for covering this critical issue. Dive into the details: https://bloom.bg/3ICqiYl

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