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Eduardo Suárez

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Director of Editorial at @reutersinstitute.bsky.social. Journalist. I love trains, opera and books. From León, Spain

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Eduardo Suárez @eduardosuarez.bsky.social · 17d

I’m honoured to take on my new role as Director of Editorial of the @reutersinstitute.bsky.social, which combines digital strategy, editorial responsibilities and a new reporting project to explore some of the most pressing issues facing journalism today

Full announcement below

Eduardo Suárez, appointed Director of Editorial of the Reuters Institute

Under his leadership, the Institute’s original reporting and digital footprint has grown substantially. In his new enhanced role, he’ll create an in-depth series on journalism.

reutersinstitute.politics.ox.ac.uk

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Eduardo Suárez @eduardosuarez.bsky.social · 9h

Such a class act

Katie Phang @katiephang.bsky.social · 18h

“This is a movement…This is an achievement of a whole society…I am just one person.”

The beautiful humility of Venezuelan pro-democracy leader, Maria Corina Machado, the 2025 Nobel Peace Prize recipient.

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Maria Abreu @mariaabreu.bsky.social · 20h

I think the reason this is significant is that Maria Corina has managed to unite people with very different views in opposition to an increasingly authoritarian government. She is an amazingly brave woman who refuses to give up.

Financial Times @financialtimes.com · 20h

Breaking news: María Corina Machado has been awarded the prize for ‘keeping the flame of democracy burning amidst a growing darkness’ . The win dashes the hopes of US President Donald Trump. on.ft.com/4ocHAKY

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Eduardo Suárez @eduardosuarez.bsky.social · 20h

A reminder that the opposition was the real winner of last year's election, as explained @kikollan.llaneras.es in this ground-breaking analysis
english.elpais.com/internationa...

Who won the Venezuelan election? Opposition data is more verifiable than the official figures

The lack of transparency has made it extremely difficult to verify the results. But the opposition has so far presented more detailed information and allowed its numbers to be scrutinized, which gives...

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Eduardo Suárez @eduardosuarez.bsky.social · 20h

"Democracy relies on people who refuse to stay silent"

Great news as the Nobel Peace Prize recognises Venezuelan opposition leader María Corina Machado. A brave woman and the true leader of a country who deserves to be free

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Eduardo Suárez @eduardosuarez.bsky.social · 22h

And he made it! Welcome to the land of the free! 💃🏻

Mark Bray @mark-bray.bsky.social · 1d

Our plane to Spain is in the air!

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Thank you so much to the countless people supporting us in every way and in particular all of the Rutgers students and faculty who have supported us every step of the way.

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Idoya Noain @idoyany.bsky.social · 1d

Scary indeed. Ayer justo le entrevisté unas horas antes de que volara. Luego vi su mensaje en esta red y le escribí. No he tenido respuesta aún. Espero que él y su familia estén bien y hayan conseguido un vuelo. Si alguien quiere leer la entrevista, aquí está. www.elperiodico.com/es/internaci...

Mark Bray: 'Esta Administración Trump es más fascista y autoritaria. Necesitamos resistencia de masas'

El historiador, profesor en la Universidad de Rutgers y autor de ‘Antifa’, se exilia con su familia en España tras ser víctima de ‘doxing’ y presiones del grupo de Charlie Kirk y recibir amenazas de m...

www.elperiodico.com

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Eduardo Suárez @eduardosuarez.bsky.social · 1d

Anda! Te voy a leer ahora, Idoya!

Eduardo Suárez @eduardosuarez.bsky.social · 1d

Scary times

Sarah Szalavitz💡 @dearsarah.bsky.social · 1d

Rutgers Professor @mark-bray.bsky.social, who studies & writes about Antifascism,Tries to Flee to Spain After Death Threats

By the time he & his family reached the gate, their tickets were cancelled.
www.nytimes.com/2025/10/08/n... flagrantly & appallingly lawless. Hope he & his family are ok.

Rutgers Expert on Antifa Tries to Flee to Spain After Death Threats

www.nytimes.com

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Carl Zimmer @carlzimmer.com · 2d

Today my @nytimes.com colleagues and I are launching a new series called Lost Science. We interview US scientists who can no longer discover something new about our world, thanks to this year‘s cuts. Here is my first interview with a scientist who studied bees and fires. Gift link: nyti.ms/3IWXbiE

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María Ramírez @mariaramirez.bsky.social · 1d

Entretanto, en el Reino Unido… A la desesperada, el Partido Conservador intenta imitar a Trump. Aquí lo explico, con comentarios de @timbale.bsky.social www.eldiario.es/1_c1482b?utm...

A la desesperada, el Partido Conservador intenta imitar a Trump en el Reino Unido

Los ‘tories’, que se han seguido hundiendo tras el peor resultado electoral de su historia mientras asciende la extrema derecha, defienden salirse del Convenio Europeo de Derechos Humanos, anular la l...

www.eldiario.es

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Eduardo Suárez @eduardosuarez.bsky.social · 2d

Bragging about Brexit is a bit like bragging about falling on a banana peel

Best for Britain @bestforbritain.org · 2d

🕰️ Times change.

📉 Even amongst Tory voters Brexit is seen as a failure and there is an acknowledgement that it has made Britain poorer.

Read more of our exclusive new polling below 👇

https://www.bestforbritain.org/tory_voters_say_brexit_has_failed_and_damaged_uk_economy

Eduardo Suárez @eduardosuarez.bsky.social · 2d

What could go possibly wrong?
www.theguardian.com/business/202...

Pubs to stay open until early hours in move to boost UK growth

Exclusive: Plans for England and Wales would help ailing hospitality sector but health experts criticise move

www.theguardian.com

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POLITICO Europe @politico.eu · 2d

🚨 BREAKING: Europe’s main political parties have agreed to roll back green rules for businesses after a whirlwind day of political negotiations that nearly collapsed the centrist ruling consensus.

Full story: www.politico.eu/article/soci...

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Eduardo Suárez @eduardosuarez.bsky.social · 2d

"In the AI era, advertising won’t be the only consumer business model on the internet. If subscriptions become the norm, companies will be able to use pricing power as a competitive advantage. Eventually, OpenAI needs to make more money per user than it spends"
www.semafor.com/newsletter/1...

🟡 Semafor Tech: The champions league | Semafor

In this edition, how OpenAI is preparing to face its toughest competitor: Google. And Deloitte experiences chatbots’ biggest problem.

www.semafor.com

Eduardo Suárez @eduardosuarez.bsky.social · 2d

Playing Marilyn to Putin's JFK

Eduardo Suárez @eduardosuarez.bsky.social · 2d

El original lo tiene bastante eh? Pero da para serie sin duda

Eduardo Suárez @eduardosuarez.bsky.social · 3d

I ❤️ Tarzan

BBC Newsnight @bbcnewsnight.bsky.social · 3d

“You described Reform and other parties across Europe today as among the 'right wing equivalents of the fascists in the 1930s'. Why?”

“Because that’s what they are”

@vicderbyshire.bsky.social asks Lord Heseltine about remarks he made at Conservative Party Conference.

#Newsnight

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María Ramírez @mariaramirez.bsky.social · 3d

El @nytimes.com ha entrevistado a más de 700 personas en Gaza en los últimos dos años. Ha intentado contactarlas de nuevo. Ha conseguido volver a hablar con unas 100. Todas habían perdido a alguien o algo desde que hablaron con el periódico www.nytimes.com/interactive/...

We Tried to Reach Gazans We Interviewed Over Two Years of War. Here’s What Happened to Them.

We kept wondering: Did they find their missing relatives? Were they even still alive?

www.nytimes.com

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Eduardo Suárez @eduardosuarez.bsky.social · 3d

"George Eliot was a 'man of genius, declared The Economist [after Adam Bede was published], explaining that novels by male authors 'are more in keeping with the actual world, have a wider out-look, and are more profitable than the best novels by women.'"

From Clare Carlisle's The Marriage Question

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Reuters Institute @reutersinstitute.bsky.social · 3d

How do people use generative AI in their daily lives? And how do they use it for news?
These are two of the questions we explore in a new report, based on fresh survey data from 🇦🇷🇩🇰🇫🇷🇯🇵🇬🇧🇺🇸

🔗 Full report
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🧵 Key findings in thread

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Eduardo Suárez @eduardosuarez.bsky.social · 3d

"Mimicking the far right on migration or women’s rights has demonstrably failed for parties across Europe – and it has already proven costly for the conservatives in Spain as well"
www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...