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☕️ 132 Dead: How Rio's Massacre Reveals Latin America's Security Crisis

Nicolas Forsans @nforsans.bsky.social · 1d

The #favela raid in #Rio wasn’t a win — it’s a warning. Drones, ghost guns, and electoral theatre reveal a security model that fails as criminals adapt #Brazil

Also in this week's Cafecito ☕️ #Colombia🇨🇴 #Peru🇵🇪 #Mexico🇲🇽 #Venezuela🇻🇪 #Bolivia🇧🇴 — and what’s next
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Brazil's deadliest police operation exposes institutional collapse, weaponised elections, and the end of state monopoly over violence.

☕️ Latin America, Front and Centre: Power, Prices, and Pressure

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Nicolas Forsans @nforsans.bsky.social · 4d

This week's 4 stories on #LatinAmerica:
🇦🇷 Success gives Milei a shot at structural reforms
🇨🇱 Chile’s electorate shifts right as security eclipses progressive priorities
🇻🇪 US threats make it worse for #Venezuela
🇪🇨 Ecuador power grab #Noboa
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Nicolas Forsans @nforsans.bsky.social · 4d

This week's 4 stories on #LatinAmerica:
🇦🇷 Success gives Milei a shot at structural reforms
🇨🇱 Chile’s electorate shifts right as security eclipses progressive priorities
🇻🇪 US threats make it worse for #Venezuela
🇪🇨 Ecuador power grab #Noboa
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Nicolas Forsans @nforsans.bsky.social · 6d

#LatinAmerica is crackling again with familiar sounds — aircraft carriers in the #Caribbean, currency swaps in #BuenosAires, and diplomatic ruptures in #Bogotá 🛰️💸
Does power without prosperity just unleash more pressure?

The Cafecito ☕️ is out!
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Weekly premium intelligence on Latin America every week, backed by evidence and sharp insight.

🔎 The Invisible Hands That Keep Latin American Cities Alive

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Nicolas Forsans @nforsans.bsky.social · 9d

♻️ Before dawn, millions of Latin Americans push carts through empty streets — collecting the trash that keeps their cities alive.
A highly visible workforce that don't show up in the data.
🔎 How #Bogotá 🇨🇴 #Brazil 🇧🇷 #BuenosAires 🇦🇷 are rewriting the story:
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The invisible workforce that starts before dawn — and why recognising them is the fastest way to lift Latin America’s 4% recycling rate.

☕️ Latin America, Front and Centre: Power, Prices, and Pressure

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Nicolas Forsans @nforsans.bsky.social · 6d

#LatinAmerica is crackling again with familiar sounds — aircraft carriers in the #Caribbean, currency swaps in #BuenosAires, and diplomatic ruptures in #Bogotá 🛰️💸
Does power without prosperity just unleash more pressure?

The Cafecito ☕️ is out!
sinfiltroya.substack.com/p/latin-amer...

Weekly premium intelligence on Latin America every week, backed by evidence and sharp insight.

🔎 The Invisible Hands That Keep Latin American Cities Alive

Nicolas Forsans @nforsans.bsky.social · 9d

♻️ Before dawn, millions of Latin Americans push carts through empty streets — collecting the trash that keeps their cities alive.
A highly visible workforce that don't show up in the data.
🔎 How #Bogotá 🇨🇴 #Brazil 🇧🇷 #BuenosAires 🇦🇷 are rewriting the story:
sinfiltroya.substack.com/p/latin-amer...

The invisible workforce that starts before dawn — and why recognising them is the fastest way to lift Latin America’s 4% recycling rate.

⚡️Four Stories Shaping Latin America This Week: Pressure, Pivot, and Protest

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Nicolas Forsans @nforsans.bsky.social · 11d

#LatinAmerica this week: US squeezes #Colombia 🇨🇴, escalates pressure on #Venezuela 🇻🇪, #Bolivia 🇧🇴 pivots right, #Peru 🇵🇪 declares an emergency.
⚡️This week’s Latin America in one read, with implications for policy, trade, and citizens. New edition out!
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Latin America this week - in 5 minutes or less.

⚡️Four Stories Shaping Latin America This Week: Pressure, Pivot, and Protest

Nicolas Forsans @nforsans.bsky.social · 11d

#LatinAmerica this week: US squeezes #Colombia 🇨🇴, escalates pressure on #Venezuela 🇻🇪, #Bolivia 🇧🇴 pivots right, #Peru 🇵🇪 declares an emergency.
⚡️This week’s Latin America in one read, with implications for policy, trade, and citizens. New edition out!
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Latin America this week - in 5 minutes or less.

☕ From Caracas to Lima — When Emergency Rule Becomes the Norm

Nicolas Forsans @nforsans.bsky.social · 14d

#Bolivia 🇧🇴 is voting today, with the first-ever presidential runoff between two right-of-centre candidates, paving the way for the end of socialism in the country after 30 years in power.
💡 Read or 🎧 listen to our analysis:
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Weekly premium intelligence on Latin America every week, backed by evidence and sharp insight. And now available in 🎧 audio

☕ From Caracas to Lima — When Emergency Rule Becomes the Norm

Nicolas Forsans @nforsans.bsky.social · 15d

🎧 You can now listen to an 🎧 audio discussion of the stories we’re covering in this week’s Cafecito ☕️ on Bolivia 🇧🇴 Venezuela 🇻🇪 Colombia 🇨🇴 Ecuador 🇪🇨 Paraguay 🇵🇾 Chile 🇨🇱 Peru 🇵🇪 — making it easier to take it all, whatever you’re doing.

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Weekly premium intelligence on Latin America every week, backed by evidence and sharp insight. And now available in 🎧 audio

☕ From Caracas to Lima — When Emergency Rule Becomes the Norm

Nicolas Forsans @nforsans.bsky.social · 15d

🎧 Emergency powers, covert ops, and cross‑border mafias are remapping #LatinAmerica ’s politics and markets.
This week’s Full Cafecito ☕️ covers Venezuela 🇻🇪 Bolivia 🇧🇴 Peru 🇵🇪 Colombia 🇨🇴 and more + 🌎 Trends & 🎯 Takeaway.
🔖 Read or 🎧 Listen to the audio version!
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Weekly premium intelligence on Latin America every week, backed by evidence and sharp insight. And now available in 🎧 audio

🔎 The Hidden Continent: How 100 Million Latin Americans Now Live Under Criminal Rule

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Nicolas Forsans @nforsans.bsky.social · 17d

🌎 When gangs govern better than governments.
100m people in #LatinAmerica now live under criminal rule. The map and some uncomfortable truth
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When gangs govern better than governments, democracy is being redefined. This isn't just Latin America's crisis — it's a preview of the future.

🔎 The Hidden Continent: How 100 Million Latin Americans Now Live Under Criminal Rule

Nicolas Forsans @nforsans.bsky.social · 17d

🌎 When gangs govern better than governments.
100m people in #LatinAmerica now live under criminal rule. The map and some uncomfortable truth
Read the 🔎deep dive: sinfiltroya.substack.com/p/criminal-g...

When gangs govern better than governments, democracy is being redefined. This isn't just Latin America's crisis — it's a preview of the future.

⚡️Four Stories Shaping Latin America This Week: A Region Stuck in Slow Motion

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Nicolas Forsans @nforsans.bsky.social · 18d

Our roundup of the stories shaping the week in #LatinAmerica:
🇻🇪 What’s next for #Venezuela after the Nobel prize?
🇵🇪 what’s next for #Peru after Boluarte’s ousting?
🇪🇨 #Ecuador’s subsidy shock meets a narco-state reality

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The stories shaping the hemisphere this week -- in 5 minutes

⚡️Four Stories Shaping Latin America This Week: A Region Stuck in Slow Motion

Nicolas Forsans @nforsans.bsky.social · 18d

Our roundup of the stories shaping the week in #LatinAmerica:
🇻🇪 What’s next for #Venezuela after the Nobel prize?
🇵🇪 what’s next for #Peru after Boluarte’s ousting?
🇪🇨 #Ecuador’s subsidy shock meets a narco-state reality

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The stories shaping the hemisphere this week -- in 5 minutes

🇭🇹 Can We Trust Erik Prince's Mercenaries to Fight Haiti's Gang Violence?

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Nicolas Forsans @nforsans.bsky.social · 25d

🇭🇹 #Haiti’s government is betting on Erik Prince’s mercenaries to solve its gang crisis.
But can Vectus Global succeed where national forces failed?

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The involvement of Erik Prince's private military has not reduced violence. Instead, criminal gangs have increased their reach.

⚡️Four Stories Shaping Latin America This Week: Anti-Establishment Wave Hits Established Powers

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Nicolas Forsans @nforsans.bsky.social · 25d

Four #LatinAmerica stories that show leaders losing control:
🇻🇪 Trump escalates vs Venezuela
🇵🇪🇵🇾 Gen Z protests
🇪🇨 Indigenous strike enters day 13
🇦🇷 Milei's corruption scandal

Anti-establishment wave meets establishment panic

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Your Latin America briefing in 5 minutes or less.

🇭🇹 Can We Trust Erik Prince's Mercenaries to Fight Haiti's Gang Violence?

Nicolas Forsans @nforsans.bsky.social · 25d

🇭🇹 #Haiti’s government is betting on Erik Prince’s mercenaries to solve its gang crisis.
But can Vectus Global succeed where national forces failed?

🔗 sinfiltroya.substack.com/p/erik-princ...

The involvement of Erik Prince's private military has not reduced violence. Instead, criminal gangs have increased their reach.

⚡️Four Stories Shaping Latin America This Week: Anti-Establishment Wave Hits Established Powers

Nicolas Forsans @nforsans.bsky.social · 25d

Four #LatinAmerica stories that show leaders losing control:
🇻🇪 Trump escalates vs Venezuela
🇵🇪🇵🇾 Gen Z protests
🇪🇨 Indigenous strike enters day 13
🇦🇷 Milei's corruption scandal

Anti-establishment wave meets establishment panic

sinfiltroya.substack.com/p/young-prot...

Your Latin America briefing in 5 minutes or less.

LATIN AMERICA ¡SIN FILTRO! | Nicolas Forsans | Substack

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Nicolas Forsans @nforsans.bsky.social · Aug 12

‼️ Who really runs Latin America?
Not always the people you think.

☕ Tue: Highlights | 📚 Thu: Full Cafecito — Politics, Crime, Inequality, Climate, sin filtro.
🎯 Unfiltered, evidence-led, built for busy people who want the full picture.

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Unfiltered, data-driven briefings on Latin America’s power, politics & social justice—delivered weekly. Free & paid options available. Click to read "LATIN AMERICA ¡SIN FILTRO!", by Nicolas Forsans, a...

LATIN AMERICA ¡SIN FILTRO! | Nicolas Forsans | Substack

Nicolas Forsans @nforsans.bsky.social · 29d

Each week, our⚡️Cafecito Highlights has 4 stories shaping #LatinAmerica each week, Full Cafecito ☕️ is our intelligence across #power #politics, #organisedcrime and #socialjustice + 🔎 Deep Dives on what matters

We are your #Americas intelligence service.
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Premium Intelligence on Latin America. Sharp, evidence-based analysis of power, politics & organised crime each week. Trusted by analysts, journalists, policymakers & researchers. Only for the price ...

☕️ Hard Security vs Soft Institutions: Latin America’s Stress Test

Nicolas Forsans @nforsans.bsky.social · 29d

This week in #LatinAmerica: Power is centralising as presidents stretch constitutions and courts while Washington tests a novel “armed conflict” rationale for strikes on Venezuelan targets.
Our Cafecito ☕️ has the week's stories shaping the hemisphere 👇
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Essential premium intelligence on Latin America every week, backed by evidence and sharp insight.