Adrián Rodríguez
@adriangrodriguez.bsky.social
Economist at UN ECLAC / CEPAL. Interested in the bioeconomy.
University of Costa Rica, Pennsylvania State University.
University of Costa Rica, Pennsylvania State University.
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The world's worst humanitarian crisis today is in Sudan, facing famine and atrocities that the US has already concluded are genocide. Sudanese refugees crossing the border told me what's happening--and meanwhile, the US is aggravating the crisis. www.nytimes.com/2025/03/19/o...
Opinion | America Is Aggravating the World’s Worst Humanitarian Crisis (Gift Article)
Our silence about Sudan and the cancellation of U.S. aid comes painfully close to complicity.
www.nytimes.com
March 19, 2025 at 9:29 PM
The world's worst humanitarian crisis today is in Sudan, facing famine and atrocities that the US has already concluded are genocide. Sudanese refugees crossing the border told me what's happening--and meanwhile, the US is aggravating the crisis. www.nytimes.com/2025/03/19/o...
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Jeff Bezos handled his ownership of The Washington Post admirably for more than a decade. But his courage failed him when he needed it most, writes former executive editor Martin Baron:
Where Jeff Bezos Went Wrong With The Washington Post
The billionaire handled his ownership admirably for more than a decade. But his courage failed him when he needed it most.
www.theatlantic.com
March 3, 2025 at 7:53 PM
Jeff Bezos handled his ownership of The Washington Post admirably for more than a decade. But his courage failed him when he needed it most, writes former executive editor Martin Baron:
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Trump’s 25% tariffs on Mexico & Canada start tomorrow—markets are already dropping. This isn’t about stopping fentanyl, it’s a trade war that will raise prices, kill jobs, and hit American consumers the hardest. Buckle up.
March 3, 2025 at 9:06 PM
Trump’s 25% tariffs on Mexico & Canada start tomorrow—markets are already dropping. This isn’t about stopping fentanyl, it’s a trade war that will raise prices, kill jobs, and hit American consumers the hardest. Buckle up.
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"We are at a pivotal moment in our country's history that demands all of us to work together and make our country stronger. We can't do this by gutting the very agencies we need to keep us safe," three former E.P.A. administrators write.
Opinion | Three Former E.P.A. Leaders: You’ll Miss It When It’s Gone
When the next environmental catastrophe arrives, who will be there to deal with the emergency and its aftermath?
www.nytimes.com
February 27, 2025 at 11:29 PM
"We are at a pivotal moment in our country's history that demands all of us to work together and make our country stronger. We can't do this by gutting the very agencies we need to keep us safe," three former E.P.A. administrators write.
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"Consent education is essential, and it cannot just come from teachers who are squeamish about teaching it," Hillary Frank says in this episode of "The Opinions" discussing the gaps in her daughter's high school sex education — and why it must change.
Opinion | The Most Important Lesson in Sex Ed Isn’t Actually Sex
How would my life have been different if I had learned about consent?
www.nytimes.com
February 27, 2025 at 11:57 PM
"Consent education is essential, and it cannot just come from teachers who are squeamish about teaching it," Hillary Frank says in this episode of "The Opinions" discussing the gaps in her daughter's high school sex education — and why it must change.
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RFK Jr. and his movement do not simply ignore the need for vaccination, Benjamin Mazer writes. They also trivialize and dismiss preventable child death. theatln.tc/dbdtuQVB
RFK Jr., America’s Leading Advocate for Getting Measles
Contrary to what the health secretary says, the outbreak of disease in Texas is, in fact, unusual.
theatln.tc
February 28, 2025 at 1:01 AM
RFK Jr. and his movement do not simply ignore the need for vaccination, Benjamin Mazer writes. They also trivialize and dismiss preventable child death. theatln.tc/dbdtuQVB
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Here's what's so alarming: Even after Trump has trampled the Constitution and coddled Putin, he is MORE popular than last November. To many voters, Democrats aren't a credible alternative. To constrain Trump, liberals must understand voters better, hence: www.nytimes.com/2025/02/22/o...
Opinion | A Book Club for Bewildered Democrats (Gift Article)
Democrats will have no shot at containing Trump if they don’t first understand why voters turn to him.
www.nytimes.com
February 22, 2025 at 2:31 PM
Here's what's so alarming: Even after Trump has trampled the Constitution and coddled Putin, he is MORE popular than last November. To many voters, Democrats aren't a credible alternative. To constrain Trump, liberals must understand voters better, hence: www.nytimes.com/2025/02/22/o...
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Trolling has gone from an occasionally used tool on the right to a unifying touchstone of an entire political faction. "Call it a coalition of the crass," writes @alibreland.bsky.social.
The ‘Big Balls’ Administration
MAGA is taking trolling to a whole new level.
www.theatlantic.com
February 21, 2025 at 8:25 PM
Trolling has gone from an occasionally used tool on the right to a unifying touchstone of an entire political faction. "Call it a coalition of the crass," writes @alibreland.bsky.social.
We’re Running Out of Chances to Stop Bird Flu www.nytimes.com/2025/02/20/o...
An issue that is raising concern/Un tema que está generando mucha preocupación.
An issue that is raising concern/Un tema que está generando mucha preocupación.
Opinion | Bird Flu in Dairy Cows Is a Slow-Motion Disaster for Public Health
The country’s poor public health response to the outbreak is rooted in the inability to bring in dairy farmers as partners.
www.nytimes.com
February 22, 2025 at 12:01 AM
We’re Running Out of Chances to Stop Bird Flu www.nytimes.com/2025/02/20/o...
An issue that is raising concern/Un tema que está generando mucha preocupación.
An issue that is raising concern/Un tema que está generando mucha preocupación.
ajcn.nutrition.org/article/S000...
Un excelente artículo sobre los impactos del cierre de la AID.
Un excelente artículo sobre los impactos del cierre de la AID.
A shock to the global nutrition system: Why nutrition scientists should challenge the dismantling of the US Agency for International Development and US withdrawal from the World Health Organization
Imagine a world where over 1 million children across 85 countries died from a single
nutrient deficiency — deaths that could be prevented with a semi-annual vitamin supplement.
Millions of lives saved...
ajcn.nutrition.org
February 21, 2025 at 11:19 PM
ajcn.nutrition.org/article/S000...
Un excelente artículo sobre los impactos del cierre de la AID.
Un excelente artículo sobre los impactos del cierre de la AID.
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Texas sees worst measles outbreak in 30+ years.
90 cases, 16 hospitalizations—85 unvaccinated. Gaines County, the epicenter, saw vaccine exemptions jump from 7.5% (2013) to 17.5% (2023). Health officials urge vaccinations as measles spreads fast, with a 90% infection rate among the unvaccinated.
90 cases, 16 hospitalizations—85 unvaccinated. Gaines County, the epicenter, saw vaccine exemptions jump from 7.5% (2013) to 17.5% (2023). Health officials urge vaccinations as measles spreads fast, with a 90% infection rate among the unvaccinated.
February 21, 2025 at 9:00 PM
Texas sees worst measles outbreak in 30+ years.
90 cases, 16 hospitalizations—85 unvaccinated. Gaines County, the epicenter, saw vaccine exemptions jump from 7.5% (2013) to 17.5% (2023). Health officials urge vaccinations as measles spreads fast, with a 90% infection rate among the unvaccinated.
90 cases, 16 hospitalizations—85 unvaccinated. Gaines County, the epicenter, saw vaccine exemptions jump from 7.5% (2013) to 17.5% (2023). Health officials urge vaccinations as measles spreads fast, with a 90% infection rate among the unvaccinated.
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“The president is clearly upending an 80-year period of European stability, held together by American guarantees,” Roger Hirschberg writes in a letter to The Times.
Opinion | A Sudden Shift Between the U.S. and Russia
Readers discuss developments involving the U.S., Russia, Ukraine and Europe. Also: The Republican attack on higher education; the Eric Adams case.
www.nytimes.com
February 20, 2025 at 12:23 AM
“The president is clearly upending an 80-year period of European stability, held together by American guarantees,” Roger Hirschberg writes in a letter to The Times.
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So what has the Trump/Musk push on USAID achieved so far? I reached out to contacts, and here's the state of play: Children dying. Hospitals closing. Ebola at risk of spreading. US food aid rotting. Moms at risk in childbirth. China gaining soft power. www.nytimes.com/2025/02/12/o...
Opinion | It’s America That Suffers When We Cut Foreign Aid (Gift Article)
U.S.A.I.D. keeps children alive and us safe.
www.nytimes.com
February 12, 2025 at 10:49 PM
So what has the Trump/Musk push on USAID achieved so far? I reached out to contacts, and here's the state of play: Children dying. Hospitals closing. Ebola at risk of spreading. US food aid rotting. Moms at risk in childbirth. China gaining soft power. www.nytimes.com/2025/02/12/o...
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Firefighters warn: ‘It’s going to be really bad, really quick’—Trump’s hiring freeze guts wildfire response.
Wildfires are getting worse, but Trump blocked firefighter hires right before fire season. Fewer crews, slower response, more devastation. This isn’t efficiency—it’s reckless endangerment.
Wildfires are getting worse, but Trump blocked firefighter hires right before fire season. Fewer crews, slower response, more devastation. This isn’t efficiency—it’s reckless endangerment.
February 9, 2025 at 12:48 AM
Firefighters warn: ‘It’s going to be really bad, really quick’—Trump’s hiring freeze guts wildfire response.
Wildfires are getting worse, but Trump blocked firefighter hires right before fire season. Fewer crews, slower response, more devastation. This isn’t efficiency—it’s reckless endangerment.
Wildfires are getting worse, but Trump blocked firefighter hires right before fire season. Fewer crews, slower response, more devastation. This isn’t efficiency—it’s reckless endangerment.
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“Though both Hitler and Hugenberg were fiercely anti-Communist, antidemocratic, anti-immigrant, and anti-Semitic, their attempts at political partnership failed spectacularly and repeatedly.”
Timothy Ryback on Hitler‘s relationship with his oligarchs:
Timothy Ryback on Hitler‘s relationship with his oligarchs:
The Oligarchs Who Came to Regret Supporting Hitler
They helped him in pursuit of profit. Many ended up in concentration camps.
www.theatlantic.com
February 8, 2025 at 3:15 PM
“Though both Hitler and Hugenberg were fiercely anti-Communist, antidemocratic, anti-immigrant, and anti-Semitic, their attempts at political partnership failed spectacularly and repeatedly.”
Timothy Ryback on Hitler‘s relationship with his oligarchs:
Timothy Ryback on Hitler‘s relationship with his oligarchs:
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"And if you ask me, one important factor in the quality of life is not being dead." paulkrugman.substack.com/p/rfk-jr-and...
RFK Jr. and the MAGA Death Trip
The war on science is turning deadly
paulkrugman.substack.com
February 6, 2025 at 2:57 PM
"And if you ask me, one important factor in the quality of life is not being dead." paulkrugman.substack.com/p/rfk-jr-and...
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Fired for focusing on diversity. Evicted with 3 hours’ notice. Admiral Linda Fagan, the first woman to lead the Coast Guard, was purged for DEI efforts & border security policy. She had 60 days to move—but Trump’s team made it immediate. This was about humiliation, not policy.
February 6, 2025 at 7:12 PM
Fired for focusing on diversity. Evicted with 3 hours’ notice. Admiral Linda Fagan, the first woman to lead the Coast Guard, was purged for DEI efforts & border security policy. She had 60 days to move—but Trump’s team made it immediate. This was about humiliation, not policy.
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“He did not receive a single vote. He did not get confirmed. He does not receive a government paycheck” www.theatlantic.com/politics/arc...
Elon Musk Is President
The world’s richest man has declared war on the federal government, and his influence appears unchecked.
www.theatlantic.com
February 4, 2025 at 12:39 PM
“He did not receive a single vote. He did not get confirmed. He does not receive a government paycheck” www.theatlantic.com/politics/arc...
América Latina y el Caribe debe fortalecer las políticas de desarrollo productivo para evitar una tercera década perdida y crear un futuro más productivo, inclusivo y sostenible.
www.cepal.org/es/noticias/...
www.cepal.org/es/noticias/...
América Latina y el Caribe debe fortalecer las políticas de
José Manuel Salazar-Xirinachs, Secretario Ejecutivo de la CEPAL, intervino en el Foro Económico Internacional América Latina y el Caribe 2025, organizado por la CAF en Ciudad de Panamá.
www.cepal.org
February 1, 2025 at 6:45 PM
América Latina y el Caribe debe fortalecer las políticas de desarrollo productivo para evitar una tercera década perdida y crear un futuro más productivo, inclusivo y sostenible.
www.cepal.org/es/noticias/...
www.cepal.org/es/noticias/...
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FBI agents are stunned by the scale of Donald Trump’s expected purge of the bureau, which could include hundreds of agents and officials, @shaneharris.bsky.social reports.
FBI Agents Are Stunned by the Scale of the Expected Trump Purge
Seasoned members of the nation’s top law-enforcement agency are bracing for a mass expulsion as the president roots out anyone he sees as disloyal to him.
www.theatlantic.com
February 1, 2025 at 12:01 AM
FBI agents are stunned by the scale of Donald Trump’s expected purge of the bureau, which could include hundreds of agents and officials, @shaneharris.bsky.social reports.
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“Trump’s retribution is not limited to those who investigated him personally… could potentially involve hundreds if not thousands of agents…”
Important reporting from @shaneharris.bsky.social, just published: www.theatlantic.com/politics/arc...
Important reporting from @shaneharris.bsky.social, just published: www.theatlantic.com/politics/arc...
FBI Agents Are Stunned by the Scale of the Expected Trump Purge
Seasoned members of the nation’s top law-enforcement agency are bracing for a mass expulsion as the president roots out anyone he sees as disloyal to him.
www.theatlantic.com
February 1, 2025 at 12:12 AM
“Trump’s retribution is not limited to those who investigated him personally… could potentially involve hundreds if not thousands of agents…”
Important reporting from @shaneharris.bsky.social, just published: www.theatlantic.com/politics/arc...
Important reporting from @shaneharris.bsky.social, just published: www.theatlantic.com/politics/arc...
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Trump Erasing Climate Science—Farmers Will Pay
USDA employees ordered to delete climate change pages while farmers battle droughts, floods, and wildfires. $3.1B was invested in climate-smart agriculture—now Trump wants it gone. Erasing science will not stop the damage. This is reckless, dangerous.
USDA employees ordered to delete climate change pages while farmers battle droughts, floods, and wildfires. $3.1B was invested in climate-smart agriculture—now Trump wants it gone. Erasing science will not stop the damage. This is reckless, dangerous.
February 1, 2025 at 3:11 AM
Trump Erasing Climate Science—Farmers Will Pay
USDA employees ordered to delete climate change pages while farmers battle droughts, floods, and wildfires. $3.1B was invested in climate-smart agriculture—now Trump wants it gone. Erasing science will not stop the damage. This is reckless, dangerous.
USDA employees ordered to delete climate change pages while farmers battle droughts, floods, and wildfires. $3.1B was invested in climate-smart agriculture—now Trump wants it gone. Erasing science will not stop the damage. This is reckless, dangerous.
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La basura neonazi que gobierna Estados Unidos acaba de anunciar que va a montar un campo de concentración para personas migrantes en Guantánamo.
Mientras tanto, Europa le sigue lamiendo las botas, comprando sus armas y apoyando sus genocidios.
Mientras tanto, Europa le sigue lamiendo las botas, comprando sus armas y apoyando sus genocidios.
January 29, 2025 at 8:50 PM
La basura neonazi que gobierna Estados Unidos acaba de anunciar que va a montar un campo de concentración para personas migrantes en Guantánamo.
Mientras tanto, Europa le sigue lamiendo las botas, comprando sus armas y apoyando sus genocidios.
Mientras tanto, Europa le sigue lamiendo las botas, comprando sus armas y apoyando sus genocidios.
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Trump’s mass deportations aren’t about crime—they’re about cruelty. 200+ Colombians, including 16 kids, 2 pregnant women, and 77 others, were handcuffed despite no records. Now he’s threatening 25-50% tariffs on Colombia. This isn’t security—it’s political theater at human expense.
January 29, 2025 at 7:53 PM
Trump’s mass deportations aren’t about crime—they’re about cruelty. 200+ Colombians, including 16 kids, 2 pregnant women, and 77 others, were handcuffed despite no records. Now he’s threatening 25-50% tariffs on Colombia. This isn’t security—it’s political theater at human expense.