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David Smilde @dsmilde.bsky.social · 3d

229% inflation: How ‘Binance dollars’ became Venezuela’s real currency

Hyperinflation pushes Venezuela to transact in USDT stablecoins. Learn about the Binance dollar and how merchants anchor pricing to P2P rates.

cointelegraph.com

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David Smilde @dsmilde.bsky.social · 10d

www.theatlantic.com/national-sec...

Fentanyl Doesn’t Come Through the Caribbean

The White House is using the opioid epidemic to justify lethal strikes and other policies.

www.theatlantic.com

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Antulio Rosales @antuliorosales.bsky.social · 15d

Q&A: Facts and Fictions Regarding Venezuelan Crime and Drug Trafficking
open.substack.com/pub/davidsmi...

Q&A: Facts and Fictions Regarding Venezuelan Crime and Drug Trafficking

Yesterday fact-checking website Politifact published a piece on U.S.

open.substack.com

Antulio Rosales @antuliorosales.bsky.social · 15d

Venezuela and the United States by @dsmilde.bsky.social davidsmilde.substack.com?r=2cdt1t&utm...

Venezuela and the United States | David Smilde | Substack

Analysis of Venezuela, the United States, U.S. Venezuela policy, and Venezuela's policy towards the United States. Click to read Venezuela and the United States, by David Smilde, a Substack publicatio...

davidsmilde.substack.com

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Antulio Rosales @antuliorosales.bsky.social · 26d

Financing the border: racial capitalism, migration, and the practices of the Canadian state: Review of International Political Economy: Vol 0, No 0 - Get Access www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....

Financing the border: racial capitalism, migration, and the practices of the Canadian state

Canada is often recognised as one of the most progressive nations in the world when it comes to the acceptance of refugees and multiculturalism as national policy. However, the longer history of bo...

www.tandfonline.com

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Antulio Rosales @antuliorosales.bsky.social · 26d

The Network State, Exit, and the Political Economy of Venture Capital - Jutel - Antipode By @ojutel.bsky.social onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/...

The Network State, Exit, and the Political Economy of Venture Capital

This article focuses on the Network State movement as embodying the venture capital (VC) logic of exit. Exit constitutes both a strategy for lucrative returns and an ideology seeking out new territor....

onlinelibrary.wiley.com

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Nick Turse @nickturse.bsky.social · 26d

People on board the boat were said to have survived an initial strike and were killed in a follow-up attack. Officials said the boat appeared to have turned back toward shore. Three sources, including Sen. Rand Paul said the boat was attacked by one or more drones.
theintercept.com/2025/09/10/u...

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Peter Howson @peterjhowson.bsky.social · 29d

For the poor in Venezuela, crypto is a makeshift opportunity for survival. For the rich, it's a tool for making quick profits and side-stepping sanctions.

Thoughts on crypto adoption in Venezuela from @antuliorosales.bsky.social & myself for Inter-American Dialogue

drive.google.com/file/d/1LmQ3...

Crypto adoption in Venezuela

drive.google.com

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Antulio Rosales @antuliorosales.bsky.social · Sep 4

Follow the work of expert Venezuelanists on the evolving situation in the Caribbean.

@dsmilde.bsky.social @jpolga.bsky.social @maripuerta.com

Sección de Estudios Venezolanos de LASA @lasavenezuela.bsky.social · Sep 4

On the US incursion in the Caribbean with eye on #Venezuela, we recommend looking at our members' analysis for guidance and comprehension of the complex situation.

In no specific order and not necessarily in agreement amongst them.

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Sección de Estudios Venezolanos de LASA @lasavenezuela.bsky.social · Sep 4

On the US incursion in the Caribbean with eye on #Venezuela, we recommend looking at our members' analysis for guidance and comprehension of the complex situation.

In no specific order and not necessarily in agreement amongst them.

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Juan José Ponce Vázquez @jjponcevazquez.bsky.social · Sep 4

Today lecturing about the Expulsion of the Jews in 1492. In other years, students pointed out how cruel it was to give people three months to sell their possessions and leave Castile and Aragon. How is that going down now that US is grabbing people in the street and deporting them to foreign gulags?

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Antulio Rosales @antuliorosales.bsky.social · Sep 4

"The cruel irony here is that a military operation applauded by Venezuelan immigrants in hopes of freeing their country from Nicolás Maduro is more likely to free Donald Trump to deport them from the U.S., without the benefits of due process."

@dsmilde.bsky.social right on point, as usual.

David Smilde @dsmilde.bsky.social · Sep 4

In this article on @thedispatchmedia.bsky.social I try to peel away some of the nonsense and figure out what is going on with the US operation off of the coast of VE. TLDR: it's less about drugs than geopolitics and immigration.
thedispatch.com/article/vene...

The False Pretenses Behind the Naval Operation Off the Coast of Venezuela

The nation is not a major source of drugs to the U.S., for starters.

thedispatch.com

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David Smilde @dsmilde.bsky.social · Sep 4

In this article on @thedispatchmedia.bsky.social I try to peel away some of the nonsense and figure out what is going on with the US operation off of the coast of VE. TLDR: it's less about drugs than geopolitics and immigration.
thedispatch.com/article/vene...

The False Pretenses Behind the Naval Operation Off the Coast of Venezuela

The nation is not a major source of drugs to the U.S., for starters.

thedispatch.com

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Masaya LlavanerasBlanco @masayalb.bsky.social · Sep 4

On the US threats off #Venezuela
´having warships off the coast of Venezuela, presumably to fight off Cartel de los Soles and its supposed operational arm, the Tren de Aragua, from “flooding the U.S. with drugs,” could pass muster for a “military conflict.”´

thedispatch.com/article/vene...

The False Pretenses Behind the Naval Operation Off the Coast of Venezuela

The nation is not a major source of drugs to the U.S., for starters.

thedispatch.com

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Masaya LlavanerasBlanco @masayalb.bsky.social · Aug 31

“Political violence must cease immediately and the Venezuelan people's right to freedom of expression and peaceful political participation must be respected.”

www.regjeringen.no/no/aktuelt/s...

Statement by Foreign Minister Eide on Venezuela

On this International Day of the Victims of Enforced Disappearances, Norway expresses its solidarity and deep respect for the relatives of disappeared persons, as well as for the organizations, the hu...

www.regjeringen.no

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Masaya LlavanerasBlanco @masayalb.bsky.social · Aug 26

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DAWN Feminist @dawnfeminist.bsky.social · Aug 26

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Antulio Rosales @antuliorosales.bsky.social · Aug 26

Excellent interview with @dsmilde.bsky.social on the US military moves in the Caribbean. What is actually going on and what we must watch for. Have a listen.

David Smilde @dsmilde.bsky.social · Aug 25

I talked today with Carolyn Beeler about Donald Trump sending warships to the waters off of Venezuela and the false narratives it is based on
theworld.org/segments/202...

Tensions between Venezuela and US escalate with warships and militia - The World from PRX

Tensions are escalating between the US and Venezuela. In recent weeks, the US sent warships to waters off Venezuela’s coast. In response, Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro called on Venezuelans to j...

theworld.org

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Hugo Estecahandy @hugoesteca.bsky.social · Jul 7

❗NEW PAPER❗I'm pleased to announce the publication of my article, "Computing #Bitcoin on #Soviet Legacies: Material #Geopolitics of #Cryptocurrency #Mining in the Global East", in issue no. 15 of @journal-reset.bsky.social

➡️https://journals.openedition.org/reset/5951

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Kean Birch @keanbirch.bsky.social · Aug 5

I have a new article out: "Do artifacts have political economy?" It's a riff on an old argument by Langdon Winner about the embedding of politics in technology

#STS #sociology #technoscience #technology #innovation

journals.sagepub.com/doi/10.1177/...

Do Artifacts Have Political Economy? - Kean Birch, 2025

Harking back to Langdon Winner's now classic essay “Do artifacts have politics?,” my aim in this article is to ask a very similar question—namely, do artif...

journals.sagepub.com

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Jonathan Cohn @jonathancohn.bsky.social · Aug 2

Bukele and Trump and all of their goons belong in The Hague.

www.huffpost.com/entry/pro-so...

Pro Soccer Player Who Spent 125 Days At CECOT Gives Chilling Account Of His Time There

“Both the physical and mental abuse doled out by the officers made me think sometimes that I would never leave that place,” Jerce Reyes Barrios said.

www.huffpost.com

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Peter Ryan @peterryanresearch.bsky.social · Jul 25

MONEY BY VILE MEANS

Over 10 years in the making and one of Compact's longest essays ever.

This is my definitive deep dive guide to critique Bitcoin.

From libertarian ideal to cynical state capture, I debunk the myths of Bitcoin and reveal its dark reality.

www.compactmag.com/article/mone...

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Antulio Rosales @antuliorosales.bsky.social · Aug 2

This desire to embrace a China-style mode of development may be difficult to achieve, due to the dynamics of primarization, opaqueness, and weak state capacity that China helped cement.

Check out the full article here: www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....

Chinese impact on development in Venezuela: the dynamics of structural stagnation

This article traces the impact of China’s engagement on development in Venezuela from 2001 to 2023. We build on long-established theories of development and evaluate how the relationship has influe...

www.tandfonline.com

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Antulio Rosales @antuliorosales.bsky.social · Aug 2

3️⃣ In 2023, Venezuela and China relaunched their relationship, guided by more pragmatic policies and Venezuela seeking to align more closely with China’s model of market socialism.

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Antulio Rosales @antuliorosales.bsky.social · Aug 2

2️⃣ A second phase was characterised by a process of isolationism imposed by the US through sanctions and China’s reluctance to rescue Venezuela. In this phase, the relationship stagnated, oil exports plummeted, and debt relief became necessary.

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Antulio Rosales @antuliorosales.bsky.social · Aug 2

Lack of attention to institutional capacity resulted in feedback loops that incentivized a lack of oversight and accountability, leading to corruption. This first phase culminated in increasing primary sector dependence rather than diversification, along with mounting foreign debt.

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