Boat Suspected of Smuggling Drugs Is Said to Have Turned Before U.S. Attacked It www.nytimes.com/2025/09/10/u...

And Víctor Mijares (not on bluesky).

More to come soon.

María Puerta ‪@maripuerta.com‬

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John Polga-Hecimovic @jpolga.bsky.social

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David Smilde @dsmilde.bsky.social‬

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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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Another interesting @jplaeditor.bsky.social issue with articles on Colombia, Guatemala, El Salvador, Brazil, Chile, and a comparative analysis of democratic transitions @giga-hamburg.de www.giga-hamburg.de/en/press/new...

New article out now in the Georgetown Journal of International Affairs, "Transnational Organized Crime and the Venezuelan State".

📰 muse.jhu.edu/article/965801
📄 DOI: doi.org/10.1353/gia....

In it, I examine the relationship between, well, transnational crime and the Venezuelan state under Maduro.

Read John Polga-Hecimovich's "Transnational Organized Crime and the Venezuelan State" in the new issue of
Georgetown Journal of International Affairs, now available to read via @projectmuse.bsky.social

muse.jhu.edu/article/965801

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....

📢 New on First View!

Tom Long (‪@tomlongphd.bsky.social‬) and Carsten-Andreas Schulz ‪(@caschulz.bsky.social‬) highlight the broader repercussions of late nineteenth-century ‘high imperialism’ and reassess the nature of Latin American anti-imperialism.

Read more here! doi.org/10.1017/S174...

And check out the underpinning research, open access in APSR! www.cambridge.org/core/journal...

Out now in New Political Economy is our article on China's impact in Venezuela's economic development. @benedictebull.bsky.social and I analyze the China-Venezuela relationship's effect on three main dimensions of development: industrialisation, economic diversification, and institutional capacity 🧵

Coming soon: Public Diplomacy in Authoritarian Regimes by Carola Richter & Vedat Demir (Editors):

Chapter 9: Venezuela: From Oil Diplomacy to Disinformation Pawn by Maria Puerta Riera
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LASA Venezuela anuncia la convocatoria al Premio Paula Vásquez 2025 al Mejor artículo en Ciencias Sociales y Humanidades y Mejor ponencia de estudiante de postgrado.

Fecha límite para envío de sus artículos o ponencias: 30 de agosto de 2025.

💥💥💥CFP "Encrucijadas identitarias y transformación social: repensar los feminismos en el siglo XXI".
Fecha límite para envíos: 15 de septiembre de 2025.
Más información: revistes.ub.edu/index.php/le...

Una oleada de arrestos de opositores marca las elecciones parlamentarias y regionales en Venezuela - elpais.com/america/2025...