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Joshua Collins
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Words/photos on Latin America: World Politics Review, Vice, USA Today, the New Humanitarian
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The US bases question lost by more tham twenty points
November 18, 2025 at 2:46 PM
3️⃣ Protests in Mexico make headlines, and gringos project their shit on them, as usual

Holy moly did we see some awful takes about Mexico City this week. What's really behind the protests?

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November 17, 2025 at 3:42 PM
2️⃣ A referendum in Ecuador that would have expanded presidential and police powers as well as allowed US military bases in the country, was absolutely spanked into the grave by voters Sunday
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November 17, 2025 at 3:39 PM
The Big Stories to watch this week in LATAM! 🧵

A weekly from PWS

1️⃣Voters went to the polls in Chile and selected two radically different candidates for a face-off in the second round of presidential elections

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November 17, 2025 at 3:37 PM
Voters soundly reject a referendum that would have expanded police powers in Ecuador and allowed US bases in the country

Just an absolute pummeling for Naboa
November 17, 2025 at 1:05 AM
In a new report, Human Rights Watch has some harsh words for the Trump administration over their detainment of Venezuelan nationals in El Salvador

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November 15, 2025 at 5:17 PM
5️⃣ The Chilling ICE image of the week:

ICE and CBP personnel have increasingly threatened Chicago journalists in recent weeks, often targeting them with weapons during routine coverage.

Photos published by the Chicago Tribune show the threats in action
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November 15, 2025 at 5:09 PM
4️⃣ Speaking of DHS lies about detainees in Chicago, a federal judge ordered the release of hundreds detained in Chicago as part of “Operation Midway Blitz.”

The court ruled that they were detained illegally, and released the migrants on bond
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November 15, 2025 at 5:06 PM
3️⃣ICE and CBP are headed to Charlotte

The op will be led by Gregory Bovino, who has been criticized for multiple lies in Chicago and LA, and harrasing local journalists. He also faces a court-imposed injunction for blasting protesters with tear-gas
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November 15, 2025 at 5:04 PM
2️⃣In a new report, Human Rights Watch accuses Trump administration of “torture” and “forced desesperances” over El Salvador migrant detention scheme

Violence did not occur in isolated cases, but was rather systematic and intentional
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November 15, 2025 at 5:01 PM
1️⃣DHS claimed children rippped from their beds and zip-tied by federal agents in Chicago were “Tren de Aragua”, arresting over 900 people

Prosecutor's declined a single criminal charge, and no detainee was associated with the Venezuelan gang

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November 15, 2025 at 4:58 PM
The guy in charge of DHS operations in Chicago is gleefully comparing his deployment to "Operation Wetback," which aside from being vilely racist, also deported hundreds of US citizens
November 11, 2025 at 1:04 AM
ICE Chilling photo of the week:

CBS news reported on the violent detention of a man showing up for his migration proceedings in Chicago, as masked men dragged away a crying man who was attempting to regularize his migration status

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November 8, 2025 at 4:11 PM
3️⃣ ICE and CBP operations are becoming more violent

Violent assault against US citizens, shootings, aggressive operations inside Childcare centers, and beatings are only some of the ongoing incidents as ICE ratchets up the violence
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November 8, 2025 at 4:06 PM
2️⃣ CBP agent brags about shooting Chicago woman 5 times

This week, court documents revealed that the CBP officer responsible for the shooting, Charles Exum, had been boasting about his marksmanship to colleagues.

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November 8, 2025 at 4:05 PM
Venezuelan opposition leader María Corina Machado insists that Maduro rigged the 2020 US elections against Donald Trump (and many other elections in the region)
November 3, 2025 at 10:47 PM
Four of the last five US bombings of fast boats have occurred nowhere near Venezuela, in the Pacific Ocean

Trump's extrajudicial killings spread across the Carribean

LATEST: a podcast for PWS with @colombiareports and Richard McColl from Colombia Calling
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November 3, 2025 at 1:42 PM
U.S boat bombings move to the Pacific: killing Venezuelans on hold for now

Following a diplomatic crisis with Colombia after Petro denounced murdered fishermen, US moves extrajudicial killings to the Pacific

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November 3, 2025 at 11:34 AM
The Roundup::

▶️DHS arrests British Palestinian activist
▶️Overcrowding at 'temporary' facilities puts migrants in danger
▶️ICE has detained more than 3000 migrants in Chicago. No one knows where they are
▶️DHS says ICE officers are in danger: data shows they aren't

and MORE!
November 2, 2025 at 1:37 PM
3️⃣ This week’s image is actually a video. IBorder Patrol officials beat a handcuffed man during an arrest in Evanston, Illinois this week.

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November 2, 2025 at 1:33 PM
ICE Capades: the Roundup (🧵)

1️⃣ICE tactics are inspiring terror, but it isn’t enough for the White House

A leadership shake-up this week replaced half of ICE’s regional heads, installing senior Border Patrol officials in their positions instead.

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November 2, 2025 at 1:29 PM
US announces four bombings of smallboats, killing 14 people

Total number now murdered by US forces: at least 57
October 28, 2025 at 2:56 PM
Makin new friends
October 27, 2025 at 5:45 PM
5️⃣ Peru’s new president seems nervous. Unlike Naboa, he has a good reason

Protests toppled the predecessor of Peru’s sparkling new interim president, José Jerí, who herself was an interim president after the arrest of her predecessor.

They want a 2.0
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October 27, 2025 at 12:16 PM
4️⃣ Naboa goes hysterical, keeps claiming people are trying to kill him

The Ecuadorian president has made three highly questionable claims about "assassination" attempts in recent weeks as a national strike in the country continues

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October 27, 2025 at 12:13 PM