While AMLO won't arrest him, after the El Mayo arrest, Putin should be careful about whose plane he gets on while in Mexico.

Joint statement from Brazil, Colombia, and Mexico about the Venezuela election. TL;DR: Publish the damn actas!

Counterpoint: By blocking and censoring Twitter, Maduro threatens to make his political opposition far more productive with their time.

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The U.S. is pursuing a long-shot attempt to push Venezuelan President Nicolás Maduro to give up power in exchange for amnesty, Chances he’ll go are tiny, but it’s one of last cards left for the opposition. wsj.com/world/americas…

“Elon Musk cares less about moral responsibility with regard to the outcome of events driven by his platform and more about fueling controversy and drama at all times,” James Bosworth (boz) writes. worldpoliticsreview.com/social-media-d…

Your proposal for Venezuela is wrong. Your argument against someone else's proposal is great for wasting time here on Twitter, but isn't particularly productive to getting a better situation than the current one. boz.substack.com/p/solutions-to…

One of Venezuela's top military generals is openly rebelling against Maduro's policies by posting to Twitter / X during Maduro's ten day ban on the social media platform. On par with a potential coup attempt in my opinion. DGCIM may throw him in prison x.com/dhernandezlarez

If you had told me one month ago that Maduro would try to steal the Venezuela election but three weeks later Lula and Petro still weren't recognizing his "win" and were pushing to negotiate other options, I'd have told you that was a sign of a likely positive scenario.

The resolution adopted today OAS underscores the support of the free nations of this hemisphere for the people of #Venezuela. The voice of the Venezuelan people – as expressed through the ballot box on 7/28 will not be silenced. OAS Read Ambassador Mora's

LatAm always seems full of president vs vice-president drama. This week's World Politics Review column looks at the political battle in Ecuador and how it may impact 2025. worldpoliticsreview.com/ecuador-politi…

Ortega's presidential election win in 2006 came about thanks in part to a pact between him and various Christian/Catholic leaders to ban abortion. Ortega kept up his end of the deal and banned all abortions. Then he banned the religious groups. nytimes.com/2024/08/19/wor…

Colombian President Gustavo Petro hasn’t delivered the overhaul he promised when he took office two years ago. But the desire for change that got him elected still exists, James Bosworth (boz) writes. worldpoliticsreview.com/colombia-petro…

The runaway increase in the price of gold is an under-appreciated trend contributing to a lot of the instability in 21st c. Latin America. No wonder you have such powerful illegal gold mining mafias in Peru, Colombia, Brazil, Venezuela.

This article describes how Vice President Kamala Harris Harris was key to the Biden push for a democratic transition in Guatemala. It also points out that Ric Grenell, who would be in a hypothetical Trump cabinet, flew to Guatemala to back the bad guys at a critical moment. foreignpolicy.com/2024/08/28/gua…

Musk doesn't seem to care if Twitter / X stays open in Brazil. Now Moraes is signaling that he could target Tesla and SpaceX/StarLink assets. That is a big escalation in this feud. It could also preview how other countries will target Musk to regulate social media better.

They Traveled Home After Defending Ukraine, and Ended Up in a Russian Prison nytimes.com/2024/08/30/wor…

Major investment banks revised their Brazil GDP predictions up 0.5% on the news that people will spend less time on social media.