Twitter account of Friends of Latin America. Promoting awareness, activism, and social responsibility through trustworthy & independent sources on Latin America
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Here's a list of independent, trustworthy, progressive, and anti-imperialist news sources on Latin America:
tinyurl.com/ElGranma
It will be continuously expanded and refined. Suggestions welcome.
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Conocí a Lula como dirigente sindical, un hombre de lucha, de profunda humildad y sensibilidad humana, comprometido con los más humildes de Brasil. Años después, coincidimos como presidentes, compartiendo la convicción de que la política solo tiene sentido cuando trabaja para mejorar la vida de nuestros pueblos.
Siempre valoré su humanismo y su compromiso con quienes más necesitan. También compartimos una mirada latinoamericana, la certeza de que nuestros pueblos tienen un destino común y que la integración, la soberanía y la justicia social son fundamentales para construir una Patria Grande con dignidad y esperanza.
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US company Meta have ignored a Brazilian court order to stop interfering in the election to benefit Flávio Bolsonaro.
The attempted fix continues.
panamericandispatch.org/p/me…
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Checkmate: Lula says that he will provide all his and his family’s bank and telephone records to the Supreme Court and Elecoral Court tomorrow, challenges Flávio Bolsonaro to do the same…
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🇧🇷 Brasil: Lula se recupera en la recta final mientras Meta 🇺🇸 admite su injerencia en la campana electoral a favor de Bolsonaro para perjudicar a Lula. ?Otra vez "la cancha inclinada" como en Ecuador, Honduras, Peru y Colombia? carasycaretas.com.uy/c100246 via @CarasyCaretasuy
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They miss the times they could kill Palestinians and no one in the West would notice
A video of young Israelis singing "Song for Peace" at InDNegev, ain indie music festival in the Negev Desert, near Gaza has gone viral, stirring nostalgia for a time when Israeli-Palestinian peace seemed possible | Video by @tomerappelbaum
🔗haaretz.com/israel-news/elec…
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to this day i do not understand what forced israelis to make this video public. maybe it's the chutzpah. Sinwar went like an absolute lion he was and the whole world seen it – at Всеволожский район, Ленинградская область
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Siempre Presente❤️
Lembro quando o Maradona disse que era soldado do #exercitodoLula
Foi premonitório.
Diego presente!
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They shamelessly murdered 168 kids in just one of their murderous attacks on an Iranian school in Minab city, and slaughtered thousands of others in sports stadiums, hospitals, apartment blocks, and other civilian targets, yet they have the audacity to blame Islam.
Born in America never made him an American. #SCOTUS screwed us over on *birthright*.
You can take a man out of Islam but not Islam out of the man. Nidal Hasan deserves public execution, anyone defending him needs to be driven out of civilized society.
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No Kings is organized by a former Republican who defends Israel’s genocide and instructs people to leave their Palestinian flags at home.
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KEEP THE MOMENTUM UP. IT'S NOT OVER UNTIL SUNDAY NIGHT
Brazil (Presidential Election, second round), Vox Brasil poll:
Lula (PT, centre-left): 51.0% (+0.1)
F. Bolsonaro (PL, right): 49.0% (-0.1)
(+/- vs. 5-7 October 2026)
Fieldwork: 15-17 October 2026
Sample size: 2,100
#Brazil
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🇧🇷 Brasileño Wagner Moura denuncia complot del ultraderechista Flávio Bolsonaro y EE.UU. telesurtv.net/brasileno-wagn…
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"Apoyadores de Flávio Bolsonaro llevan misil inflable pidiendo a Trump bombardear Brasil".
¿Cómo carajo no vas a votar a Lula la puta madre?
Apoiadores de Flávio Bolsonaro levam míssil inflável com pedido para Trump bombardear o Brasil a ato na Paulista oglobo.globo.com/politica/el…
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yahya sinwar did not die in a bunker, or in a mansion, or in any bourgeois town, he died amongst the Palestinian people, fighting for Palestine
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mais um excelente vídeo do Wagner Moura, assistam, compartilhem!
WAGNER MOURA ACUSA A FLÁVIO BOLSONARO DE ENTREGARLE BRASIL A TRUMP Y CRITICA A MILEI
El actor brasileño, conocido por su papel en “Narcos” y nominado al Oscar por “Agente secreto”, publicó un video en apoyo a la reelección de Lula da Silva, a nueve días del balotaje. Acusó a Flávio Bolsonaro de favorecer los intereses de Estados Unidos y advirtió sobre la intención de Donald Trump de controlar los recursos naturales de Brasil.
Moura también cuestionó la relación entre Trump y Javier Milei. Sostuvo que Estados Unidos condicionó su ayuda económica a los resultados de las elecciones legislativas argentinas de 2025 y vinculó ese episodio con un posterior acuerdo sobre minerales críticos.
Declaraciones de Wagner Moura
"Se decidía si el presidente de extrema derecha continuaría teniendo fuerza en el Congreso".
“Dos semanas antes de la votación los americanos anunciaron un préstamo de 20 mil millones de dólares para el gobierno de Milei. Y luego le preguntaron a Trump en una conferencia de prensa si la ayuda depende del resultado, a lo que respondió".
“Milei ganó. Cuatro meses después, en febrero, Argentina y Estados Unidos suscribieron un acuerdo por minerales críticos. ¿Estás viendo? ¿Percibís como la historia se repite?”.
“Primero viene la presión: una guerra, una tarifa, un préstamo, lo que sea preciso. Luego, alguien en el poder que le debe su puesto a Trump: Delcy [Rodríguez] en Venezuela, [Abelardo de la] Espriella en Colombia, [Javier] Milei en Argentina. Y, al final, llega el acuerdo: los minerales y el petróleo salen del país, con los estadounidenses al mando”.
(+) en Clarín: clar.in/47YEYKq
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Not a single arrest has been made of any Israeli involved in the murder of almost 300 journalists in Gaza.
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El nominado al Oscar y estrella de Netflix Wagner Moura denunció a Bolsonaro y lo comparó con Milei: "Traidores"
eldestapeweb.com/cultura/nom…
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Grateful with @VocalPolitics1 for this insightful commentary of my book "Drug Cartels Do Not Exist" by @CallaWalsh. Excellent summary of my research with sharp analysis of the militarized violence perpetrated by the US-led "drug war" in Latin America.
The term “cartel” now does the same job “terrorist” did after 9/11. Once someone has that label, they can be bombed, kidnapped, or jailed without proof, and the target can be anyone: a fisherman, a farmer, a migrant, or a head of state. But are drug cartels as we imagine them even real?
￭ In 2022, Mexican scholar and former journalist Oswaldo Zavala published a book titled "Drug Cartels Do Not Exist." His argument is that the drug trade is real, but the “cartel” as we imagine it is largely an invention of governments. The term “cartel” itself was coined by US officials and the DEA in the 1980s, then adopted by Mexican media.
￭ The mythical, sensationalized idea of the "cartel" as a monolithic criminal empire powerful enough to rival the state in reality serves to obscure the US's direct role in global drug trafficking.
By @CallaWalsh