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Feb 22 • 4 tweets • 2 min read
Canadian writer/activist Yves Engler is spending another night locked up as a political prisoner at the Bordeaux jail in Montreal for the crime of tweeting against Zionism.
@EnglerYves before his arrest: "If we had a minimally-functioning political system, the police would be investigating all these [Israeli-Canadian] soldiers for war crimes.."
Prosecutors are trying to force Yves Engler to agree to not speak publicly about the case—a bail condition they've used across Canada to coerce Palestine activists into silence. It's unconstitutional.
Feb 5 • 5 tweets • 2 min read
Reporters Without Borders (RSF) says that the freezing of USAID funds has plunged entire NGOs, media outlets and journalism (🤣) around the world into chaos.
They readily pronounce that much of the world's “journalism” is paid for by Washington's dollars.
“In Ukraine, 9 out of 10 media outlets rely on USAID funding”
Oct 28, 2024 • 5 tweets • 1 min read
The hostile situation in Bolivia further complicates things for Bolivia's friends/allies, who maintain a good relationship with both the Bolivian government and the MAS, led by Evo. They've spent over a year observing closely, walking on eggshells, urging international mediation.
The enemy of the Bolivian people is carrying out plots to kill Evo. It's far past the point where it's acceptable to both sides the situation. La Paz hasn't provided an explanation for how it is that police and military facilities were utilized by hitmen and escape helicopters.
Jul 29, 2024 • 4 tweets • 2 min read
'Social media creates a virtual reality controlled by our new archenemy, Elon Musk, who'd like to come with an army to invade Venezuela. Thank god you showed your face. We knew you were behind all the bots with your money, with your satellite.' - @NicolasMaduro (paraphrased)
'He intends to control the world. Elon Musk already controls Argentina. He's after your lithium, people of Argentina. He already controls Ecuador. He's the representation of fascist ideology in the world. Economic power supporting the fascist ideology of extreme right.'
Jun 27, 2024 • 10 tweets • 2 min read
Here's a Bolivian perspective by @CasaTomadaBol:
What happened today, July 26th in Bolivia? First, let's give some context. Follow below for transcription.
On June 24, the then general commander of the Army, Juan José Zuñiga, gave an interview in which he threatened to arrest Evo Morales. Then, on June 25 (yesterday), there was a media operation which indicated the dismissal of commander Zúñiga.
Apr 15, 2024 • 5 tweets • 2 min read
In northern 'democracies', people have to delete their entire phone contents and messaging apps before attending a protest, among other measures, because of the extent of criminalization of anyone involved in anti-genocide organizing. This is NATO's version of "free speech".
Surveillance is increasing. People will continue to be criminalized for everything and nothing. @palyouthmvmt has put out information on protecting your identify, devices, safety, surveillance, what to do if you're detained/arrested or visited by police. instagram.com/p/C5Ygrg5gpgq/…
Oct 14, 2023 • 5 tweets • 2 min read
All major platforms have access to the same shared database which they can use to identify and block the same content on their platforms.
It's US-based companies engaging in a form of cross-platform censorship and it impairs our ability to access crucial reporting/information.
It's not China, Russia or Iran doing the censoring and information suppression we're seeing: It's US-based companies and platforms working in tandem with the US government. It's common practice for Meta (Facebook, Instagram and WhatsApp), YouTube, Twitter/X and Microsoft.
Apr 25, 2023 • 7 tweets • 2 min read
Colombia FM: "[Guaido] was accompanied by U.S. agents the entire time in El Dorado and the ticket was supplied by the U.S."
"He wasn't expelled. He had a ticket in his pocket and naturally, the ticket indicated the day, time and line he was traveling on."
Foreign Minister @AlvaroLeyva: Juan Guaido entered Colombia without the knowledge of migration officials who don't know where he entered from Venezuela. They learned he was in the country "because of the noise he himself produces." Naturally, migration inquired.
Apr 25, 2023 • 5 tweets • 2 min read
BREAKING: Juan Guaidó went to Bogotá's El Dorado airport with the intention of fleeing to the United States on a commercial flight, having entered Colombia irregularly, according to Colombian Migration. @MigracionCol
Juan Guaidó boarded the Bogotá to Miami Avianca flight at 11pm local time.
CNN and Voz de América report that a source close to Guaido said he was "forced to leave Colombia by the government of Gustavo Petro" in what seemed like an "expulsion" from the country.
Mar 15, 2023 • 5 tweets • 2 min read
False. Latin America & the Caribbean (+the world) is moving CLOSER to China.
1. Your Southcom Commander testified last week before the House Armed Services Committee that 25 of 31 countries of this region have welcomed Chinese infrastructure investment; 21 formally joined BRI.
2. General Richardson testified that China is expanding its space domain awareness and improving its military space infrastructure and capabilities with 11 China-linked space facilities across 5 countries of Latin America & the Caribbean, according to your military.
Oct 19, 2022 • 13 tweets • 2 min read
Socialism is not on the ballot in Brazil. Most Brazilians aren’t seeking socialism, they simply wouldn’t support it if it were on the ballot, and a large section of the population is demonstrably anti-communist. The term imperialism doesn’t even appear in this campaign.
In Latin America, populations are not electing new socialist governments. Outside of four countries, the majorities are not demanding socialism. The common demand is for economic policies to immediately improve living conditions — and not a project of deep structural changes.
Oct 9, 2022 • 4 tweets • 2 min read
19 OAS member states met this week, convened by Canada and the United States, to discuss foreign involvement in Haiti. More intervention is sought as meeting calls "on the international community to provide robust security assistance". canada.ca/en/global-affa…
Blinken expresses appreciation for "Canada's leadership" on the matter and says the U.S. remains committed to working with the international community to restore security and democratic order in Haiti. state.gov/remarks-before…
Oct 7, 2022 • 6 tweets • 1 min read
Lula reiterated that he’s against abortion again this morning: “That's an answer I've already given. I am against abortion. I am against abortion, I am the father of five children, the grandfather of eight grandchildren, the great-grandfather of one great-granddaughter”.
They’re going hard for the Christian vote and evangelicals in particular - a huge % of the population.
Sep 19, 2022 • 5 tweets • 1 min read
There are people eating out of trash cans everywhere in São Paulo and Rio and it's completely normalized. The conditions in this country have dramatically deteriorated since 2016 yet this reality continues to not exist for the international mainstream press.
For mainstream press, social problems exist under socialist governments and not neoliberal regimes. They operate with a permanent gag order on publishing anything exposing the true nature of neoliberalism. Honest reporting on the catastrophic affects of imperialism is prohibited.
Aug 14, 2022 • 5 tweets • 1 min read
The United States has put target on Nicaragua, manufacturing bogus claims around human rights, press freedom, political prisoners and detentions. U.S. groups which purport to be anti-imperialist have a responsibility to condemn the blatant and sinister hypocrisy of the US/OAS.
Not one claim that has been made about Nicaragua by U.S. functionaries/the OAS is true. These campaigns are lined top to bottom with a comprehensive set of completely manufactured lies, conceived in Washington and Miami. Anti-imperialists must respond to this relentless campaign.
Aug 13, 2022 • 8 tweets • 4 min read
Two weeks ago, the FBI attacked and conducted raids on the African People's Socialist Party. The APSP—which is critical of the Biden regime— has been the target of harassment and intimidation by the regime.
WHERE is the OAS resolution backed by CARICOM states to condemn this?
Where is the concern for the deteriorating state of political and civil rights in the U.S. where the regime continues to threaten, harass, and detain its citizens?
Who will condemn the harassment and surveillance of organizations which are critical of the Biden regime?
Aug 12, 2022 • 8 tweets • 2 min read
Today, all Caricom states, with the exception of SVG, joined the U.S. and its satellite states in voting in favor of an interventionist resolution condemning the revolutionary Sandinista government for safeguarding its sovereignty and ejecting illegal foreign agents.
There is no logic to this disgraceful vote. Almost every Caricom country has in some form or another spoken out against the brutality of the US blockade and sanctions on Cuba, and now Venezuela, and say the OAS lost legitimacy due to Luis Almagro's actions and the Bolivia coup.
Apr 10, 2022 • 5 tweets • 2 min read
This week I was invited to give a talk on Nicaragua to classes at MIT and Scripps College.
Washington has waged a malicious campaign against the Sandinistas for the crime of enforcing their own Foreign Agents laws against treason and terror financing.
Apr 9, 2022 • 7 tweets • 2 min read
In terms of population, 73.73% of the world did not vote in favor of suspending Russia 🇷🇺 from the UN Human Rights Council.
The figure is even higher when you factor in the 18 countries that didn't vote.
Week after week I go to the grocery store and all the prices just stay at the same level no matter what 😭
Apr 8, 2022 • 4 tweets • 1 min read
To be a major network salaried journalist in the global north is to be a fraud, a liar and an extremely bad person in direct receipt of blood money. There's not a single exception.
Latin Americans think they're a part of something noble by joining big networks with direct links to terrorism or which prop up known terrorists on their platforms as is the case with the U.S. outlets which target Latin American audiences: Univision, Telemundo, CÑÑ and the rest.
