Gianfranco Selgas (@gselgas.bsky.social)
@gianselgas
@BritishAcademy_ Postdoc Fellow @UCL. Latin Americanist, Environmental Humanities, Political Ecology. Author of "Regionalismo ensamblado" @IberoVervuert, 2025.
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Benedicte Bull and I have been working for quite some time on the developmental effects of China in Latin America, with emphasis in the relation with Venezuela. It is great to see the results of this research out in NPE journal. tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.10…
Delighted to join American Prestige podcast this week to discuss the shock results of the recent Bolivian elections. You can listen to the update here! 🇧🇴📢americanprestige.supportingcast.fm/listen/america…
I’m in Financial Times on Trump’s recent move to make the Pentagon the top shareholder in the US only rare earths mine. This is the “worst of all worlds” resource nationalism: a toxic mix of environmental harm, militarism, Big Tech, financial de-risking, and asset appreciation. Link below ⬇️
Looking forward to it. See you soon at Queen Mary University of London!
My next book, The Story of Capital: What Everyone Should Know About How Capital Works, will be published on 24 February 2026 by Verso Books versobooks.com/products/3372-…
"Este año perdimos a dos personalidades excepcionales: Pepe Mujica y Francisco. Encarnaron los mejores valores humanistas. Si estuviesen acá, usarían esta tribuna (ONU) para decir que podemos vencer a los falsos profetas y oligarcas que explotan el miedo y monetizan el odio" Lula