CNN has learned exclusively that Ecuador isn’t just calling for U.S. help- it’s preparing to host American troops. David Culver has the details.

Entre tantas malas noticias, esto es lo mejor que verás hoy… Es pequeño descubre su trompita:

Saben por qué no puedo votar? Porque Noboa decidió invadir una embajada.

Did the “Third Wave” of democratization begin with democracy—or dictatorship? Dan Slater challenges a key thesis of Huntington’s narrative, showing how authoritarianism—not liberal resistance—set the stage for regime change in the 1970s. muse.jhu.edu/pub/1/article/…

A 7 años del inicio de la crisis de #DDHH en #Nicaragua, recordamos a las víctimas y su labor de defensa de derechos humanos. Reiteramos nuestro llamado al Estado a garantizar verdad, justicia, reparación y no repetición, y a restablecer el espacio cívico y democrático.

Ecuador’s 2025 presidential runoff resulted in a clear victory for Daniel Noboa, with an 11.3-point margin. But when we look more closely at comparative electoral data, the result stands out as highly anomalous. This thread outlines why — and why it matters. 🧵

What happens when neoliberalism hollows out the state? Rachel Beatty Riedl explores how economic concentration and weakened public institutions threaten democracy itself. Read "Neoliberalism and the Third Wave": muse.jhu.edu/pub/1/article/…

Democracy across the world is being undermined by the very forces that once made it possible. Rachel Beatty Riedl explains how global concentration of wealth has made democratic governance less effective and stripped the people of their power. muse.jhu.edu/pub/1/article/…

An NYU professor AI-proofed his assignments. The students complained they were too hard and that “he was interfering with their ‘learning styles.’”

“No se cansen de ser buenos, aunque ser bueno no sirve para mucho. Sirve para no arrepentirse con uno mismo”, Pepe Mujica, 1935 - 2025.

Wow, what a stressful week of work. Time to relax by holding a phone beaming endless streams of horrific international news inches from my head

Best cities for culture. 1. 🇲🇽 Mexico City 2. 🇨🇿 Prague 3. 🇿🇦 Cape Town 4. 🇦🇷 Buenos Aires 5. 🇬🇷 Athens 6. 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 Edinburgh 7. 🇦🇹 Vienna 8. 🇪🇸 Madrid 9. 🇮🇹 Florence 10. 🇦🇺 Melbourne 11. 🇫🇷 Paris 12. 🇨🇦 Montreal 13. 🇲🇦 Marrackech 14. 🇧🇷 Sao Paulo 15. 🇺🇸 NY (TimeOut)

Current AI “alignment” is just a mask Our findings in The Wall Street Journal explore the limitations of today’s alignment techniques and what’s needed to get AI right 🧵

Hablé con RFI en Español sobre el último fallo de la Corte Suprema en México. Aprecio su apoyo y comentarios. La nota aquí ⬇️ rfi.fr/es/programas/n…

Denmark has proposed a law to give citizens copyright to their faces, voices and likeness in a bid to curb unauthorized deep fakes. The law gives folks legal ground to go after anyone who uses their image to produce AI generated content without consent. vice.com/en/article/den…

"Los jóvenes no son una generación inherentemente misógina: se están radicalizando por algoritmos diseñados para ofrecerles contenido cada vez más extremo" bbc.in/46arOKY

"You look happier" thanks, I put my phone down and spent three hours reading uninterrupted

"A arte de manter a calma"

Ojo la instauración de una dictadura institucional en El Salvador 🇸🇻 fortalece y legitima a la dictadura de Daniel Ortega en Nicaragua y da luz verde a nuevas dictaduras. Si Europa y Estados Unidos se quedan callados con Bukele otros países seguirán sus pasos. No hay dictaduras