After 10 yrs of research my book on #policing #crime & #gangs in #Venezuela is now available! There's lots of bad reporting on Ven gangs (i.e. #TrendeAragua) and their ties to Maduro. Hope this book can be part of setting the record straight Oxford University Press global.oup.com/academic/produ…

It just gets better NACLA Report - check out the latest print issue, on Trans-Travesti Politics in Revolt across Latin America! With web exclusives online! Edited by Cole Rizki! Cuerpos Furiosos Trans-Travesti Politics in Revolt - Web Exclusive nacla.org/cuerpos-furios…

Incredible reporting. The USG quietly prepped the deportations to El Salvador torture prisons weeks in advance to subvert judicial oversight. And appears to have just grabbed random tattooed Venezuelan who were lawfully awaiting asylum determinations. talkingpointsmemo.com/news/how-the-a…

It looks like ICE was given a quota and a deadline for Venezuelan gang members and filled it by picking up people with tattoos. Rose, hummingbird, soccer, mother, Autism awareness. For that people are taken from their families and sent to spend the rest of their lives in

New Rubio order (leaked to me) directs the State Department to spy on student visa holders and applicants social media for "a hostile attitude toward U.S. citizens or U.S. culture (including government, institutions, or founding principles).” Order here: kenklippenstein.com/p/exclusive-tr…

I heard from the friend of my Uber driver’s ex husband’s third cousin that it was closer to 1 trillion.

Judge postpones termination of TPS for Venezuelans | Miami Herald miamiherald.com/news/local/imm…

Certainly didn’t plan it this way but assigning Albert Hirschman’s classic “The Political Economy of Import Substituting Industrialization in Latin America” (1968) on this week of all weeks sure hits different.

When the evidence no longer supports prior claims, social scientists should revise their views. Below are my comments on the latest update of Bahar and Hausmann's flawed research on sanctions and Venezuelan migration.

🚨 New video! Security in Context Director, Omar S. Dahi, moderates a thought-provoking conversation between economists Firat Demir and Francisco Rodríguez, diving deep into Trump’s tariffs and their effects on the world economy. Watch the full discussion here 👇 youtu.be/ysx9JnoUgGU

It’s good that Ricardo Hausmann and Dany Bahar 🌎🎗️ have acknowledged the coding error in their paper. But their claim that their conclusions remain unchanged is simply untenable. Let’s walk through why.

Perfect match.

Just out: I joined Firat Demir and Omar S. Dahi in a conversation hosted by Security in Context to unpack Trump’s tariffs, their political logic, and global economic impact.

Um, 56 years later? Funny math.

Essay in Guardian drawn from epilogue: theguardian.com/commentisfree/…

Check out this week's newsletter for original reporting on asylum seekers in El Salvador and Colombia's just energy transition. Read as well about an indigenous leader's arrest in Guatemala, Haiti's gangs, racist U.S. ads on Mexican TV, and more! nacla.salsalabs.org/apr_25_25_?wvp…

The Krauze’s really are a one trick pony aren’t they. I suppose many a grifter has have made more on far less, so it’s not surprising.

Check out the editor's introduction to the Summer 2025 issue of NACLA Report! "On Isthmian Knowing: Bodies, Archives, Futures" by yours truly alongside Kaysha Corinealdi and pjlo nacla.org/isthmian-knowi…

The only acceptable response to Annie Lowrey from the Zohran Kwame Mamdani campaign youtu.be/yL9rSwrsMHw?si…

In politics (as in life I suppose, but mostly politics) I wonder if it’s better to have low expectations and be pleasantly surprised, or high expectations and be sorely disappointed.