I spoke to The Guardian about this moment, and about the evangelical rise in Brazil explored in my new documentary Apocalypse in the Tropics.This is not just Brazil. It’s a global warning. Read: theguardian.com/film/2025/jul/… 🙏 Thanks to @tiagorogero & The Guardian

OPINIÓN📝 "Menem": la tragedia neoliberal vendida en tono de comedia La serie de Prime Video diluye las complejidades políticas en favor de la caricatura y la risa fácil. ✍️ Demián Kaltman | buff.ly/OtXpXoa

Brazil’s President Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva has built a career on unwavering leftist principles. Now, though, he joins a thin coalition of Latin American leaders facing off against the right-wing populists and anti-globalists gaining power worldwide. nyer.cm/Rm9HfNq

Lula letting off steam is electric. “I called Putin and I said, ‘Putin, I think it’s time for you to return to politics. Put an end to this. The world needs politics, not war. You’re missed. There are not enough people to sit around the table and discuss the fate of the planet’”

We now exist in a timeline where Cole Palmer has had a brief chat with Donald Trump

‘Aged 92, Paul Biya is the world’s oldest head of state. Should he win the election, he will be 99 years old when his term ends.’ Arrey E. Ntui unpacks President Biya’s determination to stay in office and its implications for Cameroon’s October poll. crisisgroup.org/africa/central…

Does the chaos at the UN create an opportunity for Global South countries to gain more influence? In a new essay for Centro Brasileiro de Relações Internacionais I look at how the Trump shock has revealed the UN's over-reliance on the U.S., and ask if creates openings for the South. cebri.org/revista/en/art…

The work done by Cristosal has been critical in understanding the effects of mass incarceration in #ElSalvador. Now it's been forced into exile. reuters.com/world/americas…

Estoy profundamente entristecido por las víctimas y los heridos causados por el ataque militar a la parroquia de la Sagrada Familia en #Gaza. Aseguro mi cercanía espiritual a toda la comunidad parroquial. Encomiendo las almas de los difuntos a la misericordia de Dios, y rezo por

Tory leader Badenoch says she is Britain’s chainsaw-wielding Milei on.ft.com/3IHvPgc

As deadly fighting breaks out across the #ThailandCambodia border, here's an excellent piece Crisis Group recently published on the build-up of conflict. crisisgroup.org/asia/south-eas…

#LEE "El desafío de Latinoamérica en la era de la geoeconomía", la #CartaDelDirector Jordi Bacaria Colom (Jordi Bacaria Colom) sobre la #NuevaFAL bit.ly/4f0OVdc

NEW STATEMENT | Open the Gates to Save a Starving Gaza Gaza is tipping from mass starvation toward mass death. Israel must allow assistance in immediately. The strip needs both an end to Israel’s siege and a ceasefire, urgently. crisisgroup.org/middle-east-no…

Yesterday’s municipal elections consolidate Maduro’s firm grasp on the a Venezuelan state, a year after the presidential election fraud. Phil Gunson comments here ⬇️ crisisgroup.org/latin-america-…

"They threw us down, they dragged us, and the officers from El Salvador said: welcome to hell, you'll never get out of here, the only way out is in a black bag". From one of the 252 Venezuelan migrants to the U.S., now back home after purgatory in CECOT. eltiempo.com/mundo/venezuel…

1/ Record gold prices have made illegal mining more profitable than ever. In the Venezuelan Amazon, this means not only organized crime is capitalizing, but state authorities like the army are involved as well. Our new Crisis Group briefing 🇻🇪⛏️ crisisgroup.org/latin-america-…

And in a parallel universe. "The scope and gravity of the recent policies, practices, and actions of the Government of Brazil constitute an unusual and extraordinary threat" whitehouse.gov/presidential-a…

80 years since Hiroshima, the taboo on nuclear use still holds - but it is fraying. In Ukraine, South Asia, and the Koreas, the risk of miscalculation is growing. Risk reduction measures can no longer be delayed. My latest for Foreign Policy. foreignpolicy.com/2025/08/05/hir…

I found this copy of The Times from 7th August 1945 a few years ago. A strange choice to line an old family hatbox. To quote Churchill's words, "This revelation of the secrets of nature, long mercifully withheld from man, should arouse the most solemn reflections in the mind"

Trump now offering same bounty amount for Maduro that U.S. offered for Bin Laden after 9/11. But does a bigger reward really threaten Maduro’s grip on power? The move comes days after the White House allowed Chevron to resume drilling in Venezuela. apnews.com/article/venezu…