flying under the radar today: claudia sheinbaum being sworn in as mexico’s president north america’s first female elected head of state

Absolutely. Same goes for political science and political theory. My take on this isn’t “anti-colonial” at all. It’s rather pragmatic: the exclusion of non-Western work from the canon (for arbitrary reasons) is detrimental to the discipline, plain and simple.

Remember the Doing Business Index? Welp, it's baaaaaaaaaack. Ok, sort of, not really. 4 years after Doing Business was suspended amidst scandal, today the World Bank launches its successor, the "Business Ready" (B-READY) report. Before diving into the new report, a recap. 🧵

Usually I don’t talk about stuff like this because frankly it happens way too often. But not today… As I pulled into the same faculty parking lot that I park in all the time Mississippi State, a white woman was coming out of my office building. Her car was parked next to the space I

Chile gathered 4 ex-presidents to write a book about their country's future. This would be impossible in Argentina, the US, Colombia, Brazil... almost everywhere. What's their secret? I wrote about it for AQ: americasquarterly.org/article/a-smal…

It’s very rare for a celebrity to speak at length about a complicated situation in another country and get it right. Javier Bardem does it here, and I hope you have a few minutes to listen to this. The Spanish is beautiful and the translation is good.

democracy was never made to withstand this combination of money and disinformation.

Disappointing that in Secretary Antony Blinken's essay in Foreign Affairs, "America’s Strategy of Renewal," #LatinAmerica does not appear in any meaningful way. One mention of Maduro. The US can't have a "strategy of renewal" without our shared neighborhood on board. foreignaffairs.com/united-states/…

This essay is about how Organized Crime leads to democratic backsliding. Here's a summary in 9🧵 journalofdemocracy.org/articles/how-o… via Journal of Democracy Will Freeman

Como, mas como que Mucio continua sendo ministro da defesa é algo que precisa muito ser explicado

New article! Lula’s stance on 🇻🇪 is a careful recalibration. Practical considerations are eclipsing ideological loyalties. It reflects political, social and economic changes within Brazil and across the region. Though gradual, this shift is unmistakable foreignpolicy.com/2024/10/08/lul…

My latest for Foreign Policy with Gabriel Brasil

Artigo novo na Foreign Policy com Gabriel Brasil sobre a cuidadosa alteração de rumo do governo lula em relação ao regime de Maduro

In a departure from his historically unwavering support, Brazil’s president has refrained from accepting Nicolás Maduro’s victory in Venezuela. foreignpolicy.com/2024/10/08/lul…

Ciência psicodélica brasileira vai bem, apesar dos pesares www1.folha.uol.com.br/blogs/virada-p…

Criminalizing drugs does not work. Period.

Mais uma vez, me assusto com o envelhecimento do PT. Embora tenha eleito jovens para Câmaras Municipais, o comando e a base do partido envelhecem rapidamente. Vamos aos dados:

1/ Pesquisa Genial/Quaest publicada hoje na coluna do Lauro Jardim mostra a principal consequência das eleições deste ano: o anti-petismo venceu, mas venceu rachado. Se as eleições fossem hoje, Lula teria 32%, Marçal teria 18% e Tarcísio 15%.

Peter Thiel, Elon Musk, and Rupert Murdoch are the real immigrant threat

New article - Reassessing ayahuasca regulation in Brazil Using social movement theory, I show how ayahuasca groups avoided persecution, established institutional bonds and eventually achieved full regulation Open access: tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.10…