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New #LatAmFocus: Can Rodrigo Paz Unearth Bolivia’s Lithium Potential?
Texas A&M’s Diego von Vacano talks to ASCOA’s @carinzissis.bsky.social about the history of political and economic obstacles stifling the sector and outlines the path ahead for the new president.
🎧 Listen: ow.ly/e5y050Xr1uX
Texas A&M’s Diego von Vacano talks to ASCOA’s @carinzissis.bsky.social about the history of political and economic obstacles stifling the sector and outlines the path ahead for the new president.
🎧 Listen: ow.ly/e5y050Xr1uX
LatAm in Focus: Can Rodrigo Paz Unearth Bolivia's Lithium Potential?
Texas A&M's Diego von Vacano traces a history of political and economic obstacles stifling the sector and outlines the path ahead for the new president.
ow.ly
November 13, 2025 at 5:29 PM
New #LatAmFocus: Can Rodrigo Paz Unearth Bolivia’s Lithium Potential?
Texas A&M’s Diego von Vacano talks to ASCOA’s @carinzissis.bsky.social about the history of political and economic obstacles stifling the sector and outlines the path ahead for the new president.
🎧 Listen: ow.ly/e5y050Xr1uX
Texas A&M’s Diego von Vacano talks to ASCOA’s @carinzissis.bsky.social about the history of political and economic obstacles stifling the sector and outlines the path ahead for the new president.
🎧 Listen: ow.ly/e5y050Xr1uX
On June 26, Trump backed a remittance tax in the "big, beautiful bill," saying it will help fund the wall.
But the 3.5% tax could lead migrants, scared to share migration status, to find other ways to send money home, weakening financial transparency, CEMLA's René Maldonado told me in #LatAmFocus 🎙️
But the 3.5% tax could lead migrants, scared to share migration status, to find other ways to send money home, weakening financial transparency, CEMLA's René Maldonado told me in #LatAmFocus 🎙️
New #LatAmFocus: How a U.S. Tax Could Hit Latin American Remittances
Will a new levy slow the flow of funds to Latin America? AS/COA’s @carinzissis.bsky.social speaks with René Maldonado of CEMLA about shifting remittance trends in the region.
🎧 Listen: ow.ly/jrv750Wh4CX
Will a new levy slow the flow of funds to Latin America? AS/COA’s @carinzissis.bsky.social speaks with René Maldonado of CEMLA about shifting remittance trends in the region.
🎧 Listen: ow.ly/jrv750Wh4CX
LatAm in Focus: How a U.S. Tax Could Hit Latin American Remittances
Will a new levy slow the flow of funds to Latin America? CEMLA’s René Maldonado covers shifting remittance trends in the region.
ow.ly
June 27, 2025 at 8:37 PM
On June 26, Trump backed a remittance tax in the "big, beautiful bill," saying it will help fund the wall.
But the 3.5% tax could lead migrants, scared to share migration status, to find other ways to send money home, weakening financial transparency, CEMLA's René Maldonado told me in #LatAmFocus 🎙️
But the 3.5% tax could lead migrants, scared to share migration status, to find other ways to send money home, weakening financial transparency, CEMLA's René Maldonado told me in #LatAmFocus 🎙️
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😮Did you know that when Mexico's first congresswoman took office in 1958, women still weren't able vote in a national election?
🇲🇽 @carinzissis.bsky.social reflects upon Aurora Jiménez de Palacios' legacy for @zocalopublicsquare.bsky.social.
www.zocalopublicsquare.org/aurora-jimen...
🇲🇽 @carinzissis.bsky.social reflects upon Aurora Jiménez de Palacios' legacy for @zocalopublicsquare.bsky.social.
www.zocalopublicsquare.org/aurora-jimen...
She Was Mexico’s First, Forgotten Congresswoman | Essay
Aurora Jiménez’s Story Illuminates the Country’s Larger Struggle for Women’s Political Rights, Power, and Equity
www.zocalopublicsquare.org
June 17, 2025 at 8:20 PM
😮Did you know that when Mexico's first congresswoman took office in 1958, women still weren't able vote in a national election?
🇲🇽 @carinzissis.bsky.social reflects upon Aurora Jiménez de Palacios' legacy for @zocalopublicsquare.bsky.social.
www.zocalopublicsquare.org/aurora-jimen...
🇲🇽 @carinzissis.bsky.social reflects upon Aurora Jiménez de Palacios' legacy for @zocalopublicsquare.bsky.social.
www.zocalopublicsquare.org/aurora-jimen...
🇲🇽 President Sheinbaum headed to 🇨🇦 Mon for G7, where she's expected to hold a bilateral mtg with 🇺🇸 Trump Tues PM.
This is her 3rd trip abroad since she became president in Oct:
🇧🇷the G20 in Brazil, Nov 2024
🇭🇳the CELAC summit, Honduras in Apr 2025
🇨🇦G7 in Canada now
www.reforma.com/viaja-sheinb...
This is her 3rd trip abroad since she became president in Oct:
🇧🇷the G20 in Brazil, Nov 2024
🇭🇳the CELAC summit, Honduras in Apr 2025
🇨🇦G7 in Canada now
www.reforma.com/viaja-sheinb...
Viaja Sheinbaum con más frecuencia al extranjero que AMLO
En menos de un año, la Presidenta CSP ha viajado a tres giras al extranjero, lo cual contrasta con los pocos viajes realizados por AMLO.
www.reforma.com
June 16, 2025 at 9:27 PM
🇲🇽 President Sheinbaum headed to 🇨🇦 Mon for G7, where she's expected to hold a bilateral mtg with 🇺🇸 Trump Tues PM.
This is her 3rd trip abroad since she became president in Oct:
🇧🇷the G20 in Brazil, Nov 2024
🇭🇳the CELAC summit, Honduras in Apr 2025
🇨🇦G7 in Canada now
www.reforma.com/viaja-sheinb...
This is her 3rd trip abroad since she became president in Oct:
🇧🇷the G20 in Brazil, Nov 2024
🇭🇳the CELAC summit, Honduras in Apr 2025
🇨🇦G7 in Canada now
www.reforma.com/viaja-sheinb...
Come join us in DC for this conversation on June 12. All you have to do is register at: www.as-coa.org/amazon
June 6, 2025 at 12:56 AM
Come join us in DC for this conversation on June 12. All you have to do is register at: www.as-coa.org/amazon
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🚨🚨🚨 In the last two hours, the Trump admin:
- Banned all immigrant visas from 19 countries, including Cuba, Haiti, and Venezuela
- Banned all student and researcher visas to Harvard
- Colluded with Texas to kick 20,000 undocumented college students off of in-state tuition.
- Banned all immigrant visas from 19 countries, including Cuba, Haiti, and Venezuela
- Banned all student and researcher visas to Harvard
- Colluded with Texas to kick 20,000 undocumented college students off of in-state tuition.
June 5, 2025 at 12:40 AM
🚨🚨🚨 In the last two hours, the Trump admin:
- Banned all immigrant visas from 19 countries, including Cuba, Haiti, and Venezuela
- Banned all student and researcher visas to Harvard
- Colluded with Texas to kick 20,000 undocumented college students off of in-state tuition.
- Banned all immigrant visas from 19 countries, including Cuba, Haiti, and Venezuela
- Banned all student and researcher visas to Harvard
- Colluded with Texas to kick 20,000 undocumented college students off of in-state tuition.
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On June 1, Mexico held unprecedented direct elections for judges and magistrates.
From candidate totals to voter turnout, AS/COA’s @carinzissis.bsky.social explains the voting day in six facts and figures: ow.ly/8Nfr50W2Yf8
From candidate totals to voter turnout, AS/COA’s @carinzissis.bsky.social explains the voting day in six facts and figures: ow.ly/8Nfr50W2Yf8
Six Facts to Understand Mexico's 2025 Judicial Elections
From candidate totals to voter turnout, learn about the country’s unprecedented election.
ow.ly
June 3, 2025 at 1:58 PM
On June 1, Mexico held unprecedented direct elections for judges and magistrates.
From candidate totals to voter turnout, AS/COA’s @carinzissis.bsky.social explains the voting day in six facts and figures: ow.ly/8Nfr50W2Yf8
From candidate totals to voter turnout, AS/COA’s @carinzissis.bsky.social explains the voting day in six facts and figures: ow.ly/8Nfr50W2Yf8
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On the anniversary of Mexico's election of President Claudia Sheinbaum, the first woman to hold the position, @carinzissis.bsky.social reflects on the history—and paradox—of women's political power in the country. zps.la/4juaSlE
She Was Mexico’s First, Forgotten Congresswoman | Essay
Aurora Jiménez’s Story Illuminates the Country’s Larger Struggle for Women’s Political Rights, Power, and Equity
zps.la
June 2, 2025 at 5:54 PM
On the anniversary of Mexico's election of President Claudia Sheinbaum, the first woman to hold the position, @carinzissis.bsky.social reflects on the history—and paradox—of women's political power in the country. zps.la/4juaSlE
Aurora Jiménez became Mexico's first congresswoman in 1954 due to a special election and before 🇲🇽 women even got to participate in a national vote. For
@zocalopublicsquare.bsky.social, I cover her unlikely rise to power 70 yrs before MX's first presidenta. www.zocalopublicsquare.org/aurora-jimen...
@zocalopublicsquare.bsky.social, I cover her unlikely rise to power 70 yrs before MX's first presidenta. www.zocalopublicsquare.org/aurora-jimen...
She Was Mexico’s First, Forgotten Congresswoman | Essay
Aurora Jiménez’s Story Illuminates the Country’s Larger Struggle for Women’s Political Rights, Power, and Equity
www.zocalopublicsquare.org
June 3, 2025 at 2:47 AM
Aurora Jiménez became Mexico's first congresswoman in 1954 due to a special election and before 🇲🇽 women even got to participate in a national vote. For
@zocalopublicsquare.bsky.social, I cover her unlikely rise to power 70 yrs before MX's first presidenta. www.zocalopublicsquare.org/aurora-jimen...
@zocalopublicsquare.bsky.social, I cover her unlikely rise to power 70 yrs before MX's first presidenta. www.zocalopublicsquare.org/aurora-jimen...
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“To speak of a country with more than a hundred and twenty-seven thousand disappeared people is to question democracy itself,” María de Vecchi Gerli, who leads the Truth and Memory Program at the human-rights group Article 19.
www.newyorker.com/magazine/202...
www.newyorker.com/magazine/202...
The Mexican President Who’s Facing Off with Trump
Can Claudia Sheinbaum manage the demands from D.C.—and her own country’s fragile democracy?
www.newyorker.com
April 28, 2025 at 2:47 AM
“To speak of a country with more than a hundred and twenty-seven thousand disappeared people is to question democracy itself,” María de Vecchi Gerli, who leads the Truth and Memory Program at the human-rights group Article 19.
www.newyorker.com/magazine/202...
www.newyorker.com/magazine/202...
"As we approach the Cristero Rebellion’s centennial in 2026, we will likely see more attempts to equate Morena with the socialism and anti-clericalism of the 1920s and ’30s...to mobilize Catholics in opposition." www.americasquarterly.org/article/the-...
The Long Shadow of Mexico’s War Over Catholicism
A century ago, the Cristero war pitted Catholics against the state—and left a lasting impact on the country’s left, still visible today.
www.americasquarterly.org
April 23, 2025 at 2:40 PM
"As we approach the Cristero Rebellion’s centennial in 2026, we will likely see more attempts to equate Morena with the socialism and anti-clericalism of the 1920s and ’30s...to mobilize Catholics in opposition." www.americasquarterly.org/article/the-...
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Mexico’s imports of U.S. natural gas are surging, kindling fears that the Trump administration could weaponize this trade. - vía @nytimes.com
Mexico’s Reliance on U.S. Natural Gas Could Be Its Achilles’ Heel
Mexico’s imports of U.S. natural gas are surging, kindling fears that the Trump administration could weaponize this trade.
www.nytimes.com
April 17, 2025 at 12:46 AM
Mexico’s imports of U.S. natural gas are surging, kindling fears that the Trump administration could weaponize this trade. - vía @nytimes.com
A film that takes place where you’re from
April 16, 2025 at 10:34 PM
A film that takes place where you’re from
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‘Her advice to anyone planning to travel to the US is simply not to go. “First, because of the danger of what could happen to you. And, secondly, do you really want to give your money to this country right now?” @jennykleeman.bsky.social
I was a British tourist trying to leave America. Then I was detained, shackled and sent to an immigration detention centre
Graphic artist Rebecca Burke was on the trip of a lifetime. But as she tried to leave the US she was stopped, interrogated and branded an illegal alien by ICE. Now back home, she tells others thinking...
www.theguardian.com
April 5, 2025 at 11:34 AM
‘Her advice to anyone planning to travel to the US is simply not to go. “First, because of the danger of what could happen to you. And, secondly, do you really want to give your money to this country right now?” @jennykleeman.bsky.social
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BREAKNG: A federal judge has barred the Trump administration from ending "temporary protected status" for 350,000 Venezuelan nationals — which was slated to expire next week.
s3.documentcloud.org/documents/25...
s3.documentcloud.org/documents/25...
March 31, 2025 at 9:37 PM
BREAKNG: A federal judge has barred the Trump administration from ending "temporary protected status" for 350,000 Venezuelan nationals — which was slated to expire next week.
s3.documentcloud.org/documents/25...
s3.documentcloud.org/documents/25...
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Can Mexico build a national care system covering care for children, people with disabilities, the elderly—and the caretakers themselves?
This is a great piece by @carinzissis.bsky.social on a regional movement to revalue "care," one that could be yet another LatAm model the US can learn from.
This is a great piece by @carinzissis.bsky.social on a regional movement to revalue "care," one that could be yet another LatAm model the US can learn from.
In Mexico, the Push for a National Care System Is Gaining Momentum
A national care system would go a long way toward addressing Mexico’s workforce gender gap, but building it will take time and resources.
www.worldpoliticsreview.com
March 24, 2025 at 3:59 PM
Can Mexico build a national care system covering care for children, people with disabilities, the elderly—and the caretakers themselves?
This is a great piece by @carinzissis.bsky.social on a regional movement to revalue "care," one that could be yet another LatAm model the US can learn from.
This is a great piece by @carinzissis.bsky.social on a regional movement to revalue "care," one that could be yet another LatAm model the US can learn from.
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A national care system would go a long way toward addressing Mexico’s workforce gender gap, but building it will take time and resources. Can Mexico get there?
@carinzissis.bsky.social writes:
@carinzissis.bsky.social writes:
In Mexico, the Push for a National Care System Is Gaining Momentum
A national care system would go a long way toward addressing Mexico’s workforce gender gap, but building it will take time and resources.
www.worldpoliticsreview.com
March 24, 2025 at 5:42 PM
A national care system would go a long way toward addressing Mexico’s workforce gender gap, but building it will take time and resources. Can Mexico get there?
@carinzissis.bsky.social writes:
@carinzissis.bsky.social writes:
🇲🇽 At the heart of unpaid care work in Mexico lies a paradox: The labor sustains the economy, even as it creates barriers to women joining the workforce.
I cover Mexico's gender workforce gap and push for a national care system in @wpr.bsky.social: www.worldpoliticsreview.com/mexico-care-...
I cover Mexico's gender workforce gap and push for a national care system in @wpr.bsky.social: www.worldpoliticsreview.com/mexico-care-...
In Mexico, the Push for a National Care System Is Gaining Momentum
A national care system would go a long way toward addressing Mexico’s workforce gender gap, but building it will take time and resources.
www.worldpoliticsreview.com
March 24, 2025 at 1:31 PM
🇲🇽 At the heart of unpaid care work in Mexico lies a paradox: The labor sustains the economy, even as it creates barriers to women joining the workforce.
I cover Mexico's gender workforce gap and push for a national care system in @wpr.bsky.social: www.worldpoliticsreview.com/mexico-care-...
I cover Mexico's gender workforce gap and push for a national care system in @wpr.bsky.social: www.worldpoliticsreview.com/mexico-care-...
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📢 The Role of Latin American Women in Advancing Human Rights 🌎✊
In this article in the @latamprog.bsky.social,
@wilsoncenter.org Fellow @carinzissis.bsky.social explores the historical contributions of #LatinAmerican women to the #humanrights movement
📖
www.wilsoncenter.org/blog-post/ho...
In this article in the @latamprog.bsky.social,
@wilsoncenter.org Fellow @carinzissis.bsky.social explores the historical contributions of #LatinAmerican women to the #humanrights movement
📖
www.wilsoncenter.org/blog-post/ho...
How Latin American Women Shaped Human Rights
www.wilsoncenter.org
March 12, 2025 at 7:02 PM
📢 The Role of Latin American Women in Advancing Human Rights 🌎✊
In this article in the @latamprog.bsky.social,
@wilsoncenter.org Fellow @carinzissis.bsky.social explores the historical contributions of #LatinAmerican women to the #humanrights movement
📖
www.wilsoncenter.org/blog-post/ho...
In this article in the @latamprog.bsky.social,
@wilsoncenter.org Fellow @carinzissis.bsky.social explores the historical contributions of #LatinAmerican women to the #humanrights movement
📖
www.wilsoncenter.org/blog-post/ho...
Hillary Clinton declared "Women's rights are human rights" at the 1995 Beijing Conf. But Latin American women helped enshrine the concept in the UN Charter 50 years before—and over US objections.
For #8M #WomensHistoryMonth, I write for @latamprog.bsky.social:
www.wilsoncenter.org/blog-post/ho...
For #8M #WomensHistoryMonth, I write for @latamprog.bsky.social:
www.wilsoncenter.org/blog-post/ho...
How Latin American Women Shaped Human Rights
www.wilsoncenter.org
March 7, 2025 at 5:37 PM
Hillary Clinton declared "Women's rights are human rights" at the 1995 Beijing Conf. But Latin American women helped enshrine the concept in the UN Charter 50 years before—and over US objections.
For #8M #WomensHistoryMonth, I write for @latamprog.bsky.social:
www.wilsoncenter.org/blog-post/ho...
For #8M #WomensHistoryMonth, I write for @latamprog.bsky.social:
www.wilsoncenter.org/blog-post/ho...
2 sides, 1 coin: On same day Trump's 25% tariffs on Mexico go into effect, 🇲🇽's lawsuit against 🇺🇸 gun makers lands in the US Supreme Court. 🇺🇸 declared MX org crime groups terrorist orgs and says fentanyl is cause for tariffs, even as illicit 🇺🇸 guns arm crime groups. www.scotusblog.com/2025/03/mexi...
Mexico’s suit against U.S. gun makers comes before Supreme Court - SCOTUSblog
Just two weeks after the Trump administration designated six Mexican cartels as foreign terrorist organizations, Mexico will come to the Supreme Court on Tuesday in its effort to hold U.S. gun makers ...
www.scotusblog.com
March 4, 2025 at 4:25 PM
2 sides, 1 coin: On same day Trump's 25% tariffs on Mexico go into effect, 🇲🇽's lawsuit against 🇺🇸 gun makers lands in the US Supreme Court. 🇺🇸 declared MX org crime groups terrorist orgs and says fentanyl is cause for tariffs, even as illicit 🇺🇸 guns arm crime groups. www.scotusblog.com/2025/03/mexi...
Just as 🇲🇽 Security Chief García Harfuch is in DC for talks, Mexico reveals that it has extradited 29 organized crime group members to the 🇺🇸, including Caro Quintero www.eluniversal.com.mx/nacion/desde...
Desde Caro, “Los Zetas”, “Los Chapitos” y hasta el CJNG; ellos son los 29 narcos extraditados de México a EU | El Universal
De acuerdo con fuentes federales, entre los extraditados se encuentran el capo mexicano Rafael Caro Quintero, así como los fundadores de “Los Zetas”
www.eluniversal.com.mx
February 27, 2025 at 11:49 PM
Just as 🇲🇽 Security Chief García Harfuch is in DC for talks, Mexico reveals that it has extradited 29 organized crime group members to the 🇺🇸, including Caro Quintero www.eluniversal.com.mx/nacion/desde...
"In discussions so far, American officials have delivered vague ultimatums and unclear policy demands that Mexico dismantle the cartels or face the full force of Washington’s power...leading to confusion among Mexican officials." www.nytimes.com/2025/02/27/w...
Trump Officials Split Over How Hard to Go on Mexican Cartels
A Mexican delegation will meet in Washington on Thursday to finalize a security deal, as White House officials debate a strategy for fighting cartels and stemming the flow of drugs across the border.
www.nytimes.com
February 27, 2025 at 3:53 PM
"In discussions so far, American officials have delivered vague ultimatums and unclear policy demands that Mexico dismantle the cartels or face the full force of Washington’s power...leading to confusion among Mexican officials." www.nytimes.com/2025/02/27/w...
Mexican President Sheinbaum announced that Security Sec Harfuch & Econ Sec Ebrard are expected to head to 🇺🇸 this week to hold 🇲🇽's first cabinet-level meetings with Trump admin. The White House has set a March 1 deadline to impost 25% tariffs on 🇲🇽 elpais.com/mexico/2025-...
Harfuch y Ebrard, los representantes de México en las primeras reuniones con la Administración de Trump
Sheinbaum espera que se celebren dos encuentros esta semana sobre Comercio y Seguridad, con la amenaza de los aranceles como telón de fondo
elpais.com
February 18, 2025 at 4:37 AM
Mexican President Sheinbaum announced that Security Sec Harfuch & Econ Sec Ebrard are expected to head to 🇺🇸 this week to hold 🇲🇽's first cabinet-level meetings with Trump admin. The White House has set a March 1 deadline to impost 25% tariffs on 🇲🇽 elpais.com/mexico/2025-...
Who is being sent to Guantanamo? “According to US fed court records, 2 of them had no crimes on their records except for illegal entry. The 3rd had picked up an additional charge while in detention, for kicking an officer while being restrained during a riot.”
www.texastribune.org/2025/02/13/i...
www.texastribune.org/2025/02/13/i...
U.S. claims migrants held at Guantanamo are “worst of the worst.” Their families say otherwise.
The Trump administration has flown about 100 immigrants from El Paso to Guantanamo Bay. ProPublica and The Texas Tribune identified nearly a dozen of them and spoke to relatives of three of them.
www.texastribune.org
February 14, 2025 at 1:56 PM
Who is being sent to Guantanamo? “According to US fed court records, 2 of them had no crimes on their records except for illegal entry. The 3rd had picked up an additional charge while in detention, for kicking an officer while being restrained during a riot.”
www.texastribune.org/2025/02/13/i...
www.texastribune.org/2025/02/13/i...