Ewald Scharfenberg
ewaldsvi.bsky.social
Ewald Scharfenberg
@ewaldsvi.bsky.social
Miami-based Venezuelan journalist. "Ne te quaesiveris extra". Director https://armando.Info
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The illegal trafficking of "black sands" from Venezuela to Colombia leaves indigenous people and artisanal miners poor, guerrillas and intermediaries who control the trade rich, and satisfies Chinese demand for raw materials for its technology industry (in Spanish).

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El contrabando de las ‘arenas negras’ venezolanas: primera parada, Colombia (y de allí a China)
En la frontera binacional, la extracción de minerales estratégicos ocurre en un lado y se comercializa en el otro, alimentando una economía ilícita transnacional que involucra a guerrilleros y redes c...
armando.info
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Mujer venezolana se encuentra a Messi y le pide grabar un saludo para su pareja: la despiden de su trabajo.
#Latinus #InformaciónParaTi
latinus.us/deportes/fut...
Mujer venezolana se encuentra a Messi y le pide grabar un saludo para su pareja: la despiden de su trabajo
La aficionada trabajaba en el Kaseya Center, casa de los Miami Heat de la NBA, en donde se encontró a Messi y lo interceptó para que grabara un video.
latinus.us
November 21, 2025 at 9:28 PM
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"The objective of the armada in the Caribbean is not solely counter-narcotics … it’s like killing mosquitoes with a shotgun", James Story, former US ambassador to Venezuela told Thomas Graham.
https://bit.ly/4nZqhMN
US ‘sabre-rattling’ in Venezuela is about more than drugs | The Observer
bit.ly
November 20, 2025 at 5:36 PM
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ICIJ's latest investigation The #CoinLaundry is a collaboration of 113 journalists from 38 media partners in 35 countries that exposes how cryptocurrency companies have empowered a shadow economy that lavishly profits from crime.

Here are our findings:
November 17, 2025 at 3:08 PM
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Breaking News: A federal judge said that the case against James Comey, the former FBI director, could be in serious trouble because of apparent misconduct by the Justice Department's inexperienced prosecutor picked by President Trump to handle the matter.
Judge Says Justice Dept. May Have Committed ‘Misconduct’ in Comey Case
The ruling by a magistrate judge in Alexandria, Va., was only the most recent setback in the department’s efforts to bring charges against the former F.B.I. director James B. Comey.
nyti.ms
November 17, 2025 at 6:36 PM
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Ben Gvir says Israel must arrest Abbas and kill PA officials if Palestinian state recognised - https://www.middleeasteye.net/live-blog/live-blog-update/ben-gvir-says-israel-must-arrest-abbas-and-kill-pa-officials-if
Ben Gvir says Israel must arrest Abbas and kill PA officials if Palestinian state recognised
<article data-history-node-id="431587" about="https://www.middleeasteye.net/live-blog/live-blog-update/ben-gvir-says-israel-must-arrest-abbas-and-kill-pa-officials-if" class="live-blog-update default clearfix"> <h2> <a href="https://www.middleeasteye.net/live-blog/live-blog-update/ben-gvir-says-israel-must-arrest-abbas-and-kill-pa-officials-if" rel="bookmark"> <span class="field field-title">Ben Gvir says Israel must arrest Abbas and kill PA officials if Palestinian state recognised</span> </a> </h2> <div class="content"> <div class="field field-field-text"><p>Israel's National Security Minister Itamar Ben Gvir has called for the arrest of Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas if the United Nations recognises Palestinian statehood.</p> <p>He also called for Israel to assassinate senior Palestinian Authority (PA) officials, who he labelled "terrorists".</p> <p>"Orders must be given for targeted killings of senior Palestinian Authority officials - who are terrorists in every respect - as well as an order for the arrest of Abu Mazen," Ben Gvir posted on X, using an honourific name for Abbas.</p> <p>He also said that a special solitary confinement cell&nbsp;at Ketziot Prison had already been prepared for Abbas.</p> <p>His comments come ahead of a UN Security Council vote on Monday on a US resolution endorsing the Gaza peace plan, which makes reference to a "credible pathway" to Palestinian statehood.</p> <p>You can read more <a href="https://www.middleeasteye.net/news/ben-gvir-israel-abbas-arrest-kill-officials-palestinian-state-recognised">here.</a></p> </div> </div> </article>
www.middleeasteye.net
November 17, 2025 at 6:11 PM
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“Un contingente que tenemos en Líbano y que estaba haciendo una misión de reconocimiento fue atacado por un tanque de Israel”, ha dicho Robles. “Se protegieron y están todos bien”
Robles denuncia el ataque de un tanque israelí contra cascos azules españoles en Líbano
La ministra se queja de que Israel “ha intentado justificar” los disparos de sus militares, que no causaron heridos
elpais.com
November 17, 2025 at 3:08 PM
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Four women on how sports gambling turned their relationships upside down.
When Your Husband Spends $300,000 on DraftKings
Four women on how sports gambling turned their relationships upside down.
thecut.com
November 15, 2025 at 7:01 PM
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Trump Tells Reporters ‘Just Today I Stopped A War’ — That He Took Credit For Ending Weeks Ago
Trump Tells Reporters ‘Just Today I Stopped A War’ — That He Took Credit For Ending Weeks Ago
President Donald Trump told reporters "Just today I stopped a war" — referring to a conflict he took credit for weeks ago that resumed this week. The post Trump Tells Reporters ‘Just Today I Stopped A War’ — That He Took Credit For Ending Weeks Ago first appeared on Mediaite.
dlvr.it
November 15, 2025 at 4:54 PM
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In 1925, the all-Black Wichita Monrovians beat the KKK’s baseball team 10–8—a small but undeniable crack in the lie of white supremacy. Frederic J. Frommer tells the story.
100 years ago, an all-Black team beat the KKK on a baseball diamond
Today, though, legacy of the law has led to the end of a Black college scholarship.
contrarian.substack.com
November 14, 2025 at 7:00 PM
The routes by which strategic minerals extracted in Venezuela illegally pass through Colombia, are smelted, and then sent to processing plants in China (in Spanish).

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Así se blanquean las ‘arenas negras’ venezolanas
De una a otra orilla del río Orinoco transcurre un episodio de la competencia global por el control de las tierras raras y otros minerales estratégicos, que enfrenta sobre todo a China y Estados Unido...
armando.info
November 13, 2025 at 5:05 PM
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UPDATE — Here are the at least 10 congressional Democrats, 5 Democratic-aligned organizations, and 6 Democratic Senate candidates calling for Chuck Schumer to resign as leader:
November 11, 2025 at 7:43 PM
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A London court ordered Ukrainian oligarchs Ihor Kolomoisky and Hennadiy Boholyubov to pay more than $3 billion in damages and costs on Nov. 10, marking a major milestone in an almost decade-long saga revolving around once Ukraine's most powerful oligarch.
'Justice prevails' as Ukrainian oligarchs ordered to pay $3 billion in decades-old PrivatBank case
A London court ordered Ukrainian oligarchs Ihor Kolomoisky and Hennadiy Boholyubov to pay more than $3 billion in damages and costs on Nov. 10, marking a major milestone in an almost decade-long saga ...
kyivindependent.com
November 11, 2025 at 2:49 PM
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"Managerial timidity, overcorrection for perceived internal liberal bias, and a continued reliance on the news agenda of a largely right-leaning British press, has led the BBC to haemorrhage support among many of its natural supporters"
@bylinetimes.bsky.social
bylinetimes.com/2025/11/10/t...
The BBC’s Attempts to Appease the 'Right-Wing Coup' Against It Are Now Seeding Its Own Destruction
By attempting to appease those forces seeking to destroy them, the BBC has helped trigger a crisis that now threatens its very future, argues Adam Bienkov
bylinetimes.com
November 11, 2025 at 2:27 PM
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The many, many problems with the FDA’s big menopause announcement
The many problems with the FDA’s big menopause announcement
No, it doesn't kill women or cause divorce.
www.motherjones.com
November 11, 2025 at 2:25 PM
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Bad news for human rights and national security, no matter how you spin it

NSO Group has a new executive chairman, David Friedman, who's a former U.S. ambassador to Israel and onetime bankruptcy lawyer for President Trump.

www.wsj.com/tech/israeli... via @WSJ
Israeli Spyware Maker NSO Gets New Owners, Leadership and Seeks to Mend Reputation
Investors led by Hollywood producer Robert Simonds have taken a controlling stake in the company behind Pegasus, and former Trump official David Friedman has been named executive chairman.
www.wsj.com
November 9, 2025 at 5:56 PM
The illegal trafficking of "black sands" from Venezuela to Colombia leaves indigenous people and artisanal miners poor, guerrillas and intermediaries who control the trade rich, and satisfies Chinese demand for raw materials for its technology industry (in Spanish).

armando.info/el-contraban...
El contrabando de las ‘arenas negras’ venezolanas: primera parada, Colombia (y de allí a China)
En la frontera binacional, la extracción de minerales estratégicos ocurre en un lado y se comercializa en el otro, alimentando una economía ilícita transnacional que involucra a guerrilleros y redes c...
armando.info
November 9, 2025 at 3:12 PM
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An immigration enforcement officer who shot a US citizen in Chicago last month bragged about the incident in texts afterwards, according to court documents filed in federal court.
A Border Patrol agent bragged about shooting someone, texts show
"Sweet. My fifteen mins of fame. Lmao."
www.motherjones.com
November 7, 2025 at 10:26 PM
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Repression is no longer confined to the borders of authoritarian countries.
The Golden Age of Transnational Repression | Journal of Democracy
Authoritarian regimes are targeting exiles and diaspora communities in more places than ever before. Activists, journalists, and regular people living abroad must watch their backs…
www.journalofdemocracy.org
November 5, 2025 at 3:37 PM
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MEANWHILE: Bari Weiss' "anti-woke" University of Austin just announced a $100 million donation from Jeff Yass, the Pennsylvania billionaire who recently funded the Gov. Greg Abbott's school voucher push in Texas. UAustin says they will no longer charge tuition or accept government money.
November 5, 2025 at 3:12 PM
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Baudrillard’s genius lay in foreseeing what these rudimentary devices like fax machines suggested about likely future uses of technology.
How the French philosopher Jean Baudrillard predicted today’s AI 30 years before ChatGPT
Baudrillard’s genius lay in foreseeing what these rudimentary devices like fax machines suggested about likely future uses of technology.
tcnv.link
November 4, 2025 at 8:28 PM
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As with the Houthis, you do not, under any circumstances, gotta hand it to the RSF, which just massacred thousands as it took a city.
November 4, 2025 at 4:56 PM
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The Maldives has become the first country in the world to impose a generational smoking ban, barring anyone born after Jan. 1, 2007, from ever smoking, purchasing or using tobacco.
Maldives becomes the first country to impose a generational ban on smoking
The world-first ban prohibits anyone born after Jan. 1, 2007, from ever buying, using or smoking tobacco.
nbcnews.to
November 4, 2025 at 2:20 PM
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Emails reveal that Jeffrey Epstein was investigated for money laundering.

A federal prosecutor requested that a grand jury issue subpoenas for "every financial transaction conducted by Epstein and his six businesses" dating to 2003.

She even called one of Epstein's most important clients.
Jeffrey Epstein Was Investigated For Money Laundering, Emails Reveal
A federal prosecutor requested that a grand jury issue subpoenas for “every financial transaction conducted by Epstein and his six businesses” dating to 2003, the emails show. She even called one of E...
www.bloomberg.com
November 1, 2025 at 4:35 PM
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A video that shows a fake Zohran Mamdani dancing while New York burns is one of many deepfakes surfacing in the New York mayoral race and beyond.
The ‘Varsity Blues’ Felon Who Spent Under $5,000 to Create an Anti-Mamdani Deepfake Video
A three-minute video that shows a fake Zohran Mamdani dancing while New York burns is one of many deepfakes surfacing in the New York mayoral race and beyond.
on.wsj.com
October 31, 2025 at 6:24 PM
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JPMorgan flagged $1B in ‘suspicious’ Epstein-linked deals to Trump administration
JPMorgan flagged $1B in ‘suspicious’ Epstein-linked deals to Trump administration
JPMorgan flagged $1B in ‘suspicious’ Epstein-linked deals to Trump administration
www.independent.co.uk
October 31, 2025 at 5:57 PM