Grace Livingstone
@graceliv.bsky.social
Journalist and affiliated lecturer at Centre of Latin American Studies, University of Cambridge. US/UK policy in Latin America.
Now researching: Environmental social movements, corporations, greenwash, water. https://www.grace-livingstone.com/
Now researching: Environmental social movements, corporations, greenwash, water. https://www.grace-livingstone.com/
Chile's water regulator has found arsenic, copper & molybdenum in Santiago's main river
It says an Anglo American tailings dam is the only mining operation nearby
interferencia.cl/articulos/in...
Anglo is accused of many other pollution cases in Chile
www.theguardian.com/global-devel...
It says an Anglo American tailings dam is the only mining operation nearby
interferencia.cl/articulos/in...
Anglo is accused of many other pollution cases in Chile
www.theguardian.com/global-devel...
Informe de la DGA sugiere que relave de Anglo American contaminó el río Mapocho y sus afluentes
interferencia.cl
November 7, 2025 at 3:15 PM
Chile's water regulator has found arsenic, copper & molybdenum in Santiago's main river
It says an Anglo American tailings dam is the only mining operation nearby
interferencia.cl/articulos/in...
Anglo is accused of many other pollution cases in Chile
www.theguardian.com/global-devel...
It says an Anglo American tailings dam is the only mining operation nearby
interferencia.cl/articulos/in...
Anglo is accused of many other pollution cases in Chile
www.theguardian.com/global-devel...
Remembering Richard Gott
After Pinochet's coup, the UK Embassy pushed a pro-junta slant
One UK official hoped ‘The hours of Embassy briefings & the gin and tonics on the patio' would prevent anti-junta reporting
But Gott ignored it & exposed Pinochet's abuses
www.theguardian.com/media/2025/n...
After Pinochet's coup, the UK Embassy pushed a pro-junta slant
One UK official hoped ‘The hours of Embassy briefings & the gin and tonics on the patio' would prevent anti-junta reporting
But Gott ignored it & exposed Pinochet's abuses
www.theguardian.com/media/2025/n...
Richard Gott was a groundbreaking, schmooz-proof journalist | Letters
Letters: Grace Livingstone and Martin Hamilton reflect on the work and interests of the late writer and historian
www.theguardian.com
November 7, 2025 at 11:36 AM
Remembering Richard Gott
After Pinochet's coup, the UK Embassy pushed a pro-junta slant
One UK official hoped ‘The hours of Embassy briefings & the gin and tonics on the patio' would prevent anti-junta reporting
But Gott ignored it & exposed Pinochet's abuses
www.theguardian.com/media/2025/n...
After Pinochet's coup, the UK Embassy pushed a pro-junta slant
One UK official hoped ‘The hours of Embassy briefings & the gin and tonics on the patio' would prevent anti-junta reporting
But Gott ignored it & exposed Pinochet's abuses
www.theguardian.com/media/2025/n...
I’m loving this book by @shafikmeghji.bsky.social
On history of UK and South America
What’s so nice is he highlights all the places you can see in London, Buenos Aires, Montevideo, Patagonia and elsewhere that show the forgotten history
On history of UK and South America
What’s so nice is he highlights all the places you can see in London, Buenos Aires, Montevideo, Patagonia and elsewhere that show the forgotten history
November 7, 2025 at 10:22 AM
I’m loving this book by @shafikmeghji.bsky.social
On history of UK and South America
What’s so nice is he highlights all the places you can see in London, Buenos Aires, Montevideo, Patagonia and elsewhere that show the forgotten history
On history of UK and South America
What’s so nice is he highlights all the places you can see in London, Buenos Aires, Montevideo, Patagonia and elsewhere that show the forgotten history
This explains why British Library staff are on strike
The union says - managers take home up to £170k with £15k bonuses, while staff offered below-inflation pay rise
Meanwhile, frontline staff take abuse for the massive data breach - which managers failed to foresee
@pcsunion.bsky.social
The union says - managers take home up to £170k with £15k bonuses, while staff offered below-inflation pay rise
Meanwhile, frontline staff take abuse for the massive data breach - which managers failed to foresee
@pcsunion.bsky.social
November 6, 2025 at 12:21 PM
This explains why British Library staff are on strike
The union says - managers take home up to £170k with £15k bonuses, while staff offered below-inflation pay rise
Meanwhile, frontline staff take abuse for the massive data breach - which managers failed to foresee
@pcsunion.bsky.social
The union says - managers take home up to £170k with £15k bonuses, while staff offered below-inflation pay rise
Meanwhile, frontline staff take abuse for the massive data breach - which managers failed to foresee
@pcsunion.bsky.social
Reposted by Grace Livingstone
Claudia Sheinbaum says she's pressing charges against the man who groped her this week outside Mexico's presidential palace.
“It is something that all women in our country experience,” she said. “If I do not report the crime ... what condition will all Mexican women be left in?”
wapo.st/4852563
“It is something that all women in our country experience,” she said. “If I do not report the crime ... what condition will all Mexican women be left in?”
wapo.st/4852563
Mexican President Claudia Sheinbaum pressing charges in groping incident
Mexico’s first female president said she is pressing charges against her assailant, sending a message in a country where harassment of women is common.
www.washingtonpost.com
November 5, 2025 at 11:23 PM
Claudia Sheinbaum says she's pressing charges against the man who groped her this week outside Mexico's presidential palace.
“It is something that all women in our country experience,” she said. “If I do not report the crime ... what condition will all Mexican women be left in?”
wapo.st/4852563
“It is something that all women in our country experience,” she said. “If I do not report the crime ... what condition will all Mexican women be left in?”
wapo.st/4852563
In 1973, the British-Chilean Chamber of Commerce circulated a booklet defending Pinochet's coup
it said 'there has been no evidence of torture or anything like it'
'Yes, the present government is authoritarian, but it is the essential antidote for the totalitarian Marxist period just ended'
1/4
it said 'there has been no evidence of torture or anything like it'
'Yes, the present government is authoritarian, but it is the essential antidote for the totalitarian Marxist period just ended'
1/4
November 4, 2025 at 3:05 PM
In 1973, the British-Chilean Chamber of Commerce circulated a booklet defending Pinochet's coup
it said 'there has been no evidence of torture or anything like it'
'Yes, the present government is authoritarian, but it is the essential antidote for the totalitarian Marxist period just ended'
1/4
it said 'there has been no evidence of torture or anything like it'
'Yes, the present government is authoritarian, but it is the essential antidote for the totalitarian Marxist period just ended'
1/4
US military strikes on Venezuela could come in ‘days or even hours’
www.miamiherald.com/news/nation-...
www.miamiherald.com/news/nation-...
U.S. poised to strike military targets in Venezuela in escalation against Maduro regime
The Trump Administration has made the decision to attack military installations inside Venezuela and the strikes could come at any moment, sources with knowledge of the situation told the Miami Herald...
www.miamiherald.com
October 31, 2025 at 8:08 PM
US military strikes on Venezuela could come in ‘days or even hours’
www.miamiherald.com/news/nation-...
www.miamiherald.com/news/nation-...
Reposted by Grace Livingstone
Join PEN International, @sanmiguelpen.bsky.social, @englishpen.bsky.social and other PEN Centres with @amnesty.org and @article19.bsky.social. Together, we will gather in front of the Mexican Embassy in London to demand justice for murdered and disappeared journalists.
#NoOneIsGuaranteedSafety
#NoOneIsGuaranteedSafety
October 21, 2025 at 10:34 AM
Join PEN International, @sanmiguelpen.bsky.social, @englishpen.bsky.social and other PEN Centres with @amnesty.org and @article19.bsky.social. Together, we will gather in front of the Mexican Embassy in London to demand justice for murdered and disappeared journalists.
#NoOneIsGuaranteedSafety
#NoOneIsGuaranteedSafety
Inspiring film about the women's movement in Argentina and the fight for abortion rights
Based on the book by @anaecorrea.bsky.social about a woman imprisoned after having a miscarriage
Belén is in UK cinemas now
Brilliant performances by Dolores Fonzi & Camila Plaate
Based on the book by @anaecorrea.bsky.social about a woman imprisoned after having a miscarriage
Belén is in UK cinemas now
Brilliant performances by Dolores Fonzi & Camila Plaate
October 30, 2025 at 11:45 AM
Inspiring film about the women's movement in Argentina and the fight for abortion rights
Based on the book by @anaecorrea.bsky.social about a woman imprisoned after having a miscarriage
Belén is in UK cinemas now
Brilliant performances by Dolores Fonzi & Camila Plaate
Based on the book by @anaecorrea.bsky.social about a woman imprisoned after having a miscarriage
Belén is in UK cinemas now
Brilliant performances by Dolores Fonzi & Camila Plaate
Pennie Quinton & I are standing for a seat on NUJ national executive
We will be a strong voice for freelancers
We’ve seen the casualization of the industry, mass job losses and declining freelance rates
Vote for us. We will stand up for you
We will be a strong voice for freelancers
We’ve seen the casualization of the industry, mass job losses and declining freelance rates
Vote for us. We will stand up for you
Members - get your votes in! 🗳️
LFB chair Pennie Quinton and deputy chair Grace Livingstone are teaming up as a job share for the London NEC seat. Please support them!
@rosesrebellion.bsky.social @graceliv.bsky.social
Here's their election statement.
LFB chair Pennie Quinton and deputy chair Grace Livingstone are teaming up as a job share for the London NEC seat. Please support them!
@rosesrebellion.bsky.social @graceliv.bsky.social
Here's their election statement.
October 30, 2025 at 10:42 AM
Pennie Quinton & I are standing for a seat on NUJ national executive
We will be a strong voice for freelancers
We’ve seen the casualization of the industry, mass job losses and declining freelance rates
Vote for us. We will stand up for you
We will be a strong voice for freelancers
We’ve seen the casualization of the industry, mass job losses and declining freelance rates
Vote for us. We will stand up for you
Reposted by Grace Livingstone
@nujlfb.bsky.social panel
Speakers on killing of journalists in Gaza include
@sangitamyska.bsky.social @bendepear.bsky.social
Ali Rocha @brazilmatters.bsky.social on murder of Dom & Bruno in Brazil
Also Laura Davison, Gen Sec @nujofficial.bsky.social
www.tickettailor.com/events/londo...
Speakers on killing of journalists in Gaza include
@sangitamyska.bsky.social @bendepear.bsky.social
Ali Rocha @brazilmatters.bsky.social on murder of Dom & Bruno in Brazil
Also Laura Davison, Gen Sec @nujofficial.bsky.social
www.tickettailor.com/events/londo...
October 24, 2025 at 10:12 AM
@nujlfb.bsky.social panel
Speakers on killing of journalists in Gaza include
@sangitamyska.bsky.social @bendepear.bsky.social
Ali Rocha @brazilmatters.bsky.social on murder of Dom & Bruno in Brazil
Also Laura Davison, Gen Sec @nujofficial.bsky.social
www.tickettailor.com/events/londo...
Speakers on killing of journalists in Gaza include
@sangitamyska.bsky.social @bendepear.bsky.social
Ali Rocha @brazilmatters.bsky.social on murder of Dom & Bruno in Brazil
Also Laura Davison, Gen Sec @nujofficial.bsky.social
www.tickettailor.com/events/londo...
Radical rightwinger Javier Milei wins landslide in mid-term elections in Argentina - after Trump promised him a $40bn bailout
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
Argentina elections: Javier Milei and his 'chainsaw' austerity win big
Milei's radical spending cuts have won favour with Donald Trump, but also attracted widespread criticism.
www.bbc.co.uk
October 27, 2025 at 11:48 AM
Radical rightwinger Javier Milei wins landslide in mid-term elections in Argentina - after Trump promised him a $40bn bailout
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
@nujlfb.bsky.social panel
Speakers on killing of journalists in Gaza include
@sangitamyska.bsky.social @bendepear.bsky.social
Ali Rocha @brazilmatters.bsky.social on murder of Dom & Bruno in Brazil
Also Laura Davison, Gen Sec @nujofficial.bsky.social
www.tickettailor.com/events/londo...
Speakers on killing of journalists in Gaza include
@sangitamyska.bsky.social @bendepear.bsky.social
Ali Rocha @brazilmatters.bsky.social on murder of Dom & Bruno in Brazil
Also Laura Davison, Gen Sec @nujofficial.bsky.social
www.tickettailor.com/events/londo...
October 24, 2025 at 10:12 AM
@nujlfb.bsky.social panel
Speakers on killing of journalists in Gaza include
@sangitamyska.bsky.social @bendepear.bsky.social
Ali Rocha @brazilmatters.bsky.social on murder of Dom & Bruno in Brazil
Also Laura Davison, Gen Sec @nujofficial.bsky.social
www.tickettailor.com/events/londo...
Speakers on killing of journalists in Gaza include
@sangitamyska.bsky.social @bendepear.bsky.social
Ali Rocha @brazilmatters.bsky.social on murder of Dom & Bruno in Brazil
Also Laura Davison, Gen Sec @nujofficial.bsky.social
www.tickettailor.com/events/londo...
During the Contra war against Nicaragua, Reagan govt faked grainy pictures of the Sandinistas supposedly receiving cargos of cocaine
Now Trump just asserts fishing boats near Venezuela are carrying drugs without evidence - or even bothering to fake the evidence
fair.org/extra/nicara...
Now Trump just asserts fishing boats near Venezuela are carrying drugs without evidence - or even bothering to fake the evidence
fair.org/extra/nicara...
Nicaragua’s Drug Connection Exposed as Hoax
The media showed little interest when subcommittee chairman Hughes recently disclosed he had new evidence that the entire Sandinista connection was a US intelligence fabrication
fair.org
October 23, 2025 at 11:57 AM
During the Contra war against Nicaragua, Reagan govt faked grainy pictures of the Sandinistas supposedly receiving cargos of cocaine
Now Trump just asserts fishing boats near Venezuela are carrying drugs without evidence - or even bothering to fake the evidence
fair.org/extra/nicara...
Now Trump just asserts fishing boats near Venezuela are carrying drugs without evidence - or even bothering to fake the evidence
fair.org/extra/nicara...
US intervention in Venezuela growing ever more possible
'if we arrive at end of November [or] early December and there’s not a resolution... president Trump very well could pull the trigger and do the operation' - former Trump advisor
www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...
'if we arrive at end of November [or] early December and there’s not a resolution... president Trump very well could pull the trigger and do the operation' - former Trump advisor
www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...
US ‘Night Stalkers’ seen in Caribbean as fears of regime change rise in Venezuela
Elite helicopter unit’s part in military deployment comes as Donald Trump ramps up pressure on Nicolás Maduro
www.theguardian.com
October 23, 2025 at 11:52 AM
US intervention in Venezuela growing ever more possible
'if we arrive at end of November [or] early December and there’s not a resolution... president Trump very well could pull the trigger and do the operation' - former Trump advisor
www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...
'if we arrive at end of November [or] early December and there’s not a resolution... president Trump very well could pull the trigger and do the operation' - former Trump advisor
www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...
Protests planned across Caribbean today against US plans to increase its military presence in Grenada
- adding to the US military build up around Venezuela
Grenada's parliament to debate the US request
www.guardian.co.tt/news/grenada...
- adding to the US military build up around Venezuela
Grenada's parliament to debate the US request
www.guardian.co.tt/news/grenada...
Grenada opposition MP says US should not be allowed to set up military base
Opposition Member of Parliament Peter David says Grenada should not allow the United States to station military assets on the island, warning that such a move would inflame regional...
www.guardian.co.tt
October 17, 2025 at 10:02 AM
Protests planned across Caribbean today against US plans to increase its military presence in Grenada
- adding to the US military build up around Venezuela
Grenada's parliament to debate the US request
www.guardian.co.tt/news/grenada...
- adding to the US military build up around Venezuela
Grenada's parliament to debate the US request
www.guardian.co.tt/news/grenada...
Brilliant book of amazing photos of the damage caused by mining and other extractive sites in Chile and Latin America
By photographer Nicole Kramm www.instagram.com/nicole_kramm/
We worked together on an investigation into Anglo American and pollution in Chile www.theguardian.com/global-devel...
By photographer Nicole Kramm www.instagram.com/nicole_kramm/
We worked together on an investigation into Anglo American and pollution in Chile www.theguardian.com/global-devel...
October 10, 2025 at 3:04 PM
Brilliant book of amazing photos of the damage caused by mining and other extractive sites in Chile and Latin America
By photographer Nicole Kramm www.instagram.com/nicole_kramm/
We worked together on an investigation into Anglo American and pollution in Chile www.theguardian.com/global-devel...
By photographer Nicole Kramm www.instagram.com/nicole_kramm/
We worked together on an investigation into Anglo American and pollution in Chile www.theguardian.com/global-devel...
Looking forward to this book launch tonight
Join us for the launch of 'The Congress of the Disappeared', the brand-new novella by Bernardo Kucinski translated by Tom Gatehouse with support from @englishpen.bsky.social
tomorrow, 7 October at Photobook Cafe near Old Street, London, with @brazilmatters.bsky.social and @amnestyuk.bsky.social
tomorrow, 7 October at Photobook Cafe near Old Street, London, with @brazilmatters.bsky.social and @amnestyuk.bsky.social
October 7, 2025 at 9:38 AM
Looking forward to this book launch tonight
US attacks another boat in Venezuelan waters - a clear violation of international law
At least 21 people have been killed in four US strikes on boats near Venezuela in recent weeks
The Trump administration has provided no evidence of its claims they were carrying drugs
apnews.com/article/trum...
At least 21 people have been killed in four US strikes on boats near Venezuela in recent weeks
The Trump administration has provided no evidence of its claims they were carrying drugs
apnews.com/article/trum...
Hegseth announces latest strike on boat near Venezuela he says was trafficking drugs
Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth says he ordered another strike on a small boat he accused of carrying drugs in the waters off Venezuela, expanding what the Trump administration has declared is an “arme...
apnews.com
October 3, 2025 at 6:20 PM
US attacks another boat in Venezuelan waters - a clear violation of international law
At least 21 people have been killed in four US strikes on boats near Venezuela in recent weeks
The Trump administration has provided no evidence of its claims they were carrying drugs
apnews.com/article/trum...
At least 21 people have been killed in four US strikes on boats near Venezuela in recent weeks
The Trump administration has provided no evidence of its claims they were carrying drugs
apnews.com/article/trum...
An important book
Why are minerals so central to geopolitics? How green are electric cars? Why is anti-mining protest increasing? Can the inequalities of the global economy be transformed?
I tackle these topics in my book EXTRACTION: The Frontiers of Green Capitalism
👀 September 2025 @wwnorton.bsky.social
I tackle these topics in my book EXTRACTION: The Frontiers of Green Capitalism
👀 September 2025 @wwnorton.bsky.social
October 2, 2025 at 12:37 PM
An important book
The UK's Critical Mineral Strategy (2022) lauds Anglo American as an example of a responsible mining company
Yet I've just been reporting from Chile where it has been fined numerous times for environmental infractions
www.theguardian.com/global-devel...
www.gov.uk/government/p...
Yet I've just been reporting from Chile where it has been fined numerous times for environmental infractions
www.theguardian.com/global-devel...
www.gov.uk/government/p...
Illness, animal deaths and water shortages: life inside Chile’s polluted ‘sacrifice zones’
Allegations of environmental breaches dog Anglo American’s mining operations. Now the company has been given the go-ahead for plans that communities say risk disaster
www.theguardian.com
October 2, 2025 at 12:03 PM
The UK's Critical Mineral Strategy (2022) lauds Anglo American as an example of a responsible mining company
Yet I've just been reporting from Chile where it has been fined numerous times for environmental infractions
www.theguardian.com/global-devel...
www.gov.uk/government/p...
Yet I've just been reporting from Chile where it has been fined numerous times for environmental infractions
www.theguardian.com/global-devel...
www.gov.uk/government/p...
Reposted by Grace Livingstone
📣As the UK prepares to launch a new Critical Minerals Strategy, Cristóbal Rodríguez (spokesperson for MODATIMA) takes a deep dive into the previous strategy from the perspective of mining affected communities in Chile.
londonminingnetwork.org/2025/10/crit...
#CriticalMinerals #JustTransition
londonminingnetwork.org/2025/10/crit...
#CriticalMinerals #JustTransition
Critical Minerals, Empty Rhetoric: A Look at the UK's Critical Minerals Strategy from the MODATIMA movement in Chile - London Mining Network
London Mining Network - Holding the Mining Industry to Account
londonminingnetwork.org
October 2, 2025 at 11:53 AM
📣As the UK prepares to launch a new Critical Minerals Strategy, Cristóbal Rodríguez (spokesperson for MODATIMA) takes a deep dive into the previous strategy from the perspective of mining affected communities in Chile.
londonminingnetwork.org/2025/10/crit...
#CriticalMinerals #JustTransition
londonminingnetwork.org/2025/10/crit...
#CriticalMinerals #JustTransition
I've been reading a testimony of a Chilean exile who came to Britain after Pinochet's coup in 1970s
Her family were welcomed by a delegation of Scottish miners, playing bagpipes. Her house was furnished by donations from the local community
Isn't that the way to welcome refugees?
(1/1)
Her family were welcomed by a delegation of Scottish miners, playing bagpipes. Her house was furnished by donations from the local community
Isn't that the way to welcome refugees?
(1/1)
October 2, 2025 at 11:59 AM
I've been reading a testimony of a Chilean exile who came to Britain after Pinochet's coup in 1970s
Her family were welcomed by a delegation of Scottish miners, playing bagpipes. Her house was furnished by donations from the local community
Isn't that the way to welcome refugees?
(1/1)
Her family were welcomed by a delegation of Scottish miners, playing bagpipes. Her house was furnished by donations from the local community
Isn't that the way to welcome refugees?
(1/1)
Atrocious attack in Manchester. Love and solidarity to the Jewish community.
We must stand together against hate.
We must stand together against hate.
October 2, 2025 at 11:51 AM
Atrocious attack in Manchester. Love and solidarity to the Jewish community.
We must stand together against hate.
We must stand together against hate.