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Leiv Marsteintredet
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Professor and Head of Department of Comparative politics, University of Bergen. Tweet mostly about Latin America. Personal account
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dsmilde.bsky.social
apnews.com/article/vene...
US aircraft carrier nears Venezuela in flex of American military power
The United States’ most advanced aircraft carrier is expected to reach the waters off Venezuela in days.
apnews.com
November 13, 2025 at 11:15 PM
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sampol.bsky.social
🌟 Ny artikkel
👤 Gunnar Grendstad
👉 «For mange er kalt, men få er utvalgt.» En analyse av innstillingen av dommere til Norges Høyesterett 2004–2025
📘 Lov og Rett
🔗 doi.org/10.18261/lor...
«For mange er kalt, men få er utvalgt.» En analyse av innstillingen av dommere til Norges Høyesterett 2004–2025
Norges Høyesterett ønsker Norges beste jurister. Etter utlysning av ett eller flere dommerembeter blir søkerne vurdert av Innstillingsrådet for dommere i en lukket prosess der offentligheten til slutt...
doi.org
November 13, 2025 at 8:50 AM
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sampol.bsky.social
📣 New chapter 🌟
👥 Torvald Falch & Per Selle
👉 Indigene Politik in Finland, Norwegen und Schweden: Gleich und doch anders
📘 Henningsen & Jochem (eds): Die politischen Systeme Nordeuropas, Nomos
🔗 www.nomos-shop.de/de/p/die-pol...
Die politischen Systeme Nordeuropas
www.nomos-shop.de
November 13, 2025 at 11:37 AM
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hrw.org
NEW: The Venezuelan nationals the US government sent to El Salvador in March and April were tortured and subjected to other abuses, including sexual violence.

In a new report, HRW and @cristosal.bsky.social provide a comprehensive account of the treatment of these people in El Salvador.
November 12, 2025 at 3:18 PM
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bergenglobal.bsky.social
Who is María Machado 🇻🇪, why will she receive the Nobel peace prize 🕊️🏅 and why is she so controversial? Join us for a conversation with @benedictebull.bsky.social Ramón Dønvold Barreto-Pirela @leivm.bsky.social and Eirik Holmøyvik ➡️ Thur 27 Nov 🕦 10:00-11:00 📍 here / online 🥐☕ Welcome!
Nobel Peace Prize: Who is María Machado? - Bergen Global
bergenglobal.no
November 12, 2025 at 1:31 PM
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charig.bsky.social
»Jeg er ikke sikker på, at Trump ved, hvilke kræfter han slipper løs ved at vælte Maduro militært«
politiken.dk/del/gfuW9EAF...
»Jeg er ikke sikker på, at Trump ved, hvilke kræfter han slipper løs ved at vælte Maduro militært«
Internationalt | Seneste internationale nyheder og begivenheder som f.eks. tsunamien i Stillehavet, krigene i Ukraine og Gaza. Vi dækker, hvad der sker.
politiken.dk
November 10, 2025 at 6:49 PM
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anneapplebaum.bsky.social
“These are people who did everything by the book, paid taxes, had no criminal records, opened businesses and contributed to their communities...now they have become collateral damage in this cruel, unjust and inhumane political game.”

www.washingtonpost.com/immigration/...
Venezuelans begin fleeing U.S. as protections end and threat of war looms
TPS expired for hundreds of thousands of Venezuelans on Friday. Many are shuttering business, selling homes and boarding planes, or scrambling to find a way to stay.
www.washingtonpost.com
November 8, 2025 at 7:42 PM
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antuliorosales.bsky.social
"One was a fisherman struggling to eke out a living on $100 a month. Another was a career criminal. A third was a former military cadet. And a fourth was a down-on-his-luck bus driver."

apnews.com/article/trum...
Trump has accused boat crews of being narco-terrorists. The truth, AP found, is more nuanced
One was a fisherman struggling to eke out a living on $100 a month. Another was a career criminal. A third was a former military cadet.
apnews.com
November 7, 2025 at 10:50 PM
leivm.bsky.social
In my view this was when we unequivocally could state that Venezuela no longer was a democracy.
lgamboa.bsky.social Laura Gamboa @lgamboa.bsky.social · 6d
You know who else refused to swear in democratically elected members of congress?

Nicolas Maduro (2015)

Just saying…
sahilkapur.bsky.social Sahil Kapur @sahilkapur.bsky.social · 7d
Speaker Johnson is officially keeping the House in recess again next week. This will be the eighth consecutive week the House has been out of session. The chamber hasn't met since Sept. 19. Adelita Grijalva, who was elected on Sept. 23, has not been sworn in.
November 7, 2025 at 10:34 PM
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ilascolumbia.bsky.social
“If #Milei cannot control inflation and translate his market-oriented agenda into tangible gains for a majority of #Argentines, the electorate that brought him to power may quickly turn elsewhere,” @vickymurillo.bsky.social for @foreignaffairs.com
Read it here: www.foreignaffairs.com/argentina/mi...
Milei’s Tightrope Act
Why the Argentine president will struggle to exploit his new mandate.
www.foreignaffairs.com
November 7, 2025 at 3:54 PM
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ecpr.bsky.social
🌍 #SGEU26 @ecprsgeu.bsky.social Section seeking Panels & Papers
⚡ Populism, Radical Politics and the EU
🪑 @nathaliebrack.bsky.social & @sldelange.bsky.social
⌛⬇️ Deadline: 10 Dec buff.ly/o2UHyIA

#Populist #ExtremistPolitics #FarRight #Polisky #EuropeanParliament #EU
Populism, Radical Politics and the EU
13th Biennial Conference of the Standing Group on the European Union | 1 – 3 July 2026, Università di Catania
buff.ly
November 7, 2025 at 4:02 PM
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bloggingsbyboz.bsky.social
This week's Friday reading list includes an absurd number of articles about Venezuela, and yet I feel I missed a bunch too. boz.substack.com/p/friday-rea...
Friday Reading List - 7 November 2025
So many Venezuela articles
boz.substack.com
November 7, 2025 at 3:35 PM
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adamisacson.com
Wow, this leak to CNN very likely means no attacks inside Venezuela for now.

www.cnn.com/2025/11/06/p...
Lawmakers were told during the classified session that the opinion produced by the Justice Department’s Office of Legal Counsel to justify strikes against suspected drug boats, first reported by CNN last month, does not permit strikes inside Venezuela itself or any other territories, four sources said. The “execute order” that launched the US military campaign against suspected drug boats that began in September also does not extend to land targets, the briefers said, according to the sources. The officials did not rule out any potential future actions, one of the sources said. The existing OLC opinion includes a list of 24 different cartels and criminal organizations based around Latin America it says the administration is authorized to target, according to one of the sources familiar with the document. But the Trump administration is seeking a separate legal opinion from the Justice Department that would provide a justification for launching strikes against land targets without needing to ask Congress to authorize military force, though no decisions have been made yet to move forward with an attack inside the country, a US official said.
November 7, 2025 at 11:53 AM
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washingtonpost.com
The Senate is set to vote on a bipartisan measure to block President Trump from attacking Venezuelan territory in a new test of Republicans’ willingness to oppose his use of military force in Latin America.
Senate readies war powers vote to oppose Trump’s Venezuela threats
It’s unclear whether the measure will pass after administration officials have tried to reassure Republicans who signaled they may support the effort.
wapo.st
November 6, 2025 at 8:30 PM
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tabouchadi.bsky.social
We have just published the call for the Nuffield Postdoctoral Prize Research Fellowships in Politics. These are 3-year fully-funded postdocs that will allow you to focus on your research in a great academic environment. (And with excellent food)

www.nuffield.ox.ac.uk/the-college/...
Postdoctoral Prize Research Fellowships in Politics - Nuffield College Oxford University
www.nuffield.ox.ac.uk
November 6, 2025 at 1:27 PM
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chadbourn.bsky.social
Two American B-52Hs off the coast of Venezuela.
Map of flight path
November 6, 2025 at 7:32 PM
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darinself.com
Booooooooo us
asociologist.bsky.social Dan Hirschman @asociologist.bsky.social · 8d
A deep ... delve... into the likely use of GPT in writing political science articles. www.cambridge.org/core/journal...
November 6, 2025 at 3:34 PM
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sgparliaments.bsky.social
🎉 Many congratulations to @saradybesland.bsky.social for winning Best Paper Prize at the @ecpr.bsky.social General Conference 2025! Her paper is entitled "Misrepresented or Miss Represented?" focusing on gender and policy responsiveness, praised for its contribution and creativity! Well done! 🥳
November 6, 2025 at 11:05 AM
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alonadolinsky.com
Microsoft Teams is just awful. Why oh why do we (universities) insist on using it??

(This is by no means a hot take)
November 6, 2025 at 9:59 AM
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sampol.bsky.social
📣 New article 🌟
👥 Javier Martínez-Cantó @javiermcanto.bsky.social & Julià Tudó-Cisquella @julitudo.bsky.social
👉 Aliança Catalana and Vox in Catalonia: united in nativism, divided by the nation
📗 Open Access in: Regional & Federal Studies
🔗 doi.org/10.1080/1359...
November 5, 2025 at 10:02 AM
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regfedst.bsky.social
🚨 𝗡𝗲𝘄 𝗼𝗽𝗲𝗻 𝗮𝗰𝗰𝗲𝘀𝘀 𝗮𝗿𝘁𝗶𝗰𝗹𝗲 𝗼𝗻𝗹𝗶𝗻𝗲! 🚨
🇪🇸 𝗔𝗹𝗶𝗮𝗻𝗰𝗮 𝗖𝗮𝘁𝗮𝗹𝗮𝗻𝗮 and 𝗩𝗼𝘅 in Catalonia: united in nativism, divided by the nation
🔓Read the new #openaccess article by @javiermcanto.bsky.social & @julitudo.bsky.social here 👉 doi.org/10.1080/1359...
#Radicalright #Catalonia #Vox #AliançaCatalana #nationalism
Aliança Catalana and Vox in Catalonia: united in nativism, divided by the nation
Radical right nativist parties have gained ground across Europe in recent decades. However, a key unanswered question is how these parties adapt in contexts marked by the centre–periphery cleavage ...
doi.org
November 5, 2025 at 10:24 AM
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catherinedevries.bsky.social
Daniel Ziblatt writes the way he studies democracy: with discipline, patience, and a refusal to look away from complexity.

He writes with the conviction that democracy depends on the continuous work of understanding.

🧵

New on Etched in Marble: catherineeunicedevries.substack.com/p/etched-in-...
Etched in Marble: Daniel Ziblatt on Writing, Struggle, and How Democracy Depends on Both
Writers on the Forces That Shape Us and the Writing That Endures
catherineeunicedevries.substack.com
November 6, 2025 at 8:15 AM
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atrupar.com
Rep. Brian Mast says Trump is developing "concepts of operations" for Venezuela
November 5, 2025 at 5:18 PM
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ilascolumbia.bsky.social
TODAY! Cafecito and reception at @ascoa.bsky.social, with
@vickymurillo.bsky.social and @patricionavia.bsky.social, who will reflect on the results of #Argentina's midterms and look ahead to #Chile's general #election.
RSVP at ascoa.my.site.com/LightningMem...
November 5, 2025 at 2:38 PM