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Mariana Belloso
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Journalist and editor | Business Development Coordinator at the Inter-American Press Association | Working with journalists at risk in Central and South America
Reposted by Mariana Belloso
Argentina is experiencing increasing gender-based violence.

But newly elected legislators taking office on December 10 have an opportunity to strengthen protections and violence prevention measures.

Learn more:
Women in Argentina Face Rising Violence
Argentina is experiencing increasing gender-based violence. But newly elected legislators taking office on December 10 have an opportunity to strengthen protections and violence prevention measures.
www.hrw.org
December 3, 2025 at 2:00 PM
“Students use AI to write papers, professors use AI to grade them, degrees become meaningless, and tech companies make fortunes. Welcome to the death of higher education”, says professor Ronald Purser:

www.currentaffairs.org/news/ai-is-d...
AI is Destroying the University and Learning Itself
Students use AI to write papers, professors use AI to grade them, degrees become meaningless, and tech companies make fortunes. Welcome to the death of higher education.
www.currentaffairs.org
December 3, 2025 at 2:05 PM
The Atlantic Meridional Overturning Circulation (AMOC) carries warm water from the tropics to the Arctic, keeping Europe’s winters mild. Warming temperatures are melting Arctic ice and Greenland's ice sheet, which could disrupt the current's flow with cold freshwater.
www.reuters.com/business/env...
www.reuters.com
November 13, 2025 at 2:48 PM
The most disconcerting thing about the country ruled by Nayib Bukele is the coexistence between overwhelming popularity and widespread fear. Although more than 80% of Salvadorans approve of his management, almost six out of ten fear reprisals if they criticize the Government

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Exilio, cárcel o ley: cómo Bukele silencia las voces críticas en El Salvador
El Salvador de Nayib Bukele combina seguridad récord y concentración del poder en una sola mano. Mientras bajan los homicidios y la aprobación del presidente supera el 80%, se multiplican el miedo a…
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November 11, 2025 at 1:23 PM
They said they were told by officials that they would die in the Salvadoran prison, that the world had forgotten them.

www.nytimes.com/2025/11/08/w...
‘You Are All Terrorists’: Four Months in a Salvadoran Prison
www.nytimes.com
November 9, 2025 at 3:47 AM
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Today @us.theguardian.com columnist Arwa Mahdawi explored the new playbook being used to silence journalists around the world. Join us in 2 weeks to continue the conversation with exiled journalists @kasimkashgar.bsky.social @marianabelloso.bsky.social & @youmnaelsid17.bsky.social @asc.upenn.edu
October 22, 2025 at 7:54 PM
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🚨Next month! Journalists @kasimkashgar.bsky.social, @youmnaelsid17.bsky.social and @marianabelloso.bsky.social will share their perspectives and challenge us to rethink our approach to media, space and nation. Co-sponsored with @annenbergcargc.bsky.social. Secure your spot here: bit.ly/471OCeI
October 10, 2025 at 5:00 AM
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🚨Next month! Journalists @kasimkashgar.bsky.social, @youmnaelsid17.bsky.social and @marianabelloso.bsky.social will share their perspectives and challenge us to rethink our approach to media, space and nation. Co-sponsored with @annenbergcargc.bsky.social. Secure your spot here: bit.ly/471OCeI
October 9, 2025 at 7:40 PM
The shutdown commenced hours after the Senate rejected a short-term spending measure that would have kept government operations afloat through November 21.

www.reuters.com/world/us/us-...
US government shutdown begins as partisan division rules Washington
The U.S. government shut down much of its operations on Wednesday as deep partisan divisions prevented Congress and the White House from reaching a funding deal, setting off what could be a long, grueling standoff that could lead to the loss of thousands of federal jobs.
www.reuters.com
October 1, 2025 at 1:39 PM
"Bukele now denies that any such negotiations [with the gangs] took place, but this can’t be taken seriously".

"Earlier this year,​ Bukele launched a fresh campaign of intimidation against human rights groups".

www.lrb.co.uk/the-paper/v4...
Tom Stevenson · The Mask Is Off: Bukele’s Prison State
Giving the US access to El Salvador’s expanded prison system as an offshore gulag has made Nayib Bukele a darling of...
www.lrb.co.uk
September 5, 2025 at 12:36 AM
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An unlikely firm linked to key Intellexa figures has sprung back to life online: a skincare company called Medovie.

Sara Hamou, who played a central role in establishing Cyprus as a hub for Intellexa’s activities, is the co-founder.

Read the story:
‘Predator’ spyware firm Intellexa resurgent after US sanctions - ICIJ
From spyware to skincare, companies linked to senior Intellexa figures are back online after a sanctions-induced slowdown.
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August 27, 2025 at 12:37 PM
On 31 July 2025, El Salvador’s Legislative Assembly approved a constitutional amendment allowing indefinite presidential re-election. In this article, Daniel Olmedo examines the legal and political processes behind the reform

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From Term Limits to No Limits: El Salvador’s Constitutional Reform on Presidential Re-election
On 31 July 2025, El Salvador’s Legislative Assembly approved a constitutional amendment allowing indefinite presidential re-election. In this article, Daniel Olmedo examines the legal and political pr
constitutionnet.org
August 27, 2025 at 12:37 PM
After being re-elected —against the Constitution— in February 2024, Bukele started clearing the way for a runway for the new Pacific Airport in the middle of one of the few remaining mangrove forests in the country. The human and ecological impacts are huge:
www.theguardian.com/global-devel...
‘They turned our home into a cemetery’: the high price of El Salvador’s Bitcoin City dream
Mangroves are being destroyed and residents displaced to make way for an airport to serve president Nayib Bukele’s vision of a tax-free economic hub
www.theguardian.com
August 25, 2025 at 4:46 PM
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El Programa Mundial de Alimentos (PMA) informa que reducirá a la mitad el alcance de su programa en Venezuela este año porque, según dice, el "financiamiento no es suficiente".
El PMA reducirá a la mitad el alcance de su programa en Venezuela por falta de financiamiento - EFE
El Programa Mundial de Alimentos (PMA) informó que reducirá a la mitad el alcance de su programa en Venezuela este año porque, dijo, el "financiamiento no es suficiente".
efe.com
August 20, 2025 at 6:41 PM
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This information is not correct. There is no approved project nor budgeted funds. This is an opinion from La Nación that explains the political games the current administration is playing with this initiative.
August 17, 2025 at 7:24 PM
The new facility, named the Center for High Containment of Organized Crime (CACCO), has been designed to hold 5,100 inmates, increasing Costa Rica's prison capacity by 40%. The government has budgeted the project at $35 million

www.reuters.com/world/americ...
Costa Rica to start building massive El Salvador-inspired prison
Costa Rica will begin construction this year on a new maximum-security prison inspired by the El Salvador mega-prison at the center of that country's crackdown on crime, Costa Rica's Justice Minister Gerald Campos said on Wednesday.
www.reuters.com
August 17, 2025 at 5:53 PM
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An Everett woman and her son were detained by immigration officials in late July when they were coming back into Washington from British Columbia. The labor union representing her is requesting her immediate release.
State employee and son detained by ICE; transferred to Texas immigration facility | Cascadia Daily News
The labor union representing Sarah Shaw is calling for her immediate release
www.cascadiadaily.com
August 9, 2025 at 9:15 PM
Officialist lawmakers abolished presidential term limits, paving the way for Nayib Bukele —who has aided Trump’s deportation policy and whose government has jailed tens of thousands in its crackdown on gangs and civil rights groups— to run for re-election indefinitely
www.nytimes.com/2025/08/01/w...
El Salvador Ends Term Limits, Letting Bukele Seek Re-Election Indefinitely
www.nytimes.com
August 3, 2025 at 2:42 PM
A combination of high-profile detentions, a new “foreign agents” law, violent repression of peaceful protesters and the risk of imminent government detention has driven more than 100 political exiles to flee #ElSalvador in recent months.

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El Salvador's new wave of political exiles say history is repeating itself
Fear has long simmered among critics of President Nayib Bukele’s concentration of power in El Salvador.
apnews.com
August 2, 2025 at 12:57 PM
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If you are arrested or detained by immigration, check out this guide from @nilc.org to learn more about your rights: www.nilc.org/resources/kn...

For immigrants’ rights, visit the @aclu.org’s guide:
Know Your Rights | Immigrants' Rights | ACLU
Regardless of your immigration status, you have guaranteed rights under the Constitution. Learn more here about your rights as an immigrant, and how to express them.
www.aclu.org
July 31, 2025 at 9:18 PM
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🛡️The U.S. Journalist Assistance Network, of which @freedom.press is a member, has compiled a set of immigration resources for journalists in the U.S.

Check out the resources in the thread below, bookmark and share:
July 31, 2025 at 9:11 PM
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"They called the police for help, but local law enforcement turned them over to ICE."

www.huffpost.com/entry/ice-de...
The People Being Arrested By ICE That No One’s Talking About
The Trump administration’s deportation machine is detaining immigrant women at record numbers — and they've become invisible targets.
www.huffpost.com
July 31, 2025 at 3:13 PM
During hard times, we still look at the sky in search of hope
July 30, 2025 at 6:28 PM