Mauricio Lopez Chollett
@mauriciolopezch.bsky.social
Cellist living in L.A. Classical music, running, politics and humor
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Congratulations to new Nobel Peace Prize laureate María Corina Machado for her courageous struggle to bring democracy to Venezuela.
Live Updates: María Corina Machado of Venezuela Is Awarded the Nobel Peace Prize
www.nytimes.com
October 10, 2025 at 4:40 PM
Congratulations to new Nobel Peace Prize laureate María Corina Machado for her courageous struggle to bring democracy to Venezuela.
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Congratulations to Maria Corina Machado, recipient of the Nobel Peace Prize - her incredible optimism has already changed her country. I spoke to her, and wrote about her, at the beginning of this year:
www.theatlantic.com/internationa...
www.theatlantic.com/internationa...
The ‘Anthropological Change’ Happening in Venezuela
Maduro is still in place, but a pro-democracy movement is transforming the beleaguered country.
www.theatlantic.com
October 10, 2025 at 9:59 AM
Congratulations to Maria Corina Machado, recipient of the Nobel Peace Prize - her incredible optimism has already changed her country. I spoke to her, and wrote about her, at the beginning of this year:
www.theatlantic.com/internationa...
www.theatlantic.com/internationa...
Bad Bunny’s half time show will be the most watched event in the history of the NFL thanks to this government
October 7, 2025 at 8:39 PM
Bad Bunny’s half time show will be the most watched event in the history of the NFL thanks to this government
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The victory hands Venezuelan jockey Junior Alvarado his first career win in the Kentucky Derby. Sovereignty's trainer, Bill Mott, has won the Kentucky Derby once before.
Sovereignty beats out favorite Journalism to win the Kentucky Derby
The victory hands Venezuelan jockey Junior Alvarado his first career win in the Kentucky Derby. Sovereignty's trainer, Bill Mott, has won the Kentucky Derby once before.
www.npr.org
May 4, 2025 at 2:29 PM
The victory hands Venezuelan jockey Junior Alvarado his first career win in the Kentucky Derby. Sovereignty's trainer, Bill Mott, has won the Kentucky Derby once before.
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🚨Stop Everything🚨….not sure if this is making the rounds here yet but this is University of Cincinnati music theater student Erin Morton and she’s blowing up over on TikTok for her stunning rendition of Radiohead’s "Creep"🔥….full tears going 🥹
April 21, 2025 at 4:37 PM
🚨Stop Everything🚨….not sure if this is making the rounds here yet but this is University of Cincinnati music theater student Erin Morton and she’s blowing up over on TikTok for her stunning rendition of Radiohead’s "Creep"🔥….full tears going 🥹
April 16, 2025 at 1:11 AM
April 9, 2025 at 6:47 PM
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I for one will never forgive or forget the people who ordered this - nor the people who voted for this.
The men disappeared to El Salvador because of their tattoos
The Trump administration sent Venezuelans to El Salvador’s most infamous prison. Their families are looking for answers.
www.motherjones.com
March 27, 2025 at 4:10 AM
I for one will never forgive or forget the people who ordered this - nor the people who voted for this.
It hurts to see my fellow citizens treated like this. The great majority of them left Venezuela because they thought things like that could never happen to them in the US. Not in their wildest dreams
“One young man sobbed when a guard pushed him to the floor. He said, ‘I’m not a gang member. I’m gay. I’m a barber.’ I believed him. *** He “began to whimper,” as his head was roughly shaved, “folding his hands in prayer as his hair fell.” He “asked for his mother & cried as he was slapped again.”
What the Venezuelans Deported to El Salvador Experienced
Exclusive photos of the arrival of Venezuelan detainees deported from the U.S.
time.com
March 22, 2025 at 11:15 PM
It hurts to see my fellow citizens treated like this. The great majority of them left Venezuela because they thought things like that could never happen to them in the US. Not in their wildest dreams
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“There seems to be a quietness or denial about what’s going on. I feel utter anger. I cannot go on with this feeling inside. I cannot just go and play a tour of beautiful concerts.”
Sad that it has come to this. Am not surprised at Tetzlaff's decision, and fully support it.
(Gift article)
Sad that it has come to this. Am not surprised at Tetzlaff's decision, and fully support it.
(Gift article)
Alarmed by Trump, a Renowned German Violinist Boycotts the U.S.
www.nytimes.com
February 28, 2025 at 7:15 PM
“There seems to be a quietness or denial about what’s going on. I feel utter anger. I cannot go on with this feeling inside. I cannot just go and play a tour of beautiful concerts.”
Sad that it has come to this. Am not surprised at Tetzlaff's decision, and fully support it.
(Gift article)
Sad that it has come to this. Am not surprised at Tetzlaff's decision, and fully support it.
(Gift article)
I like Bluesky. I like not being on X but I fear that we are going to hear the same talking points, the same outrage at the new administration without proposing a solution, a path, an alternative
December 4, 2024 at 2:02 AM
I like Bluesky. I like not being on X but I fear that we are going to hear the same talking points, the same outrage at the new administration without proposing a solution, a path, an alternative