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Your Intel Service on Latin America: regional power plays, security crises & state failure, institutional fragility, economy & extraction logic -- by Prof Nicolas Forsans @UniEssex, researcher & book author
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Latin America ¡Sin Filtro! @sinfiltroya.substack.com · Aug 12
‼️ Who really runs Latin America?
Not always the people you think.

☕ Tue: Highlights | 📚 Thu: Full Cafecito — Politics, Crime, Inequality, Climate, sin filtro.
🎯 Unfiltered, evidence-led, built for busy people who want the full picture.

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LATIN AMERICA ¡SIN FILTRO! | Nicolas Forsans | Substack
Unfiltered, data-driven briefings on Latin America’s power, politics & social justice—delivered weekly. Free & paid options available. Click to read "LATIN AMERICA ¡SIN FILTRO!", by Nicolas Forsans, a...
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☕️ Just released: #LatinAmerica in Liminal Space, assessing why electoral resilience masks institutional collapse —and why that gap matters most. From geopolitical pressure to criminal state-building to climate contradictions, we connect the dots each week
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☕️ Latin America in Liminal Space: Elections, Extraction, and the Question of Survival
Why Latin America's biggest risk isn't failing elections — it's that elections become irrelevant because power has already migrated elsewhere.
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November 13, 2025 at 5:37 PM
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Latin America is divided in its approach to a #justtransition — and the split reveals a structural problem with global climate architecture.
Five countries 🇧🇷 🇨🇴 🇦🇷 🇲🇽 🇻🇪
Five different strategies
Same problem.
#COP30 #ClimateAction
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🔎 Latin America’s Energy Crossroads: Two Contested Paths to a “Just” Future
Latin America's two largest economies have placed opposite bets on decarbonisation. Dozens of developing nations are watching.
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November 10, 2025 at 5:58 PM
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☕️ Just released: #LatinAmerica in Liminal Space, assessing why electoral resilience masks institutional collapse —and why that gap matters most. From geopolitical pressure to criminal state-building to climate contradictions, we connect the dots each week
sinfiltroya.substack.com/p/latin-amer...
☕️ Latin America in Liminal Space: Elections, Extraction, and the Question of Survival
Why Latin America's biggest risk isn't failing elections — it's that elections become irrelevant because power has already migrated elsewhere.
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November 13, 2025 at 5:37 PM
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Latin America is divided in its approach to a #justtransition — and the split reveals a structural problem with global climate architecture.
Five countries 🇧🇷 🇨🇴 🇦🇷 🇲🇽 🇻🇪
Five different strategies
Same problem.
#COP30 #ClimateAction
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🔎 Latin America’s Energy Crossroads: Two Contested Paths to a “Just” Future
Latin America's two largest economies have placed opposite bets on decarbonisation. Dozens of developing nations are watching.
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November 10, 2025 at 5:58 PM
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The #favela raid in #Rio wasn’t a win — it’s a warning. Drones, ghost guns, and electoral theatre reveal a security model that fails as criminals adapt #Brazil

Also in this week's Cafecito ☕️ #Colombia🇨🇴 #Peru🇵🇪 #Mexico🇲🇽 #Venezuela🇻🇪 #Bolivia🇧🇴 — and what’s next
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☕️ 132 Dead: How Rio's Massacre Reveals Latin America's Security Crisis
Brazil's deadliest police operation exposes institutional collapse, weaponised elections, and the end of state monopoly over violence.
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October 31, 2025 at 5:39 PM
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The #favela raid in #Rio wasn’t a win — it’s a warning. Drones, ghost guns, and electoral theatre reveal a security model that fails as criminals adapt #Brazil

Also in this week's Cafecito ☕️ #Colombia🇨🇴 #Peru🇵🇪 #Mexico🇲🇽 #Venezuela🇻🇪 #Bolivia🇧🇴 — and what’s next
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☕️ 132 Dead: How Rio's Massacre Reveals Latin America's Security Crisis
Brazil's deadliest police operation exposes institutional collapse, weaponised elections, and the end of state monopoly over violence.
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October 31, 2025 at 5:39 PM
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This week's 4 stories on #LatinAmerica:
🇦🇷 Success gives Milei a shot at structural reforms
🇨🇱 Chile’s electorate shifts right as security eclipses progressive priorities
🇻🇪 US threats make it worse for #Venezuela
🇪🇨 Ecuador power grab #Noboa
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October 28, 2025 at 5:17 PM
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This week's 4 stories on #LatinAmerica:
🇦🇷 Success gives Milei a shot at structural reforms
🇨🇱 Chile’s electorate shifts right as security eclipses progressive priorities
🇻🇪 US threats make it worse for #Venezuela
🇪🇨 Ecuador power grab #Noboa
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October 28, 2025 at 5:17 PM
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#LatinAmerica is crackling again with familiar sounds — aircraft carriers in the #Caribbean, currency swaps in #BuenosAires, and diplomatic ruptures in #Bogotá 🛰️💸
Does power without prosperity just unleash more pressure?

The Cafecito ☕️ is out!
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☕️ Latin America, Front and Centre: Power, Prices, and Pressure
Weekly premium intelligence on Latin America every week, backed by evidence and sharp insight.
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October 26, 2025 at 3:44 PM
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♻️ Before dawn, millions of Latin Americans push carts through empty streets — collecting the trash that keeps their cities alive.
A highly visible workforce that don't show up in the data.
🔎 How #Bogotá 🇨🇴 #Brazil 🇧🇷 #BuenosAires 🇦🇷 are rewriting the story:
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🔎 The Invisible Hands That Keep Latin American Cities Alive
The invisible workforce that starts before dawn — and why recognising them is the fastest way to lift Latin America’s 4% recycling rate.
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October 23, 2025 at 4:27 PM
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#LatinAmerica is crackling again with familiar sounds — aircraft carriers in the #Caribbean, currency swaps in #BuenosAires, and diplomatic ruptures in #Bogotá 🛰️💸
Does power without prosperity just unleash more pressure?

The Cafecito ☕️ is out!
sinfiltroya.substack.com/p/latin-amer...
☕️ Latin America, Front and Centre: Power, Prices, and Pressure
Weekly premium intelligence on Latin America every week, backed by evidence and sharp insight.
sinfiltroya.substack.com
October 26, 2025 at 3:44 PM
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♻️ Before dawn, millions of Latin Americans push carts through empty streets — collecting the trash that keeps their cities alive.
A highly visible workforce that don't show up in the data.
🔎 How #Bogotá 🇨🇴 #Brazil 🇧🇷 #BuenosAires 🇦🇷 are rewriting the story:
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🔎 The Invisible Hands That Keep Latin American Cities Alive
The invisible workforce that starts before dawn — and why recognising them is the fastest way to lift Latin America’s 4% recycling rate.
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October 23, 2025 at 4:27 PM
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#LatinAmerica this week: US squeezes #Colombia 🇨🇴, escalates pressure on #Venezuela 🇻🇪, #Bolivia 🇧🇴 pivots right, #Peru 🇵🇪 declares an emergency.
⚡️This week’s Latin America in one read, with implications for policy, trade, and citizens. New edition out!
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⚡️Four Stories Shaping Latin America This Week: Pressure, Pivot, and Protest
Latin America this week - in 5 minutes or less.
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October 21, 2025 at 3:03 PM
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#LatinAmerica this week: US squeezes #Colombia 🇨🇴, escalates pressure on #Venezuela 🇻🇪, #Bolivia 🇧🇴 pivots right, #Peru 🇵🇪 declares an emergency.
⚡️This week’s Latin America in one read, with implications for policy, trade, and citizens. New edition out!
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⚡️Four Stories Shaping Latin America This Week: Pressure, Pivot, and Protest
Latin America this week - in 5 minutes or less.
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October 21, 2025 at 3:03 PM
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#Bolivia 🇧🇴 is voting today, with the first-ever presidential runoff between two right-of-centre candidates, paving the way for the end of socialism in the country after 30 years in power.
💡 Read or 🎧 listen to our analysis:
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☕ From Caracas to Lima — When Emergency Rule Becomes the Norm
Weekly premium intelligence on Latin America every week, backed by evidence and sharp insight. And now available in 🎧 audio
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October 19, 2025 at 9:43 AM
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🎧 You can now listen to an 🎧 audio discussion of the stories we’re covering in this week’s Cafecito ☕️ on Bolivia 🇧🇴 Venezuela 🇻🇪 Colombia 🇨🇴 Ecuador 🇪🇨 Paraguay 🇵🇾 Chile 🇨🇱 Peru 🇵🇪 — making it easier to take it all, whatever you’re doing.

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☕ From Caracas to Lima — When Emergency Rule Becomes the Norm
Weekly premium intelligence on Latin America every week, backed by evidence and sharp insight. And now available in 🎧 audio
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October 18, 2025 at 7:58 AM
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🎧 Emergency powers, covert ops, and cross‑border mafias are remapping #LatinAmerica ’s politics and markets.​
This week’s Full Cafecito ☕️ covers Venezuela 🇻🇪 Bolivia 🇧🇴 Peru 🇵🇪 Colombia 🇨🇴 and more + 🌎 Trends & 🎯 Takeaway.
🔖 Read or 🎧 Listen to the audio version!
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☕ From Caracas to Lima — When Emergency Rule Becomes the Norm
Weekly premium intelligence on Latin America every week, backed by evidence and sharp insight. And now available in 🎧 audio
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October 17, 2025 at 2:33 PM
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🌎 When gangs govern better than governments.
100m people in #LatinAmerica now live under criminal rule. The map and some uncomfortable truth
Read the 🔎deep dive: sinfiltroya.substack.com/p/criminal-g...
🔎 The Hidden Continent: How 100 Million Latin Americans Now Live Under Criminal Rule
When gangs govern better than governments, democracy is being redefined. This isn't just Latin America's crisis — it's a preview of the future.
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October 16, 2025 at 9:30 AM
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🌎 When gangs govern better than governments.
100m people in #LatinAmerica now live under criminal rule. The map and some uncomfortable truth
Read the 🔎deep dive: sinfiltroya.substack.com/p/criminal-g...
🔎 The Hidden Continent: How 100 Million Latin Americans Now Live Under Criminal Rule
When gangs govern better than governments, democracy is being redefined. This isn't just Latin America's crisis — it's a preview of the future.
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October 16, 2025 at 9:30 AM
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Our roundup of the stories shaping the week in #LatinAmerica:
🇻🇪 What’s next for #Venezuela after the Nobel prize?
🇵🇪 what’s next for #Peru after Boluarte’s ousting?
🇪🇨 #Ecuador’s subsidy shock meets a narco-state reality

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⚡️Four Stories Shaping Latin America This Week: A Region Stuck in Slow Motion
The stories shaping the hemisphere this week -- in 5 minutes
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October 14, 2025 at 7:33 PM
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Our roundup of the stories shaping the week in #LatinAmerica:
🇻🇪 What’s next for #Venezuela after the Nobel prize?
🇵🇪 what’s next for #Peru after Boluarte’s ousting?
🇪🇨 #Ecuador’s subsidy shock meets a narco-state reality

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⚡️Four Stories Shaping Latin America This Week: A Region Stuck in Slow Motion
The stories shaping the hemisphere this week -- in 5 minutes
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October 14, 2025 at 7:33 PM
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🇭🇹 #Haiti’s government is betting on Erik Prince’s mercenaries to solve its gang crisis.
But can Vectus Global succeed where national forces failed?

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🇭🇹 Can We Trust Erik Prince's Mercenaries to Fight Haiti's Gang Violence?
The involvement of Erik Prince's private military has not reduced violence. Instead, criminal gangs have increased their reach.
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October 8, 2025 at 4:47 AM
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Four #LatinAmerica stories that show leaders losing control:
🇻🇪 Trump escalates vs Venezuela
🇵🇪🇵🇾 Gen Z protests
🇪🇨 Indigenous strike enters day 13
🇦🇷 Milei's corruption scandal

Anti-establishment wave meets establishment panic

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⚡️Four Stories Shaping Latin America This Week: Anti-Establishment Wave Hits Established Powers
Your Latin America briefing in 5 minutes or less.
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October 7, 2025 at 1:29 PM
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🇭🇹 #Haiti’s government is betting on Erik Prince’s mercenaries to solve its gang crisis.
But can Vectus Global succeed where national forces failed?

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🇭🇹 Can We Trust Erik Prince's Mercenaries to Fight Haiti's Gang Violence?
The involvement of Erik Prince's private military has not reduced violence. Instead, criminal gangs have increased their reach.
sinfiltroya.substack.com
October 8, 2025 at 4:47 AM
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Four #LatinAmerica stories that show leaders losing control:
🇻🇪 Trump escalates vs Venezuela
🇵🇪🇵🇾 Gen Z protests
🇪🇨 Indigenous strike enters day 13
🇦🇷 Milei's corruption scandal

Anti-establishment wave meets establishment panic

sinfiltroya.substack.com/p/young-prot...
⚡️Four Stories Shaping Latin America This Week: Anti-Establishment Wave Hits Established Powers
Your Latin America briefing in 5 minutes or less.
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October 7, 2025 at 1:29 PM