Travis Waldron
@traviswaldron.bsky.social
Brazil/LatAm editor at Bloomberg. Brasilia based. Formerly of HuffPost. Kentuckian. Opinions expressed here are mine alone.
Shoulda let Malachi Toney throw more.
October 18, 2025 at 2:28 AM
Shoulda let Malachi Toney throw more.
"In conversations with close aides, Lula has begun referring to the son of Jair Bolsonaro, Eduardo, as 'my #10,'" an ironic nod to his lobbying for Trump tariffs and sanctions that have given the Brazilian leader a boost in popularity.
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O apelido futebolístico que Lula deu a Eduardo Bolsonaro
Presidente criou apelido em uma brincadeira com o fato de a atuação do filho de Jair Bolsonaro ter ajudado a melhorar sua popularidade
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October 13, 2025 at 2:18 PM
"In conversations with close aides, Lula has begun referring to the son of Jair Bolsonaro, Eduardo, as 'my #10,'" an ironic nod to his lobbying for Trump tariffs and sanctions that have given the Brazilian leader a boost in popularity.
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For Bessent’s $20 billion bet on Argentina to pay off, a lot of things have to go right.
The problem is that in Argentina -- a nation with a track record of squandering other people’s money and defaulting on its own debts -- those things have tended to go wrong.
www.bloomberg.com/news/article...
The problem is that in Argentina -- a nation with a track record of squandering other people’s money and defaulting on its own debts -- those things have tended to go wrong.
www.bloomberg.com/news/article...
Bessent’s Big Gamble on Argentina Has a Narrow Road to Pay Off
For Scott Bessent’s $20 billion bet on Argentina to pay off, a lot of things have to go right – things that in the past, in Argentina, have tended to go wrong.
www.bloomberg.com
October 10, 2025 at 1:10 PM
For Bessent’s $20 billion bet on Argentina to pay off, a lot of things have to go right.
The problem is that in Argentina -- a nation with a track record of squandering other people’s money and defaulting on its own debts -- those things have tended to go wrong.
www.bloomberg.com/news/article...
The problem is that in Argentina -- a nation with a track record of squandering other people’s money and defaulting on its own debts -- those things have tended to go wrong.
www.bloomberg.com/news/article...
Trump and Brazil’s Lula spoke by phone Monday. The man who inspired their months-long battle — Jair Bolsonaro — didn’t merit a mention.
It’s too early for Lula to declare victory. But the leader known for an ability to charm sure seems to have momentum behind him.
www.bloomberg.com/news/article...
It’s too early for Lula to declare victory. But the leader known for an ability to charm sure seems to have momentum behind him.
www.bloomberg.com/news/article...
Trump Seems to Turn Page on Bolsonaro in ‘Very Good’ Lula Call
When Brazil’s Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva and Donald Trump finally talked over their differences Monday, the man at the center of their months-long spat didn’t even merit a mention.
www.bloomberg.com
October 7, 2025 at 2:03 AM
Trump and Brazil’s Lula spoke by phone Monday. The man who inspired their months-long battle — Jair Bolsonaro — didn’t merit a mention.
It’s too early for Lula to declare victory. But the leader known for an ability to charm sure seems to have momentum behind him.
www.bloomberg.com/news/article...
It’s too early for Lula to declare victory. But the leader known for an ability to charm sure seems to have momentum behind him.
www.bloomberg.com/news/article...
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Amanda Shires spent an afternoon introducing me to Lubbock and a small portion of those very fun hours is now chronicled in Texas Monthly ahead of her new album :) gift link: www.texasmonthly.com/arts-enterta...
Amanda Shires Tells Her Side of the Story After Divorce From Jason Isbell: “I'm Not Scared”
After a marriage in the spotlight ended in brutal divorce, the singer-songwriter-fiddler is telling her story, her way.
www.texasmonthly.com
September 23, 2025 at 1:58 PM
Amanda Shires spent an afternoon introducing me to Lubbock and a small portion of those very fun hours is now chronicled in Texas Monthly ahead of her new album :) gift link: www.texasmonthly.com/arts-enterta...
Jair Bolsonaro found guilty of attempting a coup in Brazil after his 2022 defeat.
A historic ruling for a country that has had more than a dozen coup attempts in its past but never before prosecuted such a high-ranking official for one. www.bloomberg.com/news/article...
A historic ruling for a country that has had more than a dozen coup attempts in its past but never before prosecuted such a high-ranking official for one. www.bloomberg.com/news/article...
Brazil’s Bolsonaro Found Guilty in Coup Case by Majority of Supreme Court Panel
A majority of judges on a Brazil Supreme Court panel found Jair Bolsonaro guilty of attempting a coup after his 2022 election defeat, making him the country’s first former president convicted of such ...
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September 11, 2025 at 9:18 PM
Jair Bolsonaro found guilty of attempting a coup in Brazil after his 2022 defeat.
A historic ruling for a country that has had more than a dozen coup attempts in its past but never before prosecuted such a high-ranking official for one. www.bloomberg.com/news/article...
A historic ruling for a country that has had more than a dozen coup attempts in its past but never before prosecuted such a high-ranking official for one. www.bloomberg.com/news/article...
“There is good reason to think” SCOTUS “will use this case to conclude its war on the Voting Rights Act.”
“In doing so, the court would extinguish a law that more than any other made the promise of American democracy a reality,” @jamellebouie.net writes.
www.nytimes.com/2025/08/06/o...
“In doing so, the court would extinguish a law that more than any other made the promise of American democracy a reality,” @jamellebouie.net writes.
www.nytimes.com/2025/08/06/o...
Opinion | The Death of the Fourth American Republic
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August 7, 2025 at 11:19 AM
“There is good reason to think” SCOTUS “will use this case to conclude its war on the Voting Rights Act.”
“In doing so, the court would extinguish a law that more than any other made the promise of American democracy a reality,” @jamellebouie.net writes.
www.nytimes.com/2025/08/06/o...
“In doing so, the court would extinguish a law that more than any other made the promise of American democracy a reality,” @jamellebouie.net writes.
www.nytimes.com/2025/08/06/o...
Brazil’s Jair Bolsonaro was placed under house arrest Monday, ahead of his trial on charges he attempted a coup.
Now the question is if Trump, who’s threatened tariffs and sanctioned a top court judge, will further escalate his pressure campaign against Brazil. www.bloomberg.com/news/article...
Now the question is if Trump, who’s threatened tariffs and sanctioned a top court judge, will further escalate his pressure campaign against Brazil. www.bloomberg.com/news/article...
Bolsonaro Ordered Into House Arrest for Disobeying Brazil Court
Jair Bolsonaro was ordered into house arrest Monday by a Brazilian Supreme Court justice who said the former president had violated a social media ban for the second time while awaiting trial on an al...
www.bloomberg.com
August 5, 2025 at 12:13 PM
Brazil’s Jair Bolsonaro was placed under house arrest Monday, ahead of his trial on charges he attempted a coup.
Now the question is if Trump, who’s threatened tariffs and sanctioned a top court judge, will further escalate his pressure campaign against Brazil. www.bloomberg.com/news/article...
Now the question is if Trump, who’s threatened tariffs and sanctioned a top court judge, will further escalate his pressure campaign against Brazil. www.bloomberg.com/news/article...
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the USA built a system of higher education so good that smart/rich people from across the world came here, spending billions to learn here, subsidizing education for Americans while spending money to live in our cities and towns. our government arbitrarily decided we should stop doing that
The US could see a 30-40% decline in new international student enrollment, resulting in nearly $7 billion in lost revenue and more than 60,000 fewer American jobs. https://www.nafsa.org/fall-2025-international-student-enrollment-outlook-and-economic-impact
August 3, 2025 at 3:39 PM
the USA built a system of higher education so good that smart/rich people from across the world came here, spending billions to learn here, subsidizing education for Americans while spending money to live in our cities and towns. our government arbitrarily decided we should stop doing that
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I will say this again and again until the cap fetishists get it. There is a 1:1 correlation between "leagues that have broken their unions" and "leagues with a payroll cap." Let that be a clue as to who wins in a cap system.
August 1, 2025 at 4:21 AM
I will say this again and again until the cap fetishists get it. There is a 1:1 correlation between "leagues that have broken their unions" and "leagues with a payroll cap." Let that be a clue as to who wins in a cap system.
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Chloe Kelly rules.
July 27, 2025 at 6:47 PM
Chloe Kelly rules.
History forgot the horrors endured by laborers on Volkswagen's massive cattle ranch in the Brazilian Amazon. But a priest had recorded it all.
Absolutely outstanding reporting and storytelling here.
www.washingtonpost.com/world/intera...
Absolutely outstanding reporting and storytelling here.
www.washingtonpost.com/world/intera...
Volkswagen kept a dark secret in the Amazon. Then a priest made a call.
Poor laborers were lured to the automaker’s cattle ranch in the Amazon and promised a better life. Brazilian prosecutors say many were enslaved.
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July 25, 2025 at 2:18 PM
History forgot the horrors endured by laborers on Volkswagen's massive cattle ranch in the Brazilian Amazon. But a priest had recorded it all.
Absolutely outstanding reporting and storytelling here.
www.washingtonpost.com/world/intera...
Absolutely outstanding reporting and storytelling here.
www.washingtonpost.com/world/intera...
Trump Effect arrives in Brazil?
New Bloomberg/AtlasIntel survey shows approval of Brazil’s Lula nearing 50% amid Trump tariff fight, best levels of the year.
50% say tariffs are attack on Brazil. 63% of Brazilians now say they hold negative view of Trump.
www.bloomberg.com/news/article...
New Bloomberg/AtlasIntel survey shows approval of Brazil’s Lula nearing 50% amid Trump tariff fight, best levels of the year.
50% say tariffs are attack on Brazil. 63% of Brazilians now say they hold negative view of Trump.
www.bloomberg.com/news/article...
Brazilians Back Lula Against Trump, Calling Tariffs Unjustified
Most Brazilians see Donald Trump’s threat of a 50% tariff as unjustified meddling in internal affairs and believe President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva’s administration is responding appropriately, acco...
www.bloomberg.com
July 15, 2025 at 11:55 AM
Trump Effect arrives in Brazil?
New Bloomberg/AtlasIntel survey shows approval of Brazil’s Lula nearing 50% amid Trump tariff fight, best levels of the year.
50% say tariffs are attack on Brazil. 63% of Brazilians now say they hold negative view of Trump.
www.bloomberg.com/news/article...
New Bloomberg/AtlasIntel survey shows approval of Brazil’s Lula nearing 50% amid Trump tariff fight, best levels of the year.
50% say tariffs are attack on Brazil. 63% of Brazilians now say they hold negative view of Trump.
www.bloomberg.com/news/article...
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NEW: Kilmar Abrego Garcia’s lawyers seek permission to file an amended complaint in his civil case in Maryland.
Among other things, the amended complaint “includes Abrego Garcia's first-hand account of torture and mistreatment at CECOT…”
Among other things, the amended complaint “includes Abrego Garcia's first-hand account of torture and mistreatment at CECOT…”
July 2, 2025 at 9:22 PM
NEW: Kilmar Abrego Garcia’s lawyers seek permission to file an amended complaint in his civil case in Maryland.
Among other things, the amended complaint “includes Abrego Garcia's first-hand account of torture and mistreatment at CECOT…”
Among other things, the amended complaint “includes Abrego Garcia's first-hand account of torture and mistreatment at CECOT…”
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“In Cell 15, Plaintiff Abrego Garcia and 20 other Salvadorans were forced to kneel from approximately 9:00 PM to 6:00 AM, with guards striking anyone who fell from exhaustion. During this time, Plaintiff Abrego Garcia was denied bathroom access and soiled himself…”
July 2, 2025 at 9:35 PM
“In Cell 15, Plaintiff Abrego Garcia and 20 other Salvadorans were forced to kneel from approximately 9:00 PM to 6:00 AM, with guards striking anyone who fell from exhaustion. During this time, Plaintiff Abrego Garcia was denied bathroom access and soiled himself…”
The US citizenship process is already ridiculously arduous and dehumanizing and the government wants to turn it up to 100. www.thedailybeast.com/kristi-noem-...
May 16, 2025 at 1:20 PM
The US citizenship process is already ridiculously arduous and dehumanizing and the government wants to turn it up to 100. www.thedailybeast.com/kristi-noem-...
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Given his reputation for caring for the poor and downtrodden, he is likely a White Sox fan.
May 8, 2025 at 5:38 PM
Given his reputation for caring for the poor and downtrodden, he is likely a White Sox fan.
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Each time you ask an AI chatbot a question, it sends a request to a data center and strains an increasingly scarce resource: water.
A 🧵on our investigation into how the data centers that power AI are increasingly being built in highly water-stressed places:
www.bloomberg.com/graphics/202...
A 🧵on our investigation into how the data centers that power AI are increasingly being built in highly water-stressed places:
www.bloomberg.com/graphics/202...
The AI Boom Is Draining Water From the Areas That Need It Most
A Bloomberg News analysis finds that roughly two thirds of new data centers built or in development in the US since 2022 are in places with high levels of water stress.
www.bloomberg.com
May 8, 2025 at 3:59 PM
Each time you ask an AI chatbot a question, it sends a request to a data center and strains an increasingly scarce resource: water.
A 🧵on our investigation into how the data centers that power AI are increasingly being built in highly water-stressed places:
www.bloomberg.com/graphics/202...
A 🧵on our investigation into how the data centers that power AI are increasingly being built in highly water-stressed places:
www.bloomberg.com/graphics/202...
Brazil's football federation denied plans to wear red jerseys at the 2026 World Cup after a rash of political backlash.
The country's iconic yellow shirt is (and has been) a marker of right-wing politics. Red is of course the color of the left and Lula's party. www.bloomberg.com/news/article...
The country's iconic yellow shirt is (and has been) a marker of right-wing politics. Red is of course the color of the left and Lula's party. www.bloomberg.com/news/article...
Brazil Denies Plans for Red Soccer World Cup Jersey After Political Backlash
Brazil’s iconic yellow soccer jersey has become such a potent conservative political symbol that many leftists refuse to wear it. Now, rumors the team might don a different color with deep association...
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April 30, 2025 at 6:59 PM
Brazil's football federation denied plans to wear red jerseys at the 2026 World Cup after a rash of political backlash.
The country's iconic yellow shirt is (and has been) a marker of right-wing politics. Red is of course the color of the left and Lula's party. www.bloomberg.com/news/article...
The country's iconic yellow shirt is (and has been) a marker of right-wing politics. Red is of course the color of the left and Lula's party. www.bloomberg.com/news/article...
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Trampled to death by a horse called Pivot to Video
A colt named Journalism is the betting favorite in this weekend's Kentucky Derby. If metaphor carries the day, that poor horse is gonna break down and get boltgunned right to hell in front of millions.
April 29, 2025 at 9:19 PM
Trampled to death by a horse called Pivot to Video
BRICS officials are meeting in Rio this week for the first time since Trump upended the global economy.
It’s a chance to seize influence with the G20 and UN faltering — if they can overcome divisions over how to approach the US as Trump’s trade war rages.
www.bloomberg.com/news/article...
It’s a chance to seize influence with the G20 and UN faltering — if they can overcome divisions over how to approach the US as Trump’s trade war rages.
www.bloomberg.com/news/article...
BRICS Seeks to Fill Void Left by G-20 as Trump’s Trade War Rages
Major emerging market nations are striving to turn the BRICS group into a global forum capable of addressing the economic and political chaos unleashed by Donald Trump’s trade war.
www.bloomberg.com
April 29, 2025 at 12:34 AM
BRICS officials are meeting in Rio this week for the first time since Trump upended the global economy.
It’s a chance to seize influence with the G20 and UN faltering — if they can overcome divisions over how to approach the US as Trump’s trade war rages.
www.bloomberg.com/news/article...
It’s a chance to seize influence with the G20 and UN faltering — if they can overcome divisions over how to approach the US as Trump’s trade war rages.
www.bloomberg.com/news/article...
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The very difficult problem here is American voters don't want people to cheat on the pathway to legal immigration and naturalization that they are fully convinced exists. But they also don't like when law abiding but illegal people are treated too harshly.
If American voters think "I guess I want immigration enforcement and less immigration" but every effort to do this meets their swift and furious disapproval, they don't actually want "immigration enforcement and less immigration"
April 25, 2025 at 5:55 PM
The very difficult problem here is American voters don't want people to cheat on the pathway to legal immigration and naturalization that they are fully convinced exists. But they also don't like when law abiding but illegal people are treated too harshly.