#Guatemala

THREAD1/HUGE ARRESTS: Operation Regional Shield..senior LEO'sfrom USA, El Salvador, Guatemala & Honduras announced criminal charges in Central America against more than 700 members of transnational criminal orgs, inc MS-13 &
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Thread: Land Reforms 1/ The term BANANA REPUBLIC was popularized locally by @ProfJNMoyo as minister of info from 2000-4. Moyo’s refrain was “Zimbabwe is not a banana republic.”I agree
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I compared the Coronavirus outbreak in the US against the outbreaks in all of the countries that border China, are near China or are travelled to a lot by people
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My girlfriend’s aunt died this morning of COVID-19. I don’t tend to post much personal stuff here, but indulge me a short thread. La tía Yita and her husband ran
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The COVID-19 bill is an absolute disgrace. Included in the 5000 pages of the bill:$85.5M for Cambodia$134M for Burma$1.3B for Egypt to buy Russian Military equipment$25M for Pakistan gender programs$505M
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The lawyers defending the murderers of the elder, #TataDomingoChocChe, making the argument that because he didn’t have the “credentials” to be a scientist, then he is not a Maya scientist
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The UN has published a new report on "Harmony with Nature", which outlines the remarkable steps that some countries and cities have been taking away from growth-based economics. It's an
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Why is it racist, classist and colonialist to use the term "banana republic? Particularly when talking about what has happened in the US This term was created by the
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What's happen in LatinAmerica?A really short but informative thread And how can we help PERÚ They get out of charge a president and the people rose
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A couple of notes on the U.S. Citizenship Act, President Biden's immigration reform bill, as it relates to refugees and humanitarian relief. The legislation seeks to ramp up resettlement of
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Forgotten histories of Belgian imperialism. During the 19th century, Belgian imperialism did not only affect the Congo, a whole list of other countries were seen as potential colonies. I'll share
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Today is a very good day to remind everyone of a chapter that isn't in the history books in the US. A racist American named William Walker invaded Nicaragua in
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Followup thoughts on this, including Jason Hickel's excellent thread, linked:https://twitter.com/alan2102z/status/1349025486442266624 Believing this patent absurdity ("coup attempt") is a reflection of the privilege and comfor
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It’s estimated that #HurricaneIota will enter Central America as a Category 5 Hurricane. This is Hurricane Mitch-level stuff. Already battered by Eta, people are hurting. I pray for the well-being
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If I were teaching a class on propaganda I would definitely use this column by @JacksonDiehl. It's not crude Trumpian propaganda, but smoother Ivy League propaganda for people who need
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We've got a neat new @citizenlab report out, looking at NSO Group affiliate company Circles, the we-spy-without-hacking-your-phone guys, who reportedly exploit flaws in mobile phone networks themselves. We ID'd a
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