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Joshua Collins@murosinvisibles.bsky.social |
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Words/photos on Latin America: World Politics Review, Vice, USA Today, the New Humanitarian
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Joshua Collins
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Petro's war of words with press freedom groups stokes worries
Colombia is among the most dangerous countries in the world for journalists— a disinformation campaign against their protectors inspired international condemnation
LATEST by me for PWS
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Joshua Collins
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U.S. Border Enforcement Goes Global
With Panama as the latest, US Border Patrol is increasingly going international. Coming soon to a country near you!
LATEST by me for paid subscribers at PWS
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Joshua Collins
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should be a crime not to
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Joshua Collins
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Internal polling from the Biden campaign shows Trump's lead growing in several swing states
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Joshua Collins
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Left for Dead in the Darien Gap
Nohemi Yanez left Venezuela with hopes of building a better life. She has been missing for over a month. Her case is far from isolated
LATEST for PWS by Timothy O'Farrell
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Joshua Collins
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I hear the debate is pretty bad
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Joshua Collins
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Petro isn't having much more luck than his predecessors in peace-building
Less than a third of promised investments have arrived to conflict zones, and affected communities are losing patience
LATEST by me for PWS www.piratewireservices.com/p/petro-isnt...
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Joshua Collins
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Beyond the headlines on the Chiquita case: what does it mean for peace processes in Colombia? And does it set precedent for other international legal processes against North American corporations?
LATEST by me for NACLA
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Chiquita Brands found liable in U.S. courts for paying Colombian death squads
A civil suit brought by families in the U.S. brings dark new details to light in the decades-long court case
LATEST by me for PWS
www.piratewireservices.com/p/chiquita-b...
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Joshua Collins
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Chiquita Brands already admitted to paying Colombian death squads: now victims get their day in court
A civil suit brought by families in the U.S. brings dark new details to light in the decades-long court case
LATEST by me for PWS www.piratewireservices.com/p/chiquita-b...
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Joshua Collins
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Chiquita Brands already admitted to paying Colombian death squads: now victims get their day in court
A civil suit brought by families in the U.S. brings dark new details to light in the decades-long court case
LATEST by me for PWS www.piratewireservices.com/p/chiquita-b...
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Joshua Collins
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I think this is more fun than when Kissinger died It's certainly WAY more chaotic 😆
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Joshua Collins
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The Bukele Clones are not faring well
Copycat crackdowns by security forces in Honduras and Ecuador have failed to reduce growing criminality
LATEST by me for paid subscribers at PWS www.piratewireservices.com/p/the-bukele...
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"Why we do what we do at PWS"
The formal meeting of the crew in Colombia, an origin story, and the embodiment of a dream (as well as the eternal Spanish word of the week)
by Amy Booth (with a little help from los piratas)
www.piratewireservices.com/p/why-we-do-...
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Joshua Collins
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Invisible Walls, the Darien Gap and fleeing a life of violence
Why do people choose to cross the most dangerous land migration route in the world? The world hasn't left them any other options
LATEST by me PWS
www.piratewireservices.com/p/invisible-...
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Judah Grunstein
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I keep seeing references to the US campus protests being about ending the war. That might be an indirect goal, or a messaging tactic, but the actual goal is divestment, which if successful will have a more lasting and long-term effect on Israel's future prospects as a sustainable state. 1/2
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Joshua Collins
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Unprecedented flooding in Brazil. Venezuela loses its last glacier. Desertification on the northern coast of Colombia
The effects of climate change are already visible. And climate migration is already happening: it doesn't have to be a disaster
www.piratewireservices.com/p/climate-mi...
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Joshua Collins
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From "Total Peace" to "Total Military Offensive"
Petro's military campaign against EMC in Cauca is merely the latest in a turn towards force rather than dialogue
LATEST by me for PWS www.piratewireservices.com/p/from-total...
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Joshua Collins
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PWS ELECTION UPDATE
Former law enforcement chief Mulino wins Panama’s presidency
After taking over a campaign rocked by scandal, the combative political insider will face a series of challenges governing
Corey Kane explains from Panama for PWS
www.piratewireservices.com/p/former-law...
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Joshua Collins
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¿Puede un nuevo consejo de funcionarios no elegidos reconstruir un país roto?
¿O son más de lo mismo? Haití tiene un nuevo gobierno. Pero, al igual que muchos anteriores, no representa a los haitianos
El último de PWS por Paulo Chávez
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Haiti: Can a not-so-new council of unelected officials rebuild a broken country?
Haiti has a new government. But just like many before it, it doesn't represent Haitians
LATEST by Paulo Chávez for PWS www.piratewireservices.com/p/haiti-can-...
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Joshua Collins
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After Maduro blocked the candidacy of two opposition candidates, the third, González, leads him in polls by 40 POINTS Gonna be interesting to see what happens in the next two months
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Judah Grunstein
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The powerful open letters coming out of these protests are further proof that anyone who says the humanities are useless has a thinly veiled political agenda.
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Amy Jo Cousins
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"Criminalising vulnerable groups...does nothing to address the underlying problems left by non-state responses, such as a lack of communication between Colombian and Panamanian authorities, access for aid groups, and ensuring migrants are not exploited or preyed upon."
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Joshua Collins
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Lawless and neglected: Local Colombians see Darién influx as economic lifeline
‘The people here are not criminals. They are victims.’
LATEST by me for the New Humanitarian
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Joshua Collins
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Climate Migration is already happening: but it doesn't have to be a disaster
World governments are woefully unprepared for what's coming, but there's still time to change course
LATEST by me for paid subscribers at PWS
www.piratewireservices.com/p/climate-mi...
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Joshua Collins
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Protests: It's ColUmbia not ColOmbia
State and media reactions to student protests in the U.S. and Colombia have a lot of parallels, We break down how and why
The Colombia Indie Media dream team PODCAST: PWS, Colombia Calling and Colombia Reports
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Joshua Collins
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Why virtually all child sex crimes in Colombia go unpunished Lack of coordination and political will allow impunity for abusers LATEST by Adriaan Alsema for Pirate Wire Services
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Joshua Collins
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U.S Foreign Policy a key factor in record numbers risking their lives in the Darien Gap A strategy to reduce arrivals at the border hasn’t worked, but it has put more lives at risk LATEST by me for paid subscribers at PWS
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Joshua Collins
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Been out of service for a few weeks doing reporting from the Darien Gap. Boy do I have a lot of stories incoming
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Xun-ling Au 歐迅灵 🏴
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On Capybaras being "fish" by @murosinvisibles.bsky.social
"Why the Pope declared war on capybaras" via Pirate wire services...
I know this comes around with a certain regularity, lent, Easter, capybara appreciation day... 😋
But its still wild to me
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Joshua Collins
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How did Capybaras become dinner during Lent?
The pope declared war on them 3 centuries ago, and nearly eradicated them
LATEST at PWS
Happy Easter www.piratewireservices.com/p/why-the-po...
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Joshua Collins
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Feminist rage against violence in Colombia Riot police attacked demonstrations against gender-based violence in Bogota as similar marches united women in more than a dozen countries throughout the region LATEST by PWS
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Joshua Collins
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Scars from war, an imperfect peace, and eating worms in the Amazon Jungle
Befriending an indigenous family in the Brazilian borderlands gave me a new perspective on conflict, and myself
LATEST by me for paid subscribers at PWS
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Colombian government, after yesterday voiding a ceasefire with FARC dissident group EMC over their killings of indigenous guard, announces a large-scale military offensive against the rebel group
www.wradio.com.co/2024/03/18/f...
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Joshua Collins
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yes.
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Joshua Collins
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Thanks buddy. Also trying to slowly spend more time over here than in Elmo's nightmare playground. Deeply gratful for the signal amp
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Xun-ling Au 歐迅灵 🏴
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Really good background piece on how some Argentinian politicians attempt to copy El Salvador's crackdown on gangs backfired massively...
(Pirate wire services are really damm good for latam coverage BTW, h/t @murosinvisibles.bsky.social )
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Joshua Collins
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Argentine politicians wanted to copycat Bukele: it started a gang war instead
The dark episode illustrates a bloody failure of implementing "the Bukele strategy" in other Latam countries
Latest at Pirate Wire Services
www.piratewireservices.com/p/argentine-...
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Joshua Collins
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Anger as Panama stops MSF working in Darién Gap amid sexual violence spat
‘This sends them a clear message not to speak publicly about human rights violations and sexual assaults.’
This is an important one. LATEST: www.thenewhumanitarian.org/news/2024/03...
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Joshua Collins
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No está en la boleta, pero las elecciones mexicanas siguen siendo un referéndum sobre AMLO La temporada de campaña acaba de empezar. Lo que importa y lo que no en las urnas por Dawn Marie Paley para PWS en una colaboración especial con revista Ojala
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Joshua Collins
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Colombia's Prison Crisis illustrates why penal reform is so difficult
Punitive populism and a feedback loop of "tough on crime" campaigns are leading to insecurity at prisons in Latam
LATEST at PWS www.piratewireservices.com/p/colombias-...
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Joshua Collins
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US adds to pressure on Haiti PM to resign as gangs overrun capital
Ariel Miller urged to ‘expedite transition’ to a new government amid spiraling violence in Port-au-Prince
LATEST by me for the Times www.thetimes.co.uk/article/hait...
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Joshua Collins
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Covering the LATAM breaking news desk for the London Times next few days Dont yell at me for the headlines please! 🙃
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Joshua Collins
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Remembering Ecuador's Lost Paradise
"I grew up here. It seems like the "solutions" to Ecuador's very real security crisis are hurting more than helping"
LATEST by Ecuadorian journo Sebastian Barriga
for paid subscribers at PWS www.piratewireservices.com/p/rememberin...
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Joshua Collins
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He isn't on the ballot, but Mexican elections are still a referendum on AMLO
What matters and what doesn’t at the polls
Absolutely thrilled to publish this insightful piece by the amazing Dawn Marie Paley, editor of Ojalá magazine at PWS
www.piratewireservices.com/p/he-isnt-on...
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Joshua Collins
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Colombia to stop arms purchases from Israel in response to attack on humanitarian aid delivery
President Petro vows to end a decades-long security relationship. What does that mean for Colombian forces?
LATEST by me for @pirate_wire www.piratewireservices.com/p/colombia-t...
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Joshua Collins
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Ortega's Marriage of Inconvenience with Christian Evangelism in Nicaragua
Self-Proclaimed Christian Zionists are at odds with the country's public-facing Israel policy
Nicaraguan writer and activist Mark Alexander explains
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Joshua Collins
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Working Class journalism is back, baby!
Rumors of the death of the 4th Estate were greatly exaggerated, instead, a renaissance is occurring
LATEST by me for paid subscribers at PWS
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Joshua Collins
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Colombia's fight For a new AG gets physical The spot for top-cop is open. But can the process confirm someone who isn't also a criminal? A running feud between the President and the Attorney General has complicated a high-stakes appointment— as has a history of criminality
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