@ASPertierra

Historian of Cuba. LatAm & Caribbean History PhD Candidate @UWMadison. Bylines: @thenation @DissentMag I’m https://xitter.cf/t.co/sn3zTPW2lK on BlueSky

 Florence, Tuscany
Joined September 2013
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Proud to have my latest in @DissentMag’s Spring issue, going live today I go over the causes and consequences of the current crisis in Cuba
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So Flavio and his immediate family are now based in the US indefinitely. His own political party has recognized Lula's win. Never say 'die' in politics but where do the Bolsonaros go from here?
Estadão 🗞️
@Estadao8h
Derrotado nas urnas, Flávio Bolsonaro chega aos EUA com mulher e filhas → x.gd/3UweA Departamento de Estado do país informou que concederá vistos ao senador, que não reconheceu a derrota ao presidente reeleito Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva
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This is why I do 1.7-2x speed
Lincoln Michel@TheLincoln14h
Replying to @TheLincoln
Audiobooks apparently average 2 minutes to read 1 page of text, so double the time for audiobooks.
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Folha de S.Paulo
@folha14h
Aliados de Flávio Bolsonaro são avisados de que ele saiu do Brasil www1.folha.uol.com.br/coluna…

Aliados de Flávio Bolsonaro são avisados de que ele fugiu - 27/10/2026 - Mônica Bergamo - Folha

Site argentino publicou que senador teria entrado no país vizinho para, de lá, viajar aos EUA; imprensa da Argentina afirma que ele fez travessia a pé até Porto Iguaçu

folha.uol.com.br
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It would be pretty amusing if the democratically elected left wing president of Brazil pushes the left wing dictatorship of Delcy Rodriguez to implement elections that would almost certainly result in the election of the right wing MCM to piss off right wing Trump admin
Joe Weisenthal
@TheStalwartOct 26
Interesting piece from @bloggingsbyboz on Brazil and Venezuela
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That said, I'm not sure that he will. I haven't followed Lula's Brazil policy as closely as I did during the crisis of 2024, when he tried to gently press the Maduro regime and got humiliated for his efforts, but his interest seems inconsistent and ineffectual
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Joe
@JoePostinggOct 26
Serbian student movement unseating an entrenched autocratic regime
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Andre Pagliarini@apagliar17h
Rumors that Flávio fled to US via Argentina in the wee hours of the morning. Brazil’s federal police say the senator did not formally leave the country but may have slipped across border. They are working on confirming with no response from Flávio staff yet
Lauro Jardim@laurojardim18h
PF apura se Flávio Bolsonaro teria deixado o país rumo aos EUA oglobo.globo.com/blogs/lauro…

PF apura se Flávio Bolsonaro teria deixado o país rumo aos EUA

PF apura se Flávio Bolsonaro teria deixado o país rumo aos EUA

oglobo.globo.com
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O Flávio Hipotético vs O Flávio Verdadeiro
Folha de S.Paulo
@folha17h
PF rastreia fronteiras para verificar se Flávio Bolsonaro fugiu do Brasil; aliado nega www1.folha.uol.com.br/coluna…

PF rastreia fronteira para saber se Flávio Bolsonaro fugiu - 27/10/2026 - Mônica Bergamo - Folha

Site argentino publicou que ele teria entrado no país vizinho para, de lá, viajar aos EUA

folha.uol.com.br
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Just learned the Italian word for 'driver'
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Juan David Rojas@rojasrjuandOct 26
This will go down as Flavio Bolsonaro’s 'basket of deplorables' moment. In Brazil, it's common to hear vitriol against Lula: crook, corrupt, etc, all of which is considered banal Flavio, however, succumbed to the worst caricature of the Brazilian Right by calling Lula '9 Fingers'–an epithet used by elite opponents to refer to the former metalworker who lost a finger at 17 Lula aptly seized on this to attack Flavio for being raised raised in a gated community, never laboring a day in his life and insulting him and workers It may well have boosted his numbers in the run-off
eplay
@forumeplayOct 24
Lula massacra Flávio ao ser chamado de nove dedos "nunca trabalhou" #LulaNaGlobo
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Medieval maps depicting alleged Antilia:
boatogravy🇩🇴🇹🇹@xboatogravyOct 26
holy shit.
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Marc Caputo
@MarcACaputoOct 27
Rubio/State Dept outlined the reforms that need to happen in Venezuela for elections: ✅Supreme Court ✅Electoral Council ✅Debt ✅Security services "You're not going to street-protest your way into a democracy," he said in a veiled warning to Machado axios.com/2026/10/27/rubio-v…

Rubio warns Venezuela's Machado: Street protests won't get you democracy

Machado's demands for elections and her surprise return to Venezuela have put U.S. officials on edge.

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Since the CBS quote from Nixon about Cuba is doing the rounds, from politics social media accounts that repost from actual news orgs: fwiw she is being explicit about it and CBS News has deleted the tweeted paraphrase people are sharing
State Rep. Angie Nixon
@AngieNixonOct 27
It’s disappointing to have to say this, but @CBSNews, this is a serious failure of editorial reporting. I clearly state in this clip that while I have not personally been to Cuba, I have spoken with Cubans who have described it as a dictatorship, and I believe them. To claim I declined to answer the question is categorically false. That is not journalism. It is misinformation.
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This isn’t to say she couldn’t/shouldn’t have been more forceful/stronger in her wording than she was (it’s Florida so I would have…) but just that clip makes it sound ambiguous when it’s weak but explicit
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Terrence McCoy@terrence_mccoyOct 26
“Flávio has given up,” an adviser to the Bolsonaro family told me. “He’s terrified. He is worried his father will die in jail, that he himself will be jailed this week and that he may have a long prison term ahead.” washingtonpost.com/politics/…

Bolsonaro effectively concedes in Brazil after Trump suggests he won’t help

Trump says the presidential election looked “rigged” but did not say he planned to intervene on behalf of the right-wing politician.

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Andre Pagliarini@apagliarOct 25
If Lula wins, it will be because the prospect of a Bolsonaro return shook the complacency and misgivings out of a national coalition that failed to take Flávio seriously as a challenger. The far-right is an indisputable force, but the premature PT obits will need to be shredded.
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Brian Winter
@BrazilBrianOct 26
It was the turnout, stupid. 3 million more people voted in 2nd round than 1st. Only 3.2% of all voters spoiled their ballots, lowest percentage in a 2nd round this century Source: @folha
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Nicolás Saldías
@NicSaldiasOct 26
The elections could be annulled according to election lawyers, per @nytimes
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Arriving back in Europe to Lula having beaten Flavio Bolsonaro, keeping his golpista family out of power once more Lots of challenges await Lula’s new term, from rising debt to legislature’s right turn, but a crisis seems to have been averted for now
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Lula finding a successor to lead PT is now no longer a good idea but a necessity. He’s old, term limited, and as incredible of a political figure as he is he also comes with baggage I wonder who can hold together the PT’s wide coalition *and* win over the liberals needed to win
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Victor Garcia
@toninhodocallOct 25
O vídeo da noite.
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