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United Nations, 14 years as political affairs officer, mostly in Western Sahara. Me: I work with words, play with language, write.

Portugal
Joined October 2012
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The Swiss are voting this month on the country’s arms exports
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Just sayin’.
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STEPHEN MILLER “…the architect of some of the administration’s most [worse] policies demonstrated that he would aggressively pursue more of the agenda that many voters rejected” is the CRUEL, EVIL BRAIN behind DJT nytimes.com/2026/11/07/us/po… via @NYTimes
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Bravo, PORTUGAL!!
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NYTimes —- agree with both!
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Someone spent huge, huge amounts of money on the midterms… and lost to the history BLUE WAVE
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#WesternSahara: NW coast of Africa, between #Morocco and #Mauritania. The long red line is, depending on the PoV, either “The First Line of Defense” (by those who built it, and planted landmines) or, as said, the “Wall of Shame”. Everybody actually calls it the “Berm”. Simpler.
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I must add one thing: the “Wall of Shame” — of course the UN (nor I) gave it that name. Its purpose is to both defend the land occupied by the invader, and prevent the native population from returning to the land they has to flee. #WesternSahara
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Can anyone think of any other invading army building a wall the whole length of the #Territory to keep out the native population does not come back? The “name” is not my doing. But it does call attention to “The Question of #WesternSahara”, on the UN’s agenda for decades.
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“The US constitution gives the states, not the federal government, authority to run elections. And it gives the president no power when it comes to voting.” theguardian.com/us-news/ng-i…
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theguardian.com/us-news/2026… “There are leaders (…) that decided: ‘I can win this guy over. I can give him the shiniest prize. I can give him a gold watch that’s encrusted with diamonds. I can flatter him in the most outrageous way.’”
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Seamos exactos: ni el #PlanDeDescolonización de la #ONU ni la #MINURSO están obsoletos. #Marruecos nunca negoció de buena fe con #Argelia, ni el #FrentePOLISARIO, ni con la #ONU. Pero el #SaharaOccidental sigue con pleno derecho a existir.
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