Michael Paarlberg
@MPaarlberg
Associate Professor of Political Science @vcu. Associate Fellow @IPS_DC. Ex @SEIU, @guardian, LatAm advisor @BernieSanders. 교포. http://mpaarlberg.bsky.social
Mi entrevista en @eldiarioes sobre Venezuela y cómo construir una visión progresista del rol de EEUU en el mundo eldiario.es/internacional/…
Note that VCU is currently facing a budget crisis precipitated by a decline in enrollment. How will this impact future hs graduates’ decisions on where to enroll?
Virginia Commonwealth University is withholding the diploma of Sereen Haddad, a Palestinian American student, because of her activism. “I, as a Palestinian student, have never felt welcomed or safe at Virginia Commonwealth University at all.”
The only airline I flew on with no different seat classes was Cubana in the early 2000s. Then I flew Cubana again during the Raul reforms and it had a business class.
What about every wrongfully detained American in El Salvador? Will the State Department ever demand a full accounting of them? americasquarterly.org/article/u-s-ci…
Maybe Lula got Bolsonaro to support Trump’s tariffs as some kind of secret plea deal
New polling shows Trump’s image among Brazilians at lowest point ever and Lula with his strongest numbers since Oct 2024. He is at about 50% approval, which would indicate a very strong position for reelection next year. Lots of time and anything could happen but getting better
“The foreign agent law is meant to not just intimidate or jail these NGOs, but also to discredit them and make it seem like they are acting as puppets of the U.S. or these shadowy global networks,” I tell @RollingStone
Journalists, activists, and nonprofits have “no better option” than to flee El Salvador as Trump’s new favorite dictator, Nayib Bukele, cracks down on dissent. EXCLUSIVE: rollingstone.com/politics/polit…
El Salvador’s leading human rights NGO for 25 years, @Cristosal, has been forced out of the country by President Bukele, who already jailed its anti-corruption investigator. Cristosal has angered Bukele for exposing his jailing of innocents and torture and killing of detainees.
📢 #ComunicadoCristosal | Tras 25 años de trabajo en El Salvador, suspendemos operaciones en el país ante la escalada de criminalización. Nuestra labor continúa, reorganizada y comprometida, desde Guatemala y Honduras. Para más información. ⬇️ #CristosalNoSeDetiene