🌻Maria I. Puerta Riera
@Maripuerta
Venezuelan-American • Ph. D. in Cultural Studies • Democracy & Autocratization • RT≠endorsement • http://maripuerta.com • https://hemstratgroup.org
Coming soon: Public Diplomacy in Authoritarian Regimes by Carola Richter & Vedat Demir (Editors): Chapter 9: Venezuela: From Oil Diplomacy to Disinformation Pawn by Maria Puerta Riera barnesandnoble.com/w/public-diplo…
How did American media and Republican politicians lose their spines? by @Sulliview open.substack.com/pub/margaretsu…
We’re pro-choice Floridians — and we trust David Jolly to defend our rights | Opinion miamiherald.com/opinion/op-ed/…
Fiona Hill, Trump’s Ex-Russia Adviser, on Why Great Powers Fall nytimes.com/2025/07/22/wor…
Over 250 Venezuelans returned from Salvadoran jail, but families say the damage remains thelatinonewsletter.org/p/he-was-not-a… via @juandr47
“Now for the next 10 months, the gloves are off." rollingstone.com/tv-movies/tv-m…
Cómo la desinformación sobre las vacunas convirtió a Canadá en el epicentro del sarampión en Norteamérica bbc.in/4eY4imA
#BREAKING US announces leaving UNESCO, says UN cultural and education agency is biased against Israel, promotes 'divisive' causes
#ÚLTIMAHORA | EE.UU. anuncia su retirada de la Unesco a finales de 2026 por "no contribuir a sus intereses".
NEW: "Each bed at the detention camp is expected to cost $245 a day — roughly the price of one night this week at the Intercontinental Miami hotel." Right now, Florida taxpayers are footing the bill. miamiherald.com/news/local/imm…
Massie on Epstein files: “I don't think this is going to go away.” MTG: “People want the information. They don’t want things covered up especially when it comes to the most well-known convicted pedophile in modern day history” Norman: “The files are going to have to come out”
NEW POLL with @verasight_data : Dems lead the House generic ballot by 4, Trump's approval underwater (-15), and voters are unhappy with Trump's deportations. Plus, support for a third-party collapses by nearly 60% if Elon Musk leads it. Full analysis linked in next tweet
Statement from @DAGToddBlanche: This Department of Justice does not shy away from uncomfortable truths, nor from the responsibility to pursue justice wherever the facts may lead. The joint statement by the DOJ and FBI of July 6 remains as accurate today as it was when it was…
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"I don't believe the polls" -- Homan on polls showing a majority of American oppose Trump's deportation policies
POLIS Fernando Mires - LA LÓGICA DE UN MUNDO EN LLAMAS polisfmires.blogspot.com/2025/07/fernan…
Bolsonaro ya no podrá dar entrevistas, Justicia. #ANSA ow.ly/883J106gx4F
"I don't believe the polls" -- Homan on polls showing a majority of American oppose Trump's deportation policies