Julio Ricardo Varela
@julito77
Sr. Director, Marketing & Comms, http://freepress.net. Founder, @latnewsletter (2024), @latinorebels (2011). @MSNBC columnist. Opinions mine here & no one else's 🇵🇷
So.. officially, I'm the last Black staff columnist left in the Washington Post's opinion section.
Hi, @LatNewsletter is looking to contract out an IT specialist as we grow our organization. Email me [email protected] if interested. No cold call emails, please.
This is a true @LatNewsletter exclusive. New writing from the one and only @Esmo. La invasión 1898/The Invasion 1898 #PuertoRico
A @LatNewsletter exclusive For our July 25 edition, La invasión 1898/The Invasion 1898 by @Esmo #PuertoRico thelatinonewsletter.org/p/la-invasion1…
Trump’s South Park problem via @politico politi.co/3H249C0
This is going to be amazing.
So, we have some news to share. Esmeralda Santiago @Esmo will be our featured contributor on July 25! Subscribe to thelatinonewsletter.org/subscribe to be the first to read her latest work in progress! #PuertoRico
Hulk Hogan, icon in professional wrestling, dies at age 71 via @AP apnews.com/article/hulk-h…
Am "shocked" to see no Latino journalists on this list. It just confirms what I said at @UCLAlatino @asu_clapr panel that in the end, we as a community need to uplift each other because nobody is coming to save us. projectc.biz/top50creatorjo…
‘POTUS is clearly furious’: White House is frustrated by all-consuming Epstein coverage via @politico politi.co/4m1UFFU
Thank you, @juandr47, for your reporting and work for @LatNewsletter.
For @LatNewsletter, @juandr47's latest story After months in El Salvador’s most infamous prison, over 250 Venezuelan migrants are finally home. But their families say they came back changed, and fear they have a long road ahead to get justice.
Just got my first legit acquisition interest email for @LatNewsletter. I kindly passed but it was a legit ask and the CEO was super kind in his ask. Right now, TheLatinoNewsletter.org is not for sale. We're just getting started!
Does #JonesActJenniffer support this bill by her GOP colleagues in Congress? lee.senate.gov/2025/6/lee-int… #EndJonesActNow
Free Press Condemns ICE Detention of Journalist #MarioGuevara freepress.net/blog/ice-deten…
Ozzy Osbourne dies at 76 via @AP apnews.com/article/ozzy-o…
New: GBH to lay off 13 employees from American Experience due to "severe cuts in federal funding for public media," CEO Susan Goldberg said. The layoffs are among the first cuts in public media after Congress rescinded $1.1 billion for public broadcasters. bostonglobe.com/2025/07/22/bus…
NPR news chief says she’s leaving, days after federal funding cuts via @washingtonpost washingtonpost.com/business/2025/…
That's a shift.
Trump Approval - Hispanics: February 7, 2025: 🔴 Disapprove: 51% 🟢 Approve: 49% July 18, 2025: 🔴 Disapprove: 68% 🟢 Approve: 32% - YouGov -
I’ve been following the mothers of three Venezuelan migrants over the past weeks and they are excited to have their sons back home but they say the fight isn’t over. Read my latest story for @LatNewsletter. thelatinonewsletter.org/p/he-was-not-a…
Really cool of @jacobsoboroff for recommending @lopez_wd's new book. Dr. Lopez is a board member of @LatNewsletter and yes, his latest work is critically important.
Raiding the Heartland: An American Story of Deportation and Resistance by my friend @lopez_wd is a critically important book that could not be more timely. preorder now: press.jhu.edu/books/title/53…