Will Freeman

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U.S. Southern Command @Southcom

#SOUTHCOM Commander Adm. Alvin Holsey joined Guatemalan President Bernardo Arévalo and U.S. Ambassador Bradley today as Guatemala signed an agreement for @USACEHQ to provide expertise & technical assistance to support the nation's modernization of the Port of Quetzal. The https://t.co/M9zBwrMXNC

"There's speculation this could be a message from criminal groups to Mexico's government - back off - because Claudia Sheinbaum has had a much tougher approach to cartels and gangs than her predecessor." I spoke with NBC about the tragic CDMX killings. https://t.co/euehq1nWRS

My latest for NYT Turns out playing hardball with allies isn't cost-free. Trump could've used normal diplomacy to curb Chinese presence in Panama. Instead he went scorched earth & made the conservative pres deeply unpopular, & now protests are spreading https://t.co/b68QESCXZB

This should be the headline we see everywhere.

David J. Bier @David_J_Bier

Cato published my review of the ~240 Venezuelans the US government renditioned 2 months ago to Salvador’s notorious prison. We identified FIFTY who came legally, never violated any immigration law, but are imprisoned at the US government’s request and at US taxpayer expense. https://t.co/g0IKTmY7TE

RT @ConsultantsIbi: Por los que defienden el #RegimenBukele en #ElSalvador otro golpe a los #DerechosHumanos Detienen a abogada anticorr…

RT @CFR_org: "There’s a reason Bukele puts such energy into cultivating his apologists. He needs them," writes @WillGFreeman. https://t.co/…

This development, terrible for El Salvador, will be revealing for Latin America watchers in the U.S. How will the many members of congress, thought leaders, and others who (rightly!) condemn Venezuela and Nicaragua for arbitrarily arresting civil society leaders respond to this?

Rolling Stone @RollingStone

Ruth Lopez, a human rights and anti-corruption attorney, who spoke to Rolling Stone earlier this year about the brutal conditions in El Salvador's prisons, has reportedly been arrested by the Bukele government. (via @Cristosal) 🔗 https://t.co/BFRRXCURNL https://t.co/uviBClm8N3

Will Freeman, a fellow at the Council on Foreign Relations said: “Without a doubt, the single most important thing that can happen to suppress illegal mining would be a drop in gold prices, but I don’t see that coming anytime soon.” https://t.co/VobhiMpjb6

"Nuestra soberanía territorial sólo figurará en los discursos políticos, pero en la realidad será una condición que continuará extinguiéndose, como nos lo dicen cotidianamente las madres buscadoras... las fosas clandestinas..." @laloguerrero https://t.co/FHPKEMc14k

RT @ForeignAffairsL: En la #ImagenDelDía manifestantes en Santiago de Veraguas, Panamá, bloquean una carretera durante una protesta. El pre…

This cover of Peru's Hildebrandt is a good encapsulation of current political dynamics: A president who isn't really in charge. Prisons that strengthen crime, rather than weakening it. A power broker in congress helping lead the assault on rule of law from a foreign country.

Semanario Hildebrandt en sus trece @ensustrece

La nueva edición de #Hildebrandt @ensustrece ya está en las calles y en la web https://t.co/ofhuiX1sZu. https://t.co/GcmvQHoPr7

I rarely find writing that transcends on-the-ground reporting and theoretical debate as seamlessly and compellingly as this one, "Bolivia's silent destruction." What a moving piece of work @JhanisseVDaza https://t.co/1SIMueS6p0

RT @FACTCoalition: Happening Now: FACT welcomes two award-winning journalists, @ArmandoInfo's @jopoliszuk and @CodigoVidrioEc's @Cascabeli…

In 2015 I moved to Latin America for the first time - to Uruguay, specifically, for a few reasons, one being my fascination with Mujica and the Frente Amplio. Not an uncomplicated character, as this piece illustrates so well, but a fascinating reflection of (changing) times.

Michael Reid @michaelreid52

José Mujica (RIP) never apologised for his guerrilla past but he bore no grudges for his incarceration and had no time for the politics of denuncia and victimhood that are the stock in trade of the Latin American left. My column of 2014: https://t.co/FlrI1eqo54

RT @AssLatam: Luis Lacalle Pou, former President of Uruguay, appeared skateboarding in the streets of Montevideo after his term ended. http…

RT @JuanPappierHRW: No quedan dudas: el gobierno y el Congreso de Peru trabajan para favorecer al crimen organizado.