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David E. Hoffman @davidehoffman.bsky.social · 20/08/2026

Eager to read this new saga from @jobywarrick.bsky.social — one of the best national security writers around!

David E. Hoffman @davidehoffman.bsky.social · 30/05/2026

@FT says of Cuba‘s regime, “Seven decades of authoritarian, one-party rule have choked off any potential opposition.” www.ft.com/content/751b... via @ft. But there WAS a strong opposition, the Varela Project and Oswaldo Payá. They killed him but the dream lives on.

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David E. Hoffman @davidehoffman.bsky.social · 01/02/2026

For a powerful look inside Russia today, see “Mr. Nobody Against Putin” — a remarkable, poignant and revealing documentary. One teacher‘s honesty and integrity shines as a dark cloud settles on his school.

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David E. Hoffman @davidehoffman.bsky.social · 01/08/2025

If you are wondering what is this fabled “Dead Hand” that Dmitry Medvedev is threatening with, I’ve got you covered. www.davidehoffman.com/the-dead-han...

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David E. Hoffman @davidehoffman.bsky.social · 23/07/2025

In an inspiring and moving tribute, the National Endowment for Democracy today awarded the Democracy Service Medal posthumously to the Cuban democracy fighter Oswaldo Payá on the 13th anniversary of his murder by the Castro regime. From L: Reinaldo, Rosa María, Ofelia and Oswaldito accept the award

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David E. Hoffman @davidehoffman.bsky.social · 04/06/2025

This melancholy but powerful new book from Andrei Soldatov and Irina Borogan is out today and tells the heart-wrenching story of hopes born and dashed — their own — in Russia. Two great journalists open their souls.

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David E. Hoffman @davidehoffman.bsky.social · 13/05/2025

Thinking today of my Wash Post colleague Jamal Khashoggi — Saudi exponent of democracy, murdered for his views by thugs sent from the Kingdom. His body never found.

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David E. Hoffman @davidehoffman.bsky.social · 16/04/2025

Martin Wolf nails it in today’s @FT — “The cult of the strongman is a perennial folly.”

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David E. Hoffman @davidehoffman.bsky.social · 14/04/2025

Saddened at the passing of Mario Vargas Llosa, who was unwavering in his support for Oswaldo Payá and his Varela Project — a quest for democracy and freedom in a dictatorship. Condolences to his family. He wrote this for “Give Me Liberty”:

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David E. Hoffman @davidehoffman.bsky.social · 12/04/2025

One million Americans died, just a few years ago. Have we learned nothing at all from the calamity?

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David E. Hoffman @davidehoffman.bsky.social · 08/04/2025

This is a tragedy of the first order—a self-inflicted wound on an institution that represents the best of our democracy and civil society. Do you think there is anything like it in Moscow or Beijing?

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David E. Hoffman @davidehoffman.bsky.social · 09/03/2025

Oh what a different time it was. Elected president in 1988, Bush immediately pledges to work with Congress.

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David E. Hoffman @davidehoffman.bsky.social · 16/01/2025

Big news from Cuba: José Daniel Ferrer Garcia has been freed from unjust imprisonment. He’s holding up the sign of ‘L’ for ‘Libertad,’ and was an original backer of the Varela Project seeking democracy in Castro’s dictatorship. There are hundreds more who must be released.

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David E. Hoffman @davidehoffman.bsky.social · 29/12/2024

One of the many laudable accomplishments of Jimmy Carter’s post-presidency was his 2002 address in Havana, on live televison, endorsing the Varela Project for democracy.

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David E. Hoffman @davidehoffman.bsky.social · 23/12/2024

If Putin is such a genius, why are hundreds of thousands marching 25 days in a row in Georgia in order to stay out of Moscow’s clutches? Ukraine fighting a war of survival? It is NOT back to the USSR for these people, who want to live in democracy. Photo: @Ezz_Gaber_Photo

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David E. Hoffman @davidehoffman.bsky.social · 18/12/2024

Six journalists from the pioneering independent channel Meydan TV have been wrongly detained in Azerbaijan. They must be freed.

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David E. Hoffman @davidehoffman.bsky.social · 03/12/2024

Riveting and inspiring reports from Georgia showing a strong demand for a future in Europe and not under Russia’s thumb.

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David E. Hoffman @davidehoffman.bsky.social · 24/11/2024

30 years ago, the U.S. airlifted highly-enriched uranium out of Kazakhstan—one of the great nonproliferation success stories. Longest C5 flight ever. For an excerpt from The Dead Hand: wapo.st/4eIE7yI And for key documents, see posting at Natl Security Archive: nsarchive2.gwu.edu/NSAEBB/NSAEB...

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David E. Hoffman @davidehoffman.bsky.social · 22/11/2024

You can see for miles! Étretat, France.

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David E. Hoffman @davidehoffman.bsky.social · 19/11/2024

Tonight at 9, world release of “Night is Not Eternal,” the HBO documentary by Nanfu Wang about Rosa María Payá and her struggle for a free and democratic Cuba. Here is trailer: www.hbo.com/movies/night... For more about her father, Oswaldo Payá, see my biography: www.amazon.com/gp/product/1...

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David E. Hoffman @davidehoffman.bsky.social · 15/11/2024

What are oligarchs? Are the billionaires around Trump the same as the Russian oligarchs? I wrote a book about the Russian tycoons 22 years ago, and there are differences—and similarities.

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