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Fran Robles

@franroblesr.bsky.social
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Costa Rican interested in Politics / Power / Elites / Football / Maradona / Inequality / Books Opinions are mine, not of the employer

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Fran Robles @franroblesr.bsky.social · 21h
Según la DIS: vecinos 😜 @marcelu83.bsky.social @josedanielclarke.com
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Fran Robles @franroblesr.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
La ansiedad. La locura de la historia. Lo no verificado de las fuentes. El caso. La política. El Canciller. El extraditable. Sería una novela maravillosa del realismo mágico.
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Fran Robles @franroblesr.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
De las mejores cosas que me ha dado este semestre en la U es el podcast de #AfricaPachanga podcasts.apple.com/cr/podcast/a...
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Afronauta 23/Sept/2026 - Omniversal Earkestra - Música Africana Afrobeat
Podcast Episode · AfricaPachanga · 23 September · 59min
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Fran Robles @franroblesr.bsky.social · 25/09/2026
Usando datos del latinobarometro asi ha sido el apoyo de Costa Rica a la democracia
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London Review of Books @lrb.co.uk · 24/09/2026
‘To be silent on an issue, or to appeal to “both sides” (as Sheeran did in his teleprompted apology), is itself to take a political stance – and when the issue is genocide, silence or equivocation is complicity.’ Lorna Finlayson on Macklemore v. Sheeran, from the blog. www.lrb.co.uk/blog/2026/se...
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Lorna Finlayson | Public Positions
In much of the coverage of the Ed Sheeran-Macklemore debacle, the reality of the incident is turned on its head, as...
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Adriana S. @tsaitami.bsky.social · 24/09/2026
A las puertas de la firma del Acuerdo Transpacífico, le tengo un mensaje al sector gastronómico del país: si decimos que amamos el producto pero abandonamos a quienes lo producen, nuestra propuesta está vacía. Sin agro no hay comida.
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Detrás del plato — Manos en la Masa
Algunos números Según datos del informe estadístico anual de CONARROZ , en el periodo comprendido entre 2020 y 2025, la producción local de arroz bajó de 152,721 a 70,234 toneladas métricas. Esos n...
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Fran Robles @franroblesr.bsky.social · 25/09/2026
Que hermosa es la música de Fela Kuti youtu.be/FsY--sUhPHo?...
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Fela Kuti / Africa 70 Live in Berlin @ Berliner Jazztage 1978 Full Concert
YouTube video by grin60
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Nick Garland @npjgarland.bsky.social · 24/09/2026
Everything in the new issue of the relaunched @ippr.org Progressive Review is now FREE TO READ here: onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/toc/10.1...
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Fran Robles @franroblesr.bsky.social · 23/09/2026
Para un mundo lleno de odios y ansiedades: música! www.youtube.com/watch?v=uKzO...
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Psychedelic Cumbia DELADY DJ SET | Chicha, Cumbia Amazonica, Downtempo at Cafe Abrecaminos, Colombia
YouTube video by Delady
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Fran Robles @franroblesr.bsky.social · 23/09/2026
Así, la nación costarricense está dividida en tres partes un “pueblo mesiánico”, un pueblo indiferente que no va a las urnas y un pueblo a la defensiva que busca cobijo en los símbolos y lugares de memoria de la vieja identidad nacional. www.divergentes.com/faroles-resi...
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Faroles y resistencia democrática | Por Víctor H. Acuña Ortega
Los faroles, la Independencia y los símbolos nacionales emergen como herramientas de movilización en defensa de la democracia y la institucionalidad de Costa Rica.
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TW @twesq.bsky.social · 20/09/2026
this is fantastic and I learned something new
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Fran Robles @franroblesr.bsky.social · 23/09/2026
Siempre del lado Ana Iztarú de la vida ✊
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Democracy Now! @democracynow.org · 22/09/2026
"Reading the World" is a new documentary about Paulo Freire, the acclaimed Brazilian educator whose revolutionary approach to teaching connected literacy to critical thinking and democratic participation. We speak with one of its co-directors and a consulting producer.
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“Pedagogy of the Oppressed” Brazilian Educator Paulo Freire Profiled in Film, “Reading the World”
Reading the World is a remarkable new documentary about Paulo Freire, the acclaimed Brazilian educator whose revolutionary approach to teaching connected literacy to critical thinking and democratic p...
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Justin Jest @justinjest.bsky.social · 21/09/2026
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Fran Robles @franroblesr.bsky.social · 21/09/2026
Crear un en tiempos de IA youtu.be/IIfBaYRySNk?...
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CREANDO EN TIEMPOS DE IA — INNER TALKS #01
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Fran Robles @franroblesr.bsky.social · 20/09/2026
Les jovenes en Berlin
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Johanna Siebert @johannasiebert.bsky.social · 20/09/2026
Fetter Mittelfinger…
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Isabella M. Weber @isabellamweber.bsky.social · 20/09/2026
Our constitution allows the socialization of means of production for the common good because a key lessons of the Nazi era was: democracy needs an economic defense.
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Isabella M. Weber @isabellamweber.bsky.social · 20/09/2026
People struggling financially have voted predominantly for the AfD in recent elections. Not in Berlin. The Left put socializing corporate landlords on the ballot, and won the election and this group.
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Fran Robles @franroblesr.bsky.social · 18/09/2026
Edgar Silva en su etapa de beisbolista
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Fran Robles @franroblesr.bsky.social · 16/09/2026
Ganó Boca 💙💛 Y hay Nuevo #DiegoLibro ♾️
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Shay O’Brien @shayobrien.bsky.social · 15/09/2026
My final dissertation paper, "The New Money Myth," is out now in Social Science History!
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The New Money Myth: The Churn of Prototypical Elites and the Persistence of the Upper Class in Oil Boom Dallas, 1925–1942 | Social Science History | Cambridge Core
The New Money Myth: The Churn of Prototypical Elites and the Persistence of the Upper Class in Oil Boom Dallas, 1925–1942
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Fran Robles @franroblesr.bsky.social · 15/09/2026
El mejor producto jamás creado . Patente de la señora Caja del Seguro Social
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Simon @simon-valley-63.bsky.social · 14/09/2026
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Fran Robles @franroblesr.bsky.social · 15/09/2026
Faroleada en el Morazán
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Elizabeth Cronise McLaughlin @ecmclaughlin.bsky.social · 14/09/2026
Macklemore has put out an incredible statement about being removed from Ed Sheeran’s tour. His removal was engineered by Trump’s bestie Robert Kraft, the owner of the Patriots and Foxborough stadium who rallied other owners to silence Macklemore for speaking out about Palestine.
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Last Monday, in the middle of all the media attention surrounding Pink and what I said at MetLife, Ed told me that Robert Kraft called him. We were scheduled to play Gillette Stadium later this month, which is owned by the Kraft Group. Ed told me that Kraft said I would not be allowed to perform in his stadium. Ed also told me that Kraft had rallied some of the other stadium owners and collectively they gave him an ultimatum: if Macklemore stays on the tour, you will not be allowed to play in our venues.
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elDiario.es @eldiario.es · 14/09/2026
El discurso en defensa de Palestina de Macklemore por el que le han apartado de la gira de Ed Sheeran www.eldiario.es/cultura/mack...
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Fran Robles @franroblesr.bsky.social · 14/09/2026
A farolear 🔥
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Diario Público @publico.es · 14/09/2026
OPINIÓN | "El Congreso aprobó que los saharauis que tuvieron DNI español o que son hijos de los que lo tuvieron, vuelvan a tenerlo con todo lo que eso implica. La ventana se abrió y la esperanza se coló en un lugar imposible", por @martanebot.bsky.social diario.publico.es/pev…
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Los saharauis y las rendijas de la Historia
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Fran Robles @franroblesr.bsky.social · 13/09/2026
Mirar a Costa Rica no es un ejercicio de fatalismo, sino una advertencia. Muestra cómo un país con sólidas credenciales democráticas y un Estado social fuerte puede perder su excepcionalidad casi sin darse cuenta. ladiaria.com.uy/opinion/arti...
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¿Cómo seguir siendo excepcionales? Miremos a Costa Rica
No hay fórmulas infalibles para evitar el avance de las nuevas derechas, también llamadas derechas radicales. Pero sí hay experiencias que conviene mirar con atención. …
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Aurelien Mondon @aurelmondon.com · 12/09/2026
So close and yet The far right's real weapon is the mainstream elite hyping it to distract from the crisis of democracy. It's not rising because it's popular or because immigration is a "legitimate concern", it's rising because it is being built as the only alternative by those currently in power
The Guardian view on the far right’s real weapon: it is the politics of powerlessness
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From Dover to Saxony-Anhalt, extremists thrive when voters believe established parties can no longer deliver security, prosperity or meaningful change
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Fran Robles @franroblesr.bsky.social · 13/09/2026
Amo ver gente poniendo música. 🎧 Me gusta invadir esas intimidades y disfrutar de sus momentos y música
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Naomi Klein @naomiaklein.bsky.social · 12/09/2026
"People are really mad and however mad you are, it’s not enough. Because there is something so profound about no longer believing in the future, about seeing no value in our shared home, in the natural world. They’re traitors to creation.” www.theguardian.com/books/2026/s...
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Naomi Klein: ‘Extreme wealth has a deranging effect. It turns you into a supremacist’
She’s tackled neoliberalism and the digital world, now the writer and activist is taking on tech billionaires. She explains how the super-rich are capitalising on climate and financial chaos in pursui...
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Davide Zuiga @davidejoz.bsky.social · 12/09/2026
Asi es, atrasaron la construccion de un hospital por pura politiqueria y apunta de mentiras. Por eso Chaves fue declarado Non Grato en Cartago. Que todas las muertes que provocaron en un hospital colapsado les persigan por siempre crhoy.com/nacionales/p...
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Presidenta de la CCSS confirma que terreno en Cartago es apto para nuevo hospital | CR Hoy
Mónica Taylor, presidenta ejecutiva de la Caja Costarricense de Seguro Social (CCSS), confirmó este viernes que el terreno para el hospital de Cartago es apto para su construcción. Durante una visita ...
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Alex Andreou @sturdyalex.bsky.social · 10/09/2026
This German comedy sketch (with English subtitles) perfectly captures so much of what is going on right now in the UK, the US, and across Europe. "Playing the 'Nazi Card' in the Third Reich", by Browser Ballett.
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Fared Al Mahlool | فريد المحلول @faredalmahlool.bsky.social · 10/09/2026
A Guardian-produced documentary at Venice reveals how Israel built AI systems to mass-generate low-ranking Hamas targets in Gaza. Those targets were then bombed at home, at night, with full knowledge their families would die too.
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Jin X. Goh | 吴晋勋 @jinxungoh.bsky.social · 10/09/2026
🚨 ‼️ new paper ‼️ 🚨 With political scientist Nathan Chan, we used the latest 2024 and 2020 CMPS to look at why Asians and Latinos (the 2 largest immigrant groups in US) might support deportation policies. Out now in Political Psychology! onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/...
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Working hard to belong: Meritocratic ideology and deportation sentiments among Latino and Asian Americans
Why do some Latino and Asian Americans support conservative policies that may discriminate against them? Elaborating on system justification theory, we argue that ideologies such as meritocracy perpe...
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Cas Mudde @casmudde.bsky.social · 10/09/2026
My Guardian piece in Spanish 🇪🇸
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La victoria de AfD lanza un mensaje a Europa: se acaba el tiempo para detener a la ultraderecha
Para proteger nuestras democracias, los partidos liberales deben cambiar de táctica urgentemente
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Hanno Hauenstein @hahauenstein.bsky.social · 10/09/2026
24 israelische Soldaten berichten, wie sie in Gaza ganze Familien ausgelöscht und Tausende Menschen gezielt getötet haben. Yuval Abrahams neuer Film NAZA hat heute Premiere. Bin ja gespannt, wer und wie in D über dieses weitere Zeugnis des Genozids in Gaza berichtet. www.972mag.com/naza-exposin...
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‘NAZA’: Exposing Israel’s killing machine in Gaza
Our new film shows how Israel’s slaughter of Palestinian civilians was a calculated and intentional act, through the testimonies of those responsible.
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Reuters @reuters.com · 10/09/2026
Gaza's hospitals and homes struggle to keep generators running as oil shortages bite reut.rs/4yp8Fj1
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Gaza's hospitals and homes struggle to keep generators running as oil shortages bite
As power cuts cascade through one of Gaza's largest functioning hospitals and patients wait for treatment ​in sweltering wards, medics warn that shortages of engine oil and spare parts are causing generators to seize up, putting lives at risk.
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Jasson @jmuirclarke.bsky.social · 09/09/2026
Siguen los chavistas con sus cochinadas
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Kohli Foundation for Sociology @kohli-sociology.bsky.social · 06/08/2026
📢𝗖𝗮𝗹𝗹 𝗳𝗼𝗿 𝗔𝗽𝗽𝗹𝗶𝗰𝗮𝘁𝗶𝗼𝗻𝘀 𝗡𝗼𝘄 𝗢𝗽𝗲𝗻!📢 We’re now accepting applications for the 2027 Kohli Fellowship at the WZB Berlin Social Science Center. 📆 Deadline 20 September 2026 Apply via our online portal: kohlifoundation.eu/programs-gro... @wzb.bsky.social #Postdoc #Fellowship #forSociology
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Forbes @forbes.com · 08/09/2026
The show said its name change was “inspired by the bravery and patriotism of Apple and Google,” both of which have complied with executive orders from Trump to change the names of places like Lake Ontario to Lake America.
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‘South Park’ Changes Branding To ‘South America’ In Latest Trump Trolling
The show said its name change was “inspired by the bravery and patriotism of Apple and Google,” both of which have complied with executive orders from Trump to change the names of places like Lake Ontario to Lake America.
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Antifa_Ultras @antifa-ultras.bsky.social · 18/02/2026
Amazing atmosphere: Boca Juniors, Argentina
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Juan Diego García-Castro @juandiego48cr.bsky.social · 08/09/2026
La desigualdad se refleja en los resultados de Costa Rica 🇨🇷 en PISA 2025 (47 puntos de diferencia). En Ciencias, el rendimiento aumenta de manera progresiva conforme mejora la posición socioeconómica. #PISA2025 #CostaRica #DesigualdadEducativa #Educación #Desigualdad #Ciencias
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Fran Robles @franroblesr.bsky.social · 08/09/2026
El Salvador is consolidating neoliberalism in its most orthodox form. The balance, already tilted in favour of capital, is being further reinforced in ways that privilege financial capital at the expense of labour www.networkideas.org/2026/09/03/e...
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El Salvador and the consolidation of “primitive neoliberalism” – IDEAs
El Salvador is consolidating neoliberalism in its most orthodox form. The balance, already tilted in favour of capital, is being further reinforced in ways that
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Quinn Slobodian @quinnslobodian.com · 08/09/2026
Reposting the piece @williamcallison.bsky.social and I wrote seven years ago about Sahra Wagenknecht who is in a position now, if she chooses, to put AfD in power in Saxony-Anhalt. Wolfgang Streeck remains among her advisers. dissentmagazine.org/article/pop-...
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Pop-Up Populism: The Failure of Left-Wing Nationalism in Germany
Aufstehen’s leaders insisted that their movement was not defined by its opposition to migrants. But they consistently cast migrants as either pawns in the game of finance capital or as the phony poste...
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Orlando J. Pérez @perez1oj.bsky.social · 08/09/2026
New, w/ Randy Pestana: whoever follows Ortega governs only with the army's consent. warontherocks.com/nicaraguas-army-will-decide-what-comes-after-ortega/
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Nicaragua’s Army Will Decide What Comes After Ortega
The first institution Nicaragua’s National Assembly called to testify on the constitutional reform ending competitive elections was the army. On July 29,
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Haris @afcmhr.bsky.social · 08/09/2026
Last weekend, Red Star Belgrade paid tribute to Ratko Mladić after he died in prison. Ratko Mladić is also known as the 'Butcher of Bosnia'. A man convicted of being a war criminal for committing genocide at Srebrenica. UEFA should be banning the club from European Competitions.
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Wajahat Ali @wajali.bsky.social · 07/09/2026
Alice Weidel, the leader of the neo Nazi AfD party in Germany, is a lesbian woman married to an immigrant woman of color with two adopted kids She is proudly anti immigrant, anti LGBT and anti LGBT adoption and lives primarily in Switzerland. Rights for me, none for thee.
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