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Grace Livingstone

@graceliv.bsky.social
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Journalist and affiliated lecturer at Centre of Latin American Studies, University of Cambridge. US/UK policy in Latin America. Now researching: Environmental social movements, corporations, greenwash, water. www.grace-livingstone.com

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Grace Livingstone @graceliv.bsky.social · 04/09/2026
An indigenous people of Chile, once thought to be extinct, have now been officially recognised after a decade-long campaign led by Hema'ny Molina Her grandad was a survivor of an onslaught by 19th-century settlers against the Selk'nam of Tierra del Fuego My podcast: www.bbc.co.uk/sounds/play/...
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Outlook - My people were declared extinct, but we’re still here - BBC Sounds
Hema’ny Molina traced her grandad’s past to a lost homeland, and changed Chile’s history
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Grace Livingstone @graceliv.bsky.social · 04/09/2026
Uruguay became the first country in the world to recognise water as a human right in its constitution - after a nationwide campaign against water privatisation. I interviewed Carmen Sosa, trade unionist & water campaigner So relevant after this summer of droughts www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/w...
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BBC World Service - Witness History, Uruguay's water referendum
In 2004, Uruguayans voted to enshrine water as a human right in their constitution.
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Grace Livingstone @graceliv.bsky.social · 18/05/2026
There's growing denialism in Chile about the crimes of Pinochet's dictatorship I interviewed Alejandra Holzapfel, a former political prisoner who - with other survivors - turned a former torture centre into a site of memory & hope bbc.co.uk/sounds/play/...
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Outlook - Could a fig tree reveal a secret prison? - BBC Sounds
Chilean Alejandra Holzapfel’s long fight to reclaim the hidden torture site she survived
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Grace Livingstone @graceliv.bsky.social · 18/05/2026
En Chile crece la negación de los crímenes de la dictadura de Pinochet Entrevisté a Alejandra Holzapfel, ex prisionera política, que - con otros sobrevivientes - transformó un antiguo centro de tortura en un sitio de memoria y esperanza www.bbc.co.uk/sounds/play/...
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Outlook - Could a fig tree reveal a secret prison? - BBC Sounds
Chilean Alejandra Holzapfel’s long fight to reclaim the hidden torture site she survived
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Grace Livingstone @graceliv.bsky.social · 18/05/2026
There's growing denialism in Chile about the crimes of Pinochet's dictatorship I interviewed Alejandra Holzapfel, a former political prisoner who - with other survivors - turned a former torture centre into a site of memory & hope bbc.co.uk/sounds/play/...
bbc.co.uk
Outlook - Could a fig tree reveal a secret prison? - BBC Sounds
Chilean Alejandra Holzapfel’s long fight to reclaim the hidden torture site she survived
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Grace Livingstone @graceliv.bsky.social · 01/05/2026
Chile's new rightwing president has halted plans to turn Colonia Dignidad - a notorious toture centre under the Pinochet dictatorship - into a site of memory Victims' families say president Kast has a policy of denying the crimes of the dictatorship www.elmostrador.cl/noticias/opi...
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Colonia Dignidad: lo que se intenta borrar y lo que no se puede destruir
Los intentos más significativos –desde el Gobierno del expresidente Aylwin hasta la reciente iniciativa del expresidente Boric– han fracasado. Y ese fracaso no es casual: demuestra que el poder de Col...
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Grace Livingstone @graceliv.bsky.social · 29/04/2026
So dreadful to hear of the stabbings of two Jewish men in Golders Green. This follows an arson attack on Jewish ambulances in the same area. We must stand together against antisemitism and hate
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NUJ London Freelance @nujlfb.bsky.social · 28/04/2026
Today's vigil @stbrides.com honouring our fallen colleagues - killed in Gaza, West Bank, Lebanon, Syria, Yemen and Israel. Marking #IWMD Go see the memorial inside - very moving and gives you a sense of the scale. Huge thanks to everyone who came along. 🙏
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Mike Holderness @holdernesseu.bsky.social · 25/04/2026
New time: 15:30 bsky.app/profile/nujl...
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Grace Livingstone @graceliv.bsky.social · 25/04/2026
The start time of this vigil has been changed to 15:30
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Committee to Protect Journalists @pressfreedom.bsky.social · 22/04/2026
Lebanese journalist Amal Khalil found dead after being trapped in rubble following Israeli strike, obstruction of rescue: cpj.org?p=583367
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CPJ calls for immediate rescue of Lebanese journalist Amal Khalil, trapped under rubble in southern Lebanon - Committee to Protect Journalists
UPDATE: On April 22, the Red Cross reported that they had found the body of Amal Khalil under the rubble. Beirut, April 22, 2026—The Committee to Protect Journalists is outraged that the Israeli Defen...
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Grace Livingstone @graceliv.bsky.social · 23/04/2026
On Tue 28 April 2.30pm the National Union of Journalists will hold a vigil at @stbrides.com for journalists killed while reporting . We'll remember those killed in Gaza & Lebanon, like Amal Khalil who was killed in an Israeli airstrike yesterday @nujlfb.bsky.social www.ifj.org/media-centre...
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Lebanon: Journalist targeted and killed by Israeli airstrikes while reporting on the war in southern Lebanon / IFJ
On 22 April, Lebanese journalist Amal Khalil was targeted and killed in a building where she had taken cover from Israeli airstrikes. Rescue teams were prevented from reaching her for hours. Khalil wa...
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Grace Livingstone @graceliv.bsky.social · 09/04/2026
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Israel kills 3 journalists in Gaza and Lebanon in one day; CPJ calls for international action - Committee to Protect Journalists
New York, April 8, 2026—The Committee to Protect Journalists condemns in the strongest terms the killing of at least three journalists in Lebanon and Gaza by Israel in one day, at least one of which was in a targeted attack. This pattern of attacks underscores a worsening climate of impunity and a blatant disregard for...
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Grace Livingstone @graceliv.bsky.social · 11/03/2026
Jose Kast - a supporter of Gen Pinochet - becomes president of Chile today I visited this former Pinochet torture centre - now turned into a site of memory - and met survivor Alejandra Holzapfel Kast denies the abuses of the dictatorship & is withdrawing funding from this site of memory
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Grace Livingstone @graceliv.bsky.social · 03/03/2026
protests in Uruguay against off-shore oil exploration Chevron has contracted prospecting ships...Shell and other majors interested lab.org.uk/uruguay-camp...
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Uruguay: campaign against offshore oil | Latin America Bureau
As an offshore oil prospecting ship arrives in Montevideo, Mike Gatehouse interviewed Vito Mata who has been closely involved in campaigns of protest that aim to halt seismic exploration and subsequen...
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Grace Livingstone @graceliv.bsky.social · 27/02/2026
A govt file relating to UK military support for the Pinochet regime 1983-84 during Thatcher years is closed - and my Freedom of Information request has just been rejected We already know a lot about this (see my thread below), so I wonder what else they have to hide?
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Grace Livingstone @graceliv.bsky.social · 12/02/2026
When Pinochet was arrested in London - Chilean exiles protested wherever he went, bringing the world's attention to his human rights abuses Now one of the organisers of 'El Piquete' is making a film - please help her fund it www.crowdfunder.co.uk/p/piquete-503 @latinamericabureau.bsky.social
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Grace Livingstone @graceliv.bsky.social · 28/01/2026
I made this BBC Witness History programme about the Chilean school students protests of 2006 Hundreds of thousands of students took over their schools against inequality - and won their demands I interviewed protest leader Karina Delfino www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/w...
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BBC World Service - Witness History, Chile's 'Penguin Revolution'
In 2006, more than 600,000 school children in Chile began a nationwide protest
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Grace Livingstone @graceliv.bsky.social · 28/01/2026
Hice este programa sobre la Revolución Pingüina. Cuando miles de estudiantes ocuparon sus escuelas en protesta contra la desigualdad Entrevisté a Karina Delfino www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/w...
bbc.co.uk
BBC World Service - Witness History, Chile's 'Penguin Revolution'
In 2006, more than 600,000 school children in Chile began a nationwide protest
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Grace Livingstone @graceliv.bsky.social · 28/01/2026
I made this BBC Witness History programme about the Chilean school students protests of 2006 Hundreds of thousands of students took over their schools against inequality - and won their demands I interviewed protest leader Karina Delfino www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/w...
bbc.co.uk
BBC World Service - Witness History, Chile's 'Penguin Revolution'
In 2006, more than 600,000 school children in Chile began a nationwide protest
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Grace Livingstone @graceliv.bsky.social · 28/01/2026
Hice este programa sobre la Revolución Pingüina. Cuando miles de estudiantes ocuparon sus escuelas en protesta contra la desigualdad Entrevisté a Karina Delfino www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/w...
bbc.co.uk
BBC World Service - Witness History, Chile's 'Penguin Revolution'
In 2006, more than 600,000 school children in Chile began a nationwide protest
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Grace Livingstone @graceliv.bsky.social · 26/01/2026
US oil capital Houston buzzes as industry limbers up for Venezuela oil rush - www.reuters.com/business/ene...
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US oil capital Houston buzzes as industry limbers up for Venezuela oil rush
In a downtown Houston bar, Matthew Goitia, a director at Pelorus Terminals, lays out his early idea to refurbish and build marine terminals that can blend and export crude and ship chemical products i...
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Grace Livingstone @graceliv.bsky.social · 09/01/2026
I've written an explainer on Venezuela: Why did Chavez revolution go wrong? Who are the factions in Venezuela today? History of US involvement in Venezuela Why Trump did not go for regime change lab.org.uk/venezuela-th... @latinamericabureau.bsky.social @clascam.bsky.social @nujlfb.bsky.social
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Understanding Venezuela -- an explainer | Latin America Bureau
Grace Livingstone, author of America’s Backyard, analyses the Chavista revolution, what went wrong,  the different factions in Venezuela today and the long history of US intervention in the country.  ...
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Grace Livingstone @graceliv.bsky.social · 19/01/2026
He escrito una guía explicativa sobre Venezuela: ¿Por qué fracasó la revolución de Chávez? ¿Quiénes son las facciones en Venezuela hoy? Historia de la intervención de EE. UU. en Venezuela. ¿Por qué Trump no buscó un cambio de régimen? lab.org.uk/entender-ven... @latinamericabureau.bsky.social
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Entender Venezuela: una guía explicativa | Latin America Bureau
Grace Livingstone, autora de America’s Backyard, analiza la revolución Chavista, cómo se equivocó, las distintas facciones políticas en la Venezuela de
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Grace Livingstone @graceliv.bsky.social · 13/01/2026
I took part in BBC Radio 4 The Long View - on US interventions in Latin America I talked about Guatemala 1954 - how the US overthrew the elected president He'd wanted to redistribute land in a country dominated by vast plantations owned by United Fruit www.bbc.co.uk/sounds/play/...
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The Long View - US Interventions Abroad - BBC Sounds
Jonathan Freedland takes the Long View of US interventions abroad.
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Grace Livingstone @graceliv.bsky.social · 14/01/2026
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Trump calls Venezuela’s interim president 'a terrific person' after phone call
US President Donald Trump has described a “great” conversation with Venezuela’s interim president Delcy Rodriguez, as Washington signals a willingness to work with the post-Maduro leadership while pre...
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Grace Livingstone @graceliv.bsky.social · 14/01/2026
Three of the hunger strikers have ended their strike
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Grace Livingstone @graceliv.bsky.social · 13/01/2026
I took part in BBC Radio 4 The Long View - on US interventions in Latin America I talked about Guatemala 1954 - how the US overthrew the elected president He'd wanted to redistribute land in a country dominated by vast plantations owned by United Fruit www.bbc.co.uk/sounds/play/...
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The Long View - US Interventions Abroad - BBC Sounds
Jonathan Freedland takes the Long View of US interventions abroad.
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Grace Livingstone @graceliv.bsky.social · 11/01/2026
Falei com a BBC Brasil sobre a Doutrina Monroe e as ambições de Trump na América Latina www.bbc.com/portuguese/a...
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Ação contra Maduro é recado de Trump para China, diz autora de livro sobre Doutrina Monroe - BBC News Brasil
Para acadêmica britânica, dentro do próprio governo Trump há visões diferentes sobre como os EUA devem tratar a América Latina e gestão republicana pode apoiar Flavio Bolsonaro na eleição presidencial...
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Grace Livingstone @graceliv.bsky.social · 11/01/2026
I spoke to C4 about the Monroe Doctrine and years of interventions in Latin America youtu.be/_JwobRCgiN8?... - channel4news.substack.com/p/trumps-evo...
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‘Donroe' Doctrine: Trump’s 200-year old plan for Latin America
YouTube video by Channel 4 News
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Grace Livingstone @graceliv.bsky.social · 11/01/2026
I spoke to BBC Brasil about the Monroe Doctrine and Trump's ambitions in Latin America today www.bbc.com/portuguese/a...
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Ação contra Maduro é recado de Trump para China, diz autora de livro sobre Doutrina Monroe - BBC News Brasil
Para acadêmica britânica, dentro do próprio governo Trump há visões diferentes sobre como os EUA devem tratar a América Latina e gestão republicana pode apoiar Flavio Bolsonaro na eleição presidencial...
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Grace Livingstone @graceliv.bsky.social · 09/01/2026
I've written an explainer on Venezuela: Why did Chavez revolution go wrong? Who are the factions in Venezuela today? History of US involvement in Venezuela Why Trump did not go for regime change lab.org.uk/venezuela-th... @latinamericabureau.bsky.social @clascam.bsky.social @nujlfb.bsky.social
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Understanding Venezuela -- an explainer | Latin America Bureau
Grace Livingstone, author of America’s Backyard, analyses the Chavista revolution, what went wrong,  the different factions in Venezuela today and the long history of US intervention in the country.  ...
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Grace Livingstone @graceliv.bsky.social · 06/01/2026
I'll be talking about Venezuela and Trump's plans for Latin America Just turn up in person, or for online book below For more on my book America's Backyard see: grace-livingstone.com/2018/09/14/a...
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America’s Backyard
America’s Backyard reveals the US role in the darkest periods of Latin American history, including Pinochet’s coup in Chile, the Contra War in Nicaragua and the death squads in El Salvador.    Amer…
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Grace Livingstone @graceliv.bsky.social · 06/01/2026
I'm giving a talk on history of US interventions in Latin America - next week in London I'll talk about Venezuela & Trump's plans for Latin America It's in person & on-line, 13th Jan Just turn up in person or register for online hlsi.org.uk/whats-on/the... grace-livingstone.com/2018/09/14/a...
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Saul Staniforth @saulstaniforth.bsky.social · 05/01/2026
@graceliv.bsky.social : "The first thing to really make clear is this is a clear violation of intl law, the bombing of a sovereign country & effectively kidnapping its president.. the pretext is drug trafficking.. Venezuela doesn't produce cocaine, it doesn't produce Fentanyl..."
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Grace Livingstone @graceliv.bsky.social · 01/01/2026
El plan de Río Tinto para extraer litio en Chile podría amenazar las fuentes de agua, dicen las comunidades indígenas del pueblo Colla - mi artículo www.theguardian.com/global-devel... @criordor.bsky.social @latinamericabureau.bsky.social @gcabana.bsky.social @theguardian.com
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‘The source of all life is here’: plan to mine lithium in Chilean salt flat sparks fears of water scarcity
The Colla Indigenous people claim Rio Tinto’s plans to extract the key mineral will harm fragile ecosystems and livelihoods
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Grace Livingstone @graceliv.bsky.social · 01/01/2026
Rio Tinto’s plan to mine lithium in Chile could threaten water sources say indigenous communities - my story www.theguardian.com/global-devel... @clascam.bsky.social @latinamericabureau.bsky.social @criordor.bsky.social @gcabana.bsky.social
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‘The source of all life is here’: plan to mine lithium in Chilean salt flat sparks fears of water scarcity
The Colla Indigenous people claim Rio Tinto’s plans to extract the key mineral will harm fragile ecosystems and livelihoods
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Grace Livingstone @graceliv.bsky.social · 01/01/2026
El plan de Río Tinto para extraer litio en Chile podría amenazar las fuentes de agua, dicen las comunidades indígenas del pueblo Colla - mi artículo www.theguardian.com/global-devel... @criordor.bsky.social @latinamericabureau.bsky.social @gcabana.bsky.social @theguardian.com
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‘The source of all life is here’: plan to mine lithium in Chilean salt flat sparks fears of water scarcity
The Colla Indigenous people claim Rio Tinto’s plans to extract the key mineral will harm fragile ecosystems and livelihoods
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scienceartnews.bsky.social @scienceartnews.bsky.social · 01/01/2026
La multinacional minera británico-australiana Rio Tinto firmó un acuerdo para extraer litio, el "oro blanco" de la transición energética, de una salina más arriba en las montañas del desierto de Atacama en Chile. Par @graceliv.bsky.social en Copiapó, Chile 1/2
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‘The source of all life is here’: plan to mine lithium in Chilean salt flat sparks fears of water scarcity
The Colla Indigenous people claim Rio Tinto’s plans to extract the key mineral will harm fragile ecosystems and livelihoods
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Grace Livingstone @graceliv.bsky.social · 01/01/2026
Rio Tinto’s plan to mine lithium in Chile could threaten water sources say indigenous communities - my story www.theguardian.com/global-devel... @clascam.bsky.social @latinamericabureau.bsky.social @criordor.bsky.social @gcabana.bsky.social
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‘The source of all life is here’: plan to mine lithium in Chilean salt flat sparks fears of water scarcity
The Colla Indigenous people claim Rio Tinto’s plans to extract the key mineral will harm fragile ecosystems and livelihoods
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Ashis Basu @ashis.bsky.social · 01/01/2026
The Colla Indigenous people claim Rio Tinto’s plans to extract the key mineral will harm fragile ecosystems and livelihoods @graceliv.bsky.social www.theguardian.com/global-devel...
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‘The source of all life is here’: plan to mine lithium in Chilean salt flat sparks fears of water scarcity
The Colla Indigenous people claim Rio Tinto’s plans to extract the key mineral will harm fragile ecosystems and livelihoods
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Grace Livingstone @graceliv.bsky.social · 17/12/2025
A naval blockade is illegal under international law unless approved by the UN security council or there is a declaration of war. These are unilateral sanctions and the US has no legal authority to enforce them in international waters www.reuters.com/world/americ...
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Trump orders 'blockade' of sanctioned oil tankers leaving, entering Venezuela
This is Washington's latest move to increase pressure on Nicolas Maduro's government, targeting its main source of income.
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NUJ London Freelance @nujlfb.bsky.social · 12/12/2025
#Brazil: Journalists under threat in Latin America @graceliv.bsky.social speaking to Ali Rocha @brazilmatters.bsky.social on the fight for justice following the murders of journalist Dom Phillips and indigenous rights campaigner Bruno Pereira in 2022. #NoImpunity Buy the book:
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Journalists under threat in Latin America – no to impunity | The Freelance
Journalists Grace Livingstone and Ali Rocha
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Grace Livingstone @graceliv.bsky.social · 12/12/2025
Civic groups in Venezuela are calling for a 'pact of coexistence' Civil rights to be restored, plus guarantees that govt figures not be prosecuted/extradited if they left office Fear of extradition to US explains why military remain loyal to Maduro www.youtube.com/watch?v=5ULB...
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Conversaciones con Eduardo Fernández sobre un Pacto de Convivencia Pacífica para Venezuela
YouTube video by Pedagogía Económica y Política
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Grace Livingstone @graceliv.bsky.social · 12/12/2025
US National Defence Strategy calls for a 'Trump Corollary' to the Monroe Doctrine reviving the idea that Latin America is a US sphere of influence The Roosevelt Corollary was an justification of US military intervention My book on US in Latin America grace-livingstone.com/2018/09/14/a...
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America’s Backyard
America’s Backyard reveals the US role in the darkest periods of Latin American history, including Pinochet’s coup in Chile, the Contra War in Nicaragua and the death squads in El Salvador.    Amer…
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Grace Livingstone @graceliv.bsky.social · 04/12/2025
Civic groups in Venezuela are calling for international mediation to promote a negotiated settlement - to avoid escalating military conflict with US lanuevaantorcha.com/voces-de-la-... contrapunto.com/nacional/pol... pedagogiaeconomicaypolitica.blogspot.com @latinamericabureau.bsky.social
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Voces de la sociedad democrática: No a la guerra, sí a la negociación - La Nueva Antorcha - Periodismo de Verdad
Empresarios, políticos, académicos y periodistas, entre otros actores, reafirmaron su compromiso para defender la soberanía de Venezuela.
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Grace Livingstone @graceliv.bsky.social · 04/12/2025
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Venezuela’s Maduro confirms ‘cordial’ call with Trump amid tensions with US
Venezuelan leader expresses hope phone call marks beginning of 'respectful dialogue' between Washington and Caracas.
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Grace Livingstone @graceliv.bsky.social · 04/12/2025
Civic groups in Venezuela are calling for international mediation to promote a negotiated settlement - to avoid escalating military conflict with US lanuevaantorcha.com/voces-de-la-... contrapunto.com/nacional/pol... pedagogiaeconomicaypolitica.blogspot.com @latinamericabureau.bsky.social
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Voces de la sociedad democrática: No a la guerra, sí a la negociación - La Nueva Antorcha - Periodismo de Verdad
Empresarios, políticos, académicos y periodistas, entre otros actores, reafirmaron su compromiso para defender la soberanía de Venezuela.
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Grace Livingstone @graceliv.bsky.social · 03/12/2025
Migration flights from US to Venezuela continued despite US military build up. 10 flights landed in Caracas in October, suggesting channels of communication between Trump-Maduro govts exist humanrightsfirst.org/wp-content/u... Also Chevron continues to export oil from Venezuela to US
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