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@vikingatierra.bsky.social
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“Vikinga” (she/her) Care for Creation, unity with women defenders of Pachamama, participating in restoration & healing of lands and cultures. ¡Cuida la creación!

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Vikinga @vikingatierra.bsky.social · 9h
www.npr.org/2026/10/05/n... Holding big companies liable for environmental damage matters, both in the US and globally. I don’t have high hopes with the corrupt US supreme court, but the attempts matter and we must keep trying.
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Supreme Court's new term kicks off with blockbuster climate change case
The case centers on whether local governments can hold giant energy companies accountable for the local harms of climate change, but it has repercussions beyond climate.
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Vikinga @vikingatierra.bsky.social · 23h
www.theguardian.com/world/ng-int... Neither reached the 50% needed, so a runoff happens 25 of October. This is important for holding off right-wing gutting of human rights and environmental protections. Hopefully the 25th goes well.
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Brazil presidential election 2026: first-round live results
Incumbent leftwing president Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva is standing against Flávio Bolsonaro. Follow the latest results live
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Vikinga @vikingatierra.bsky.social · 05/10/2026
Human rights groups continue to press the US to provide evidence. The US has none. (Link in comments)
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Vikinga @vikingatierra.bsky.social · 04/10/2026
WTF?! 🤦🏼‍♀️🤦🏼‍♀️🤦🏼‍♀️
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Vikinga @vikingatierra.bsky.social · 02/10/2026
www.hrw.org/news/2026/10... “‘Intercepting fuel trafficking at sea may be an important step to stop criminal groups, but that doesn’t allow security forces to arrest people without evidence, destroy their vessels, or abuse them,’ said Juanita Goebertus, Americas director at Human Rights Watch.”
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US: Rights Concerns for Maritime Operations Near Ecuador
United States forces intercepted and destroyed eight Ecuadorian fishing vessels between August 28 and September 16, 2026, detaining over 140 of 160 crew members and abusing some.
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Vikinga @vikingatierra.bsky.social · 02/10/2026
www.npr.org/2026/10/01/g... Child marriage, botched executions, and bombing fishermen. Christian nationalists in the US must be the biggest global hypocrites to ever to misquote scripture for their own agendas. I am filled with disgust. 🤦🏼‍♀️
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A new California law bans child marriage. What's the global outlook on the practice?
The governor of California has signed into law a ban on child marriage. What is the status of other efforts to ban the practice? And do bans prove effective?
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Vikinga @vikingatierra.bsky.social · 01/10/2026
The prophet Isaiah spoke up against corrupt empire and against religious hypocrites like you, so Pete you are missing the damn point, kegsbreath 🤦🏼‍♀️
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Vikinga @vikingatierra.bsky.social · 01/10/2026
www.nysac.org/media/rmtfbk... Counties in Rep. Claudia Tenney’s districts will have to dish out millions to cover the cuts in SNAP benefits that she and other GOP passed as part of tRump’s tax cut for the wealthy. Good news? They can vote her out! #VoteThemOut
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Vikinga @vikingatierra.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
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Vikinga @vikingatierra.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
“Why didn’t she report it?” What I usually hear in these cases. Oh, she did!! And still, nothing! The police, DA, university, … they ALL covered it up together. Shame on Cornell and the whole community of leaders! Y’all disgust me! #BelieveWomen
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Vikinga @vikingatierra.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
Taxing the general population and giving to the ultra wealthy gets even more insulting when the occupant of the White House runs ads to promote himself using our tax dollars. He belongs in jail with all who enable him. Maybe someday.
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Vikinga @vikingatierra.bsky.social · 26/09/2026
We need the US out of South America, please.
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Vikinga @vikingatierra.bsky.social · 26/09/2026
www.swissinfo.ch/eng/global-e... “Up to now, it has tended to be other countries that have refused to admit OSCE observers – and not democratic ones, explains Gsteiger. For instance, Russia excluded OSCE observers for the third time ahead of and during the Duma elections last weekend.”
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What’s behind the US decision not to invite OSCE election observers
Ahead of November mid-term elections, the US has not invited any observers from the – currently Swiss-chaired – OSCE.
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Raider @iwillnotbesilenced.bsky.social · 25/09/2026
END ICE TERROR! Grand Rapids holds vigil for father of three killed by ICE in deadly car accident. All across the country we've seen ICE endangers our families and communities. We demand justice for Mario David Coronado Juarez! Arrest and jail the goons responsible!
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Vikinga @vikingatierra.bsky.social · 25/09/2026
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Vikinga @vikingatierra.bsky.social · 25/09/2026
www.theguardian.com/commentisfre... “The only response to unilateral bullying is collective action. No single capital can absorb that pressure alone. Forty can.”
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Israel and the US have battered the international legal order. The impunity must stop | Varsha Gandikota
A group of nations will gather on Friday to address the crisis. The only response to unilateral bullying is collective action
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Vikinga @vikingatierra.bsky.social · 25/09/2026
www.radiopichincha.com/avion-milita... “The C-5M Super Galaxy, the largest aircraft in the US Air Force inventory, arrived on Thursday afternoon at José Joaquín de Olmedo airport. Its arrival coincides with a greater presence of US personnel in security operations in Ecuador.”
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Vikinga @vikingatierra.bsky.social · 24/09/2026
www.culturalsurvival.org/news/when-pa... There are dozens of communities, large and small in this fight. I stand with the women of Rio Blanco against mining in their territories, protecting the páramos.
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When the Páramo Becomes a River: Indigenous Communities Defend Water in Guapondelig, Ecuador
By Byron Tenesaca (Kichwa Kañari, CS Staff) In the Andes of southern Ecuador, Indigenous women, youth, and community organizations once again took their territorial defense to the streets of Guapondel...
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EcoInventos @ecoinventos.bsky.social · 23/09/2026
🌳 ¡Un pequeño núcleo de árboles puede ayudar a que la naturaleza haga el resto!
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Vikinga @vikingatierra.bsky.social · 23/09/2026
www.radiopichincha.com/ano-estallid... “Unlike the protests of 2019 or 2022, the Executive adopted a shocking position: early militarization, temporary relocation of the (Ecuadorian) presidential office and the warning that they would not back down in the economic decision.”
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A un año del estallido: así comenzaron los 31 días que paralizaron la Sierra Norte del Ecuador
Las organizaciones indígenas de Imbabura preparan una serie de eventos en homenaje a los caídos en las jornada de paro de septiembre-octubre de 2025.
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Vikinga @vikingatierra.bsky.social · 23/09/2026
Holding a sovereign nation’s resources hostage and sending it back to the government in the form of funding once “approved,” with no accountability whatsoever, is embezzlement and theft. Euphemistic blah, blah, blah from Rubio.
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Vikinga @vikingatierra.bsky.social · 23/09/2026
I fly international a lot. Always thru Atlanta because the people there are just great! I schedule long layovers on purpose to reduce stress from the rush. Highly recommend F terminal for killing time, restaurants, comfy places to nap and relax.
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Vikinga @vikingatierra.bsky.social · 23/09/2026
www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026...
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Activists and leaders reflect on Standing Rock a decade on: ‘I would do it again’
Tribal leaders and organizers return to reservation 10 years after demonstrations against Dakota Access pipeline
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Vikinga @vikingatierra.bsky.social · 22/09/2026
nacla.org/in-manta-a-c... “Suspecting someone of illegal activity does not make them a military target.”
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In Manta, A Community is Devastated by U.S. Boat Strikes
As Ecuador and the U.S. continue their aggressive campaign in the Pacific, a lone judge and victims' families are trying to hold them accountable.
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Vikinga @vikingatierra.bsky.social · 22/09/2026
newrepublic.com/post/215707/... “Unlike the U.S., Brazil tried and convicted its corrupt right-wing president, and just like last year, Lula used his U.N. speech to stand up for his principles rather than cower in fear of being sanctioned or worse.”
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Brazil’s Lula Warns U.N. About U.S. and Israel Ahead of Trump Speech
The Brazilian president addressed the United Nations right before Trump—and used the opportunity to call out the United States.
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Vikinga @vikingatierra.bsky.social · 22/09/2026
As only a war criminal can call for…
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Vikinga @vikingatierra.bsky.social · 22/09/2026
cuencahighlife.com/cuenca-prepa... “Because of El Niño, many species of fish that could be caught five to 20 kilometers from the mainland have relocated to deeper water, 30 to 60 kilometers away,” the Institute for Aquaculture and Fisheries Research reported Sunday.” & traveling further? Dangerous!
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Vikinga @vikingatierra.bsky.social · 22/09/2026
www.npr.org/2026/09/22/n... “Some have said, 'Well, you know, she was enslaved. It had to be coercive. It by definition had to be rape because she can't consent," Kurin said. So… the headline “…fathered…” is BS.
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New DNA analysis adds evidence Jefferson fathered children with Sally Hemings
A lock of hair, 15 years of sleuthing and a 200-year-old question. In History by a Hair, Smithsonian Institution scholar Richard Kurin follows the DNA trail back to Thomas Jefferson.
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Vikinga @vikingatierra.bsky.social · 22/09/2026
www.aljazeera.com/news/2026/9/... “Perpetrators accused of such crimes can be tried and convicted only before the International Criminal Court (ICC).” 234 dead, 70 strikes. No evidence provided. War crimes can be prosecuted whether a nation complies with the ICC or not. Someday.
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Why United Nations says US boat strikes may be ‘crimes against humanity’
Washington justifies the attacks as necessary to halt the flow of lethal drugs into the US.
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Vikinga @vikingatierra.bsky.social · 22/09/2026
Happy Autumn Equinox, from near the equator in Cuenca, Ecuador. My last day here for a while. Difficult to leave.
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Vikinga @vikingatierra.bsky.social · 21/09/2026
On this International Day of Peace, may we find courage to raise our voices and hold leaders accountable. Image from the UN. Link in comments
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Vikinga @vikingatierra.bsky.social · 21/09/2026
www.theguardian.com/us-news/ng-i... People with valid asylum claims are being shipped all over the world. It’s wrong. Journalists are being banned from the White House because they are exposing criminality. We cannot turn the other way.
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Banished to alien lands: Trump’s secret deportation deals
After a plane journey in shackles, an Iranian woman found herself in the middle of Africa in a country she did not know existed. She is one of thousands deported from the US on the back of shadowy dea...
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Vikinga @vikingatierra.bsky.social · 21/09/2026
World leaders must act on US war crimes eventually. Given the structure of the UN, the US veto powers, and the ICC inability to actually implement an arrest of Netanyahu, I don’t see it happening soon. But yes, the UN needs some teeth & I don’t know how that comes to be.
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Vikinga @vikingatierra.bsky.social · 21/09/2026
In 2024 I saw a video of a mother in Gaza crying over her dead child, asking God to “throw patience” upon her. Two years later, my “WTF God?!” prayer still applies. Also, my illustrator’s drawing of bombing boats hits hard now. Mike Sparling drew this before US began murdering fishermen. Prophetic.
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Vikinga @vikingatierra.bsky.social · 21/09/2026
In addition, artisan fishing communities on the coast of Ecuador are unable to fish to survive now, because all know it is too dangerous. These are crimes against humanity and I am glad the UN is speaking up.
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Vikinga @vikingatierra.bsky.social · 21/09/2026
Sunrise in Cuenca, Ecuador
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Vikinga @vikingatierra.bsky.social · 20/09/2026
Wants to build a “triumph arch” while simultaneously admitting we have lost and need lots of weapons and snipers to protect us from all real and imagined enemies. Cue therapist: “are ‘bad guys’ in the room with you now?” #ImpeachConvictRemoveImprison
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Vikinga @vikingatierra.bsky.social · 20/09/2026
I got news for illiterate Hegseth’s “sEnd mE” tour. The prophet Isaiah wasn’t a soldier but a prophet telling corrupt leaders they were wrong, just before everyone was captured by Babylonians due to leaders’ selfishness and arrogance. PS: using any ancient religious texts for army recruitment? Nope!
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Vikinga @vikingatierra.bsky.social · 20/09/2026
“Analysts have long feared that AI could lead to a catastrophic miscalculation if nation states are relying on poor or corrupted data -“ Like 120 innocent children at a school in Iran maybe? Innocent fisherman maybe? Folks, AI is in the “kill chain” and this doesn’t go well for anyone. Just sayin’
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Vikinga @vikingatierra.bsky.social · 20/09/2026
I just saw the video of Gerlinde Spring Lynch quite by accident. It brings back watching Daniel Prude in Rochester. Both were murdered while being “restrained.” Peeps, if we had done our jobs after the BLM protests, these murders would not keep happening. These lives had dignity. BTW Pro-life?! BS!
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Vikinga @vikingatierra.bsky.social · 20/09/2026
Dear southcom, Stop 👏 murdering 👏 fishermen 👏
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Vikinga @vikingatierra.bsky.social · 20/09/2026
cuencahighlife.com/latin-americ...
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Latin American migrants deported by ICE describe being stranded 'on the other side of the world' - CuencaHighLife
By Camilo Montoya-Galvez None of the deported men and women placed in a three-story hotel in a remote, coastal area of this West African country are Liberian citizens. Many are […]
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Vikinga @vikingatierra.bsky.social · 20/09/2026
“The resolution adopted today provides for special arrangements for Palestine’s participation in the general debate and other activities of the 81st session of the General Assembly,” The US soundly rebuked by the UN.
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Vikinga @vikingatierra.bsky.social · 20/09/2026
Lake Ontario from the Charlotte pier, Rochester, NY. July 2023.
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Vikinga @vikingatierra.bsky.social · 20/09/2026
Standing in the Incan ruins at Pumapongo (Cuenca, Ecuador) yesterday. To be able to see and touch the walls of ancient homes and also feel the gravitas of the hundred of indigenous lives lost to Spanish invasion was at times overwhelming, even as this was my third visit there.
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Vikinga @vikingatierra.bsky.social · 19/09/2026
youtube.com/shorts/CUXAG... More video of protests in Cuenca this week.
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Ecuadorian Movements Mobilize in Cuenca Against Mining Expansion
YouTube video by TeleSUR English
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Vikinga @vikingatierra.bsky.social · 19/09/2026
www.reuters.com/world/us/tru... When we “sane-wash” a fascist in the headlines, the unconstitutional banning of the free press isn’t a surprising consequence. He has been attacking democracy out in the open for years. Impeach. Convict. Remove. Imprison. We have a criminal in the White House.
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Trump says he is banning media outlets CNN, MS NOW, Politico from White House
US President Donald Trump said on Friday he is banning three major news outlets – CNN, MS NOW and Politico – from the White House in his latest threat to the independent press.
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Jon Cooper @joncooper-us.bsky.social · 18/09/2026
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Antisana Media Online @antisanamediaonlin.bsky.social · 18/09/2026
🧿 LAS VÍCTIMAS INOCENTES DE LOS PIRÓMANOS QUE ATACAN #QUITO El acalde Pabel Muñoz difundió el avistamiento de un oso andino que buscaba alimento en una de las zonas afectadas por los #incendios intencionales. #Ecuador #IncendiosForestales
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Elizabeth Warren @warren.senate.gov · 18/09/2026
While RFK Jr.'s been shouting "Make America Healthy Again" from the rooftops, over 160 foods have been recalled so far this year. There’s nothing healthy about food-borne illness.
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