Maripuerta 

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Maria I. Puerta Riera• Immigrant • Political Science Adjunct Professor • Media Analyst • Cultural Studies PhD • Democracy & Autocratization • She/Ella • Boosts≠endorsement • https://tinyurl.com/2p9h7n2j • US-based
Personal websitehttps://maripuerta.com
Academic sitehttps://www.researchgate.net/profile/Maria-Puerta-Riera
Twitterhttps://twitter.com/Maripuerta
Substackhttps://maripuerta.substack.com
Robert F. Kennedy Jr.'s cash crunch https://politi.co/3yZhjvj via @politico
Trump's proposed mass deportations would backfire on US workers https://www.piie.com/blogs/realtime-economics/2024/trumps-proposed-mass-deportations-would-backfire-us-workers via @PIIE
Opinion | Bidenomics Is Still Working Very Well

Ignore the latest round of inflation doomsaying.

The New York Times
Transnational Repression in 2023: Insecure Leaders Threaten Dissent Abroad | Freedom House https://freedomhouse.org/article/transnational-repression-2023-insecure-leaders-threaten-dissent-abroad
Transnational Repression in 2023: Insecure Leaders Threaten Dissent Abroad

Transnational repression is a weapon of the weak. Democracies must fight this kind of dangerous fragility with strength and solidarity.

Freedom House
DP Enfoque Nro. 10 Así nos habla el Kremlin

La invasión a Ucrania pone en relieve el rol de los medios rusos como fuente de desinformación de la población latinoamericana.

Diálogo Político

Illiberal Narratives in Latin America: Russian and Allied Media as Vehicles of Autocratic Cooperation

https://www.illiberalism.org/illiberal-narratives-in-latin-america-russian-and-allied-media-as-vehicles-of-autocratic-cooperation/

Illiberal Narratives in Latin America: Russian and Allied Media as Vehicles of Autocratic Cooperation | illiberalism.org

Armando Chaguaceda, Johanna Cilano Pelaez, and Maria Isabel Puerta on the illiberal influence of Russian media in Latin America.

illiberalism.org

“American voters are the only force capable of stopping the Republican frontrunner from cashing in on the presidency.”

https://www.ft.com/content/0ab5594a-0126-493a-a978-1ff467bc88d6

Trump’s campaign is bankruptcy protection

American voters are the only force capable of stopping the Republican frontrunner from cashing in on the presidency

America, the Melting Pot? - Democracy Paradox

America has long considered itself a melting pot. However, it's policies challenge this tradition at a moment when they are most necessary.

Democracy Paradox
The challenges for the opposition in Cuba, Russia and Venezuela

As we learn about Navalny's murder, I'm reposting this piece I wrote three years ago.

Tropical Parthenon: Maria’s Newsletter
Trump Has Always Been Like This

A decade-old interview shows why attacks on the former president’s mental acuity don’t land.

The Atlantic