Si parece pato: José Antonio Kast y la derecha radical populista Si un liderazgo político critica sistemáticamente el multilateralismo, considera la migración como amenaza existencial, establece afinidades internacionales basadas en cercanías ideológicas y se rodea...

“Si parece pato: José Antonio Kast y la derecha radical populista”

This has been the GOP's "starve-the-beast" scheme for nearly 50 years. Meanwhile, millions suffer and struggle to get ahead as the rich get richer. See the problem here?

¿Se está bukelizando Costa Rica? Spotify video

¿Es #CostaRica es el nuevo modelo de #Bukele?

Franco Delledone analiza el caso de la victoria electoral de LF

open.spotify.com/episode/6WKK...

El Ateneo

Libros del Pasaje
Thames 1762

#BookTour
Buenos Aires
Libreria El Jaúl
Gascón 1355

Is the Radical-Right Threat Existential or Overstated? Amid increased polarization and the influence of disinformation, radical-right parties are once again gaining traction across Europe. With landmark elections on the horizon in several countries, are t...

In preparation of our online event next week, @cfieschi.bsky.social and I have written short blog posts on the question: "Is the Radical-Right Threat Existential or Overstated?"

My take: Yes, the far right is an existential threat but mainly because of the weakness of liberal democratic elites.

¿Se está bukelizando Costa Rica? Spotify video

¿Es #CostaRica es el nuevo modelo de #Bukele?

Franco Delledone analiza el caso de la victoria electoral de LF

open.spotify.com/episode/6WKK...

It’s tomorrow! 🙌

And our report is now available in Spanish 🇪🇸 🥳

dx.doi.org/10.31009/com...

Marco Rubio’s Florida Bestie Is an Accused ‘Foreign Agent’ Set to Go on Trial— With Rubio On the Witness List David Rivera and Rubio bought a house in Tallahassee when they were coming up together in Florida politics. But he’s been a headache for the secretary of state ever since, and now he could be one for ...

Marco Rubio's BFF is an accused foreign agent and money launderer. His trial is about to start — and Rubio is on the witness list.

My @vanityfair.com story on the legal bomb that's poised to go off in Trumpland.

www.vanityfair.com/news/story/m...

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Exciting to see another review of Dictating the Agenda: The Authoritarian Resurgence in World Politics by me & @cooleyoneurasia.bsky.social , this time in the Journal of Communication Inquiry. Many thanks to the author and journal for taking the time to think about our arguments!

🧵 Some personal news:

My new book, ON COURAGE – with Pulitzer Prize-winning journalist @juliaangwin.com – is available for pre-order NOW (out June 30).

It’s a deeply reported manual with sixteen lessons for how each of us can defy authoritarianism.

Pre-order: www.harpercollins.com/products/on-...

The Ministry of Security appears to abdicate its responsibilities, effectively outsourcing Costa Rica’s protection to the Trump administration.
🤡🤡🤡🤡🤡🤡🤡

09 de marzo, día internacional de las paredes.

Libertad para Ruth.
Presa Política en El Salvador.
#Bukele

Where The Wealthy Are Buying Second Homes In 2026 America's wealth map is shifting as buyers reprioritize how, and where, they want to live. Here are four cities they're buying second homes in this year.

Where The Wealthy Are Buying Second Homes In 2026

The billionaires' eugenics project: how Epstein infiltrated Harvard, muzzled the humanities and preached master-race science Edge - Jeffrey Epstein's favourite intellectual salon - was sold to me as a gathering of the world's finest minds, writes Virginia Heffernan. The files reveal it was something far darker: a decades-lo...

“With its contempt for the humanities, Edge offered intellectually insecure reactionaries a pass.”

Great read on the pseudo-intellectual circles of Ivy academics and tech bros fetted by Epstein by @virginiaheffernan.bsky.social

Horrible.

Más cerca de ser Maxi que Lionel O de cómo el concurso mercantil de cierta televisora es una muestra más de que las fortunas de los ultrarricos mexicanos no son muestra de un talento excepcional.

Escribí alguito sobre futbol, desigualdades y concursos mercantiles.

¡Pásenle a leer!

open.substack.com/pub/diemerlz...

Anthony Finally Travels to Iran | Full Episode | S04 E07 | Anthony Bourdain: Parts Unknown YouTube video by Anthony Bourdain Parts Unknown

In times of political despair, this is worth watching.

youtu.be/oB4UE3Vo6jY?...

Killing, arresting, or targeting unpopular & unsavory leaders (as long as they're not named Putin or Xi, of course!) is easy & popular...building functioning democracies is the hard part.

🆕 The Authoritarian Stack

IIPP Honorary Professor @francescabria.bsky.social's latest research project maps the "Authoritarian Stack"— a network of tech firms, funds, & political actors turning core state functions into private platforms.

🔗 Learn more about the project here: buff.ly/pCca3yp

Qué emoción tenerlo en mis manos finalmente 😍🥳

Ya salió nuestro libro coescrito 'Redistribución - cómo entendemos la desigualdad para lograr un nuevo pacto social'
🌼

@elcolmex

Documental "Dispositivo Comunitario en Salud Mental: por una estética de existencia" (VAS-UCR, 2025) YouTube video by Acción Social, UCR

¿Cómo sobrellevar el mundo cuando nos supera el sufrimiento y el dolor?

Acá una propuesta desde la #UCR 👏 y la #CCSS 👏

youtu.be/sNrNnjVCBh8?...

251. ¿Es Donald Trump un fascista? Spotify video

Hola

Escucho mucho de política sobre todo. Este de ayer está bueno

Franco es genial

open.spotify.com/episode/7nm9...

Todos los tomates son migrantes

Tomate. Pizza. Migraciones.
Podcast hermoso.

open.spotify.com/episode/4eZ7...

New publication!

Fascinating new book by @ascharpf.bsky.social and Christian Glaessel shows how notorious phenomena of authoritarianism are triggered by banal career problems.
Essential reading for anyone interested in how authoritarian organizations and regimes work
global.oup.com/academic/pro...

Cosas que nunca cambian.

Out now: our paper on political elites *Governing Inequality* in Mexico, their tax perceptions & redistributive preferences 🤩💥

with brilliant Natalia Torres, Raymundo Campos and Aurora Ramírez
💖

you can read it here 👇
www.tandfonline.com/eprint/TUSJ7...

Del vergel al páramo: fragilidad territorial y recomposición hegemónica en las elecciones de 2026 - SURCOS Digital Abelardo Morales Gamboa (*) Los resultados de las elecciones nacionales de 2026 en Costa Rica son la manifestación territorial de una crisis del orden sociopolítico que durante décadas sostuvo la esta...

Buen texto sobre la victoria electoral del chavismo en #CostaRica
surcosdigital.com/del-vergel-a...