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Your Intel Service on Latin America: regional power plays, security crises & state failure, institutional fragility, economy & extraction logic -- by Prof Nicolas Forsans @UniEssex, researcher & book author
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Latin America ¡Sin Filtro! @sinfiltroya.substack.com · Aug 12
‼️ Who really runs Latin America?
Not always the people you think.

☕ Tue: Highlights | 📚 Thu: Full Cafecito — Politics, Crime, Inequality, Climate, sin filtro.
🎯 Unfiltered, evidence-led, built for busy people who want the full picture.

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LATIN AMERICA ¡SIN FILTRO! | Nicolas Forsans | Substack
Unfiltered, data-driven briefings on Latin America’s power, politics & social justice—delivered weekly. Free & paid options available. Click to read "LATIN AMERICA ¡SIN FILTRO!", by Nicolas Forsans, a...
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🚨 U.S. tariffs hit 1935 levels. #Brazil 🇧🇷 got coffee tariffs cut. #Mexico 🇲🇽has record FDI but shrinking jobs. #Colombia 🇨🇴 is locked out.
#Trump's reshaping #LatinAmerica's trade through geopolitical pressure, not rules. New piece:
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☕️ Weaponised Interdependence: How Trump's Trade Policy Fragments Latin America
When tariffs become weapons, no country negotiates from strength — except the one holding the gun.
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November 24, 2025 at 2:58 PM
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#Spain's migration crisis isn't about numbers. It's about whether a 50-year-old democracy can sustain policies that benefit its economy while facing political backlash from its own citizens.

‼️ Deep Dive #LatinAmerica
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🔎 The Great Reversal: Latin American Migration to Spain in the Shadow of Franco's History
As Spain marks 50 years of democracy, a historic reversal unfolds and reveals the deepest test yet of Spain's democratic experiment.
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November 25, 2025 at 5:09 PM
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#Spain's migration crisis isn't about numbers. It's about whether a 50-year-old democracy can sustain policies that benefit its economy while facing political backlash from its own citizens.

‼️ Deep Dive #LatinAmerica
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🔎 The Great Reversal: Latin American Migration to Spain in the Shadow of Franco's History
As Spain marks 50 years of democracy, a historic reversal unfolds and reveals the deepest test yet of Spain's democratic experiment.
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November 25, 2025 at 5:09 PM
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🚨 U.S. tariffs hit 1935 levels. #Brazil 🇧🇷 got coffee tariffs cut. #Mexico 🇲🇽has record FDI but shrinking jobs. #Colombia 🇨🇴 is locked out.
#Trump's reshaping #LatinAmerica's trade through geopolitical pressure, not rules. New piece:
sinfiltroya.substack.com/p/weaponised...
☕️ Weaponised Interdependence: How Trump's Trade Policy Fragments Latin America
When tariffs become weapons, no country negotiates from strength — except the one holding the gun.
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November 24, 2025 at 2:58 PM
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📊 Poll drop: Latin Americans' trust in the U.S. has collapsed under Trump. Why? Because the "war on drugs" is now a pretext for regime change.

The #DonroeDoctrine is reshaping #LatinAmerica.
👇 Here's what you need to know:
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☕️ The Donroe Doctrine: Trump's Ultimatum to Latin America
When Drug War Becomes Regime Change: The Logic Behind Trump's Venezuela Gambit
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November 22, 2025 at 1:31 PM
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📊 Poll drop: Latin Americans' trust in the U.S. has collapsed under Trump. Why? Because the "war on drugs" is now a pretext for regime change.

The #DonroeDoctrine is reshaping #LatinAmerica.
👇 Here's what you need to know:
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☕️ The Donroe Doctrine: Trump's Ultimatum to Latin America
When Drug War Becomes Regime Change: The Logic Behind Trump's Venezuela Gambit
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November 22, 2025 at 1:31 PM
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Last weekend, the people of #LatinAmerica have said '“No” to power - “No” to #Ecuador’s Noboa, “No” to #Chile's left, “No” to corruption, extortion and the lack of opportunities in #Mexico

This week’s ⚡️Cafecito Highlights assesses what these mean #democracy sinfiltroya.substack.com/p/cafecito-h...
⚡️ Democracy Tests: When Voters Say No to Power
Four stories from Latin America this week
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November 19, 2025 at 10:14 AM
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☕️ Just released: #LatinAmerica in Liminal Space, assessing why electoral resilience masks institutional collapse —and why that gap matters most. From geopolitical pressure to criminal state-building to climate contradictions, we connect the dots each week
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☕️ Latin America in Liminal Space: Elections, Extraction, and the Question of Survival
Why Latin America's biggest risk isn't failing elections — it's that elections become irrelevant because power has already migrated elsewhere.
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November 13, 2025 at 5:37 PM
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Latin America is divided in its approach to a #justtransition — and the split reveals a structural problem with global climate architecture.
Five countries 🇧🇷 🇨🇴 🇦🇷 🇲🇽 🇻🇪
Five different strategies
Same problem.
#COP30 #ClimateAction
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🔎 Latin America’s Energy Crossroads: Two Contested Paths to a “Just” Future
Latin America's two largest economies have placed opposite bets on decarbonisation. Dozens of developing nations are watching.
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November 10, 2025 at 5:58 PM
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☕️ Just released: #LatinAmerica in Liminal Space, assessing why electoral resilience masks institutional collapse —and why that gap matters most. From geopolitical pressure to criminal state-building to climate contradictions, we connect the dots each week
sinfiltroya.substack.com/p/latin-amer...
☕️ Latin America in Liminal Space: Elections, Extraction, and the Question of Survival
Why Latin America's biggest risk isn't failing elections — it's that elections become irrelevant because power has already migrated elsewhere.
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November 13, 2025 at 5:37 PM
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Latin America is divided in its approach to a #justtransition — and the split reveals a structural problem with global climate architecture.
Five countries 🇧🇷 🇨🇴 🇦🇷 🇲🇽 🇻🇪
Five different strategies
Same problem.
#COP30 #ClimateAction
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🔎 Latin America’s Energy Crossroads: Two Contested Paths to a “Just” Future
Latin America's two largest economies have placed opposite bets on decarbonisation. Dozens of developing nations are watching.
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November 10, 2025 at 5:58 PM
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The #favela raid in #Rio wasn’t a win — it’s a warning. Drones, ghost guns, and electoral theatre reveal a security model that fails as criminals adapt #Brazil

Also in this week's Cafecito ☕️ #Colombia🇨🇴 #Peru🇵🇪 #Mexico🇲🇽 #Venezuela🇻🇪 #Bolivia🇧🇴 — and what’s next
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☕️ 132 Dead: How Rio's Massacre Reveals Latin America's Security Crisis
Brazil's deadliest police operation exposes institutional collapse, weaponised elections, and the end of state monopoly over violence.
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October 31, 2025 at 5:39 PM
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The #favela raid in #Rio wasn’t a win — it’s a warning. Drones, ghost guns, and electoral theatre reveal a security model that fails as criminals adapt #Brazil

Also in this week's Cafecito ☕️ #Colombia🇨🇴 #Peru🇵🇪 #Mexico🇲🇽 #Venezuela🇻🇪 #Bolivia🇧🇴 — and what’s next
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☕️ 132 Dead: How Rio's Massacre Reveals Latin America's Security Crisis
Brazil's deadliest police operation exposes institutional collapse, weaponised elections, and the end of state monopoly over violence.
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October 31, 2025 at 5:39 PM
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This week's 4 stories on #LatinAmerica:
🇦🇷 Success gives Milei a shot at structural reforms
🇨🇱 Chile’s electorate shifts right as security eclipses progressive priorities
🇻🇪 US threats make it worse for #Venezuela
🇪🇨 Ecuador power grab #Noboa
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October 28, 2025 at 5:17 PM
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This week's 4 stories on #LatinAmerica:
🇦🇷 Success gives Milei a shot at structural reforms
🇨🇱 Chile’s electorate shifts right as security eclipses progressive priorities
🇻🇪 US threats make it worse for #Venezuela
🇪🇨 Ecuador power grab #Noboa
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October 28, 2025 at 5:17 PM
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#LatinAmerica is crackling again with familiar sounds — aircraft carriers in the #Caribbean, currency swaps in #BuenosAires, and diplomatic ruptures in #Bogotá 🛰️💸
Does power without prosperity just unleash more pressure?

The Cafecito ☕️ is out!
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☕️ Latin America, Front and Centre: Power, Prices, and Pressure
Weekly premium intelligence on Latin America every week, backed by evidence and sharp insight.
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October 26, 2025 at 3:44 PM
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♻️ Before dawn, millions of Latin Americans push carts through empty streets — collecting the trash that keeps their cities alive.
A highly visible workforce that don't show up in the data.
🔎 How #Bogotá 🇨🇴 #Brazil 🇧🇷 #BuenosAires 🇦🇷 are rewriting the story:
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🔎 The Invisible Hands That Keep Latin American Cities Alive
The invisible workforce that starts before dawn — and why recognising them is the fastest way to lift Latin America’s 4% recycling rate.
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October 23, 2025 at 4:27 PM
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#LatinAmerica is crackling again with familiar sounds — aircraft carriers in the #Caribbean, currency swaps in #BuenosAires, and diplomatic ruptures in #Bogotá 🛰️💸
Does power without prosperity just unleash more pressure?

The Cafecito ☕️ is out!
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☕️ Latin America, Front and Centre: Power, Prices, and Pressure
Weekly premium intelligence on Latin America every week, backed by evidence and sharp insight.
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October 26, 2025 at 3:44 PM
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♻️ Before dawn, millions of Latin Americans push carts through empty streets — collecting the trash that keeps their cities alive.
A highly visible workforce that don't show up in the data.
🔎 How #Bogotá 🇨🇴 #Brazil 🇧🇷 #BuenosAires 🇦🇷 are rewriting the story:
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🔎 The Invisible Hands That Keep Latin American Cities Alive
The invisible workforce that starts before dawn — and why recognising them is the fastest way to lift Latin America’s 4% recycling rate.
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October 23, 2025 at 4:27 PM
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#LatinAmerica this week: US squeezes #Colombia 🇨🇴, escalates pressure on #Venezuela 🇻🇪, #Bolivia 🇧🇴 pivots right, #Peru 🇵🇪 declares an emergency.
⚡️This week’s Latin America in one read, with implications for policy, trade, and citizens. New edition out!
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⚡️Four Stories Shaping Latin America This Week: Pressure, Pivot, and Protest
Latin America this week - in 5 minutes or less.
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October 21, 2025 at 3:03 PM
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#LatinAmerica this week: US squeezes #Colombia 🇨🇴, escalates pressure on #Venezuela 🇻🇪, #Bolivia 🇧🇴 pivots right, #Peru 🇵🇪 declares an emergency.
⚡️This week’s Latin America in one read, with implications for policy, trade, and citizens. New edition out!
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⚡️Four Stories Shaping Latin America This Week: Pressure, Pivot, and Protest
Latin America this week - in 5 minutes or less.
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October 21, 2025 at 3:03 PM
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#Bolivia 🇧🇴 is voting today, with the first-ever presidential runoff between two right-of-centre candidates, paving the way for the end of socialism in the country after 30 years in power.
💡 Read or 🎧 listen to our analysis:
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☕ From Caracas to Lima — When Emergency Rule Becomes the Norm
Weekly premium intelligence on Latin America every week, backed by evidence and sharp insight. And now available in 🎧 audio
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October 19, 2025 at 9:43 AM
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🎧 You can now listen to an 🎧 audio discussion of the stories we’re covering in this week’s Cafecito ☕️ on Bolivia 🇧🇴 Venezuela 🇻🇪 Colombia 🇨🇴 Ecuador 🇪🇨 Paraguay 🇵🇾 Chile 🇨🇱 Peru 🇵🇪 — making it easier to take it all, whatever you’re doing.

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☕ From Caracas to Lima — When Emergency Rule Becomes the Norm
Weekly premium intelligence on Latin America every week, backed by evidence and sharp insight. And now available in 🎧 audio
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October 18, 2025 at 7:58 AM
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🎧 Emergency powers, covert ops, and cross‑border mafias are remapping #LatinAmerica ’s politics and markets.​
This week’s Full Cafecito ☕️ covers Venezuela 🇻🇪 Bolivia 🇧🇴 Peru 🇵🇪 Colombia 🇨🇴 and more + 🌎 Trends & 🎯 Takeaway.
🔖 Read or 🎧 Listen to the audio version!
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☕ From Caracas to Lima — When Emergency Rule Becomes the Norm
Weekly premium intelligence on Latin America every week, backed by evidence and sharp insight. And now available in 🎧 audio
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October 17, 2025 at 2:33 PM
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🌎 When gangs govern better than governments.
100m people in #LatinAmerica now live under criminal rule. The map and some uncomfortable truth
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🔎 The Hidden Continent: How 100 Million Latin Americans Now Live Under Criminal Rule
When gangs govern better than governments, democracy is being redefined. This isn't just Latin America's crisis — it's a preview of the future.
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October 16, 2025 at 9:30 AM