Norberto Barreto Velázquez
@norbertobarreto.bsky.social
Puerto Rican historian and blogger working on USA history, US-Latin American relations, and US-Peruvian relations.
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Iran & Reaping the Russian Whirlwind - Interview of Touraj Atabaki www.juancole.com/2026/09/reap...
Iran & Reaping the Russian Whirlwind - Interview of Touraj Atabaki
“Russia cannot be understood with mind alone” - Fyodor Tyutchev Fariba Amini writes: Almost a century ago, many Iranians were attracted to the idea of ...
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September 19, 2026 at 5:30 PM
Iran & Reaping the Russian Whirlwind - Interview of Touraj Atabaki www.juancole.com/2026/09/reap...
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Victorian Sphere Lady Woman Steampunk
September 14, 2026 at 5:36 PM
Victorian Sphere Lady Woman Steampunk
Have the US, Israel and Saudis lost the Battle of the Narrows? www.juancole.com/2026/09/isra...
Have the US, Israel and Saudis lost the Battle of the Narrows?
Ann Arbor (Informed Comment) - The 19th century American naval theorist Alfred Thayer Mahan stressed that a great maritime empire needn't control the seas but rather must establish dominance over w...
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September 13, 2026 at 10:52 PM
Have the US, Israel and Saudis lost the Battle of the Narrows? www.juancole.com/2026/09/isra...
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Con solo 22 años, Raúl Jáuregui creó Migajeando Oportunidades, una plataforma que se volvió viral por funcionar como una app de citas. Sin embargo, el objetivo es otro: reunir convocatorias y ofrecer filtros para que cada persona haga “match” con la oportunidad educativa ideal para su perfil.
¿Buscas becas? Peruano creó plataforma gratuita para que hagas “match” con la mejor oportunidad educativa
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September 13, 2026 at 5:44 PM
Con solo 22 años, Raúl Jáuregui creó Migajeando Oportunidades, una plataforma que se volvió viral por funcionar como una app de citas. Sin embargo, el objetivo es otro: reunir convocatorias y ofrecer filtros para que cada persona haga “match” con la oportunidad educativa ideal para su perfil.
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Today In 1965: 59-year-old #baseball legend Satchel Paige is back in uniform working out with the Kansas City A's! Two weeks later he'll pitch 3 shutout innings vs. the Boston Red Sox! #MLB #History #Athletics
September 13, 2026 at 2:37 PM
Today In 1965: 59-year-old #baseball legend Satchel Paige is back in uniform working out with the Kansas City A's! Two weeks later he'll pitch 3 shutout innings vs. the Boston Red Sox! #MLB #History #Athletics
"This is an important book because, given Puerto Rico’s long and twisting journey through the labyrinth of imperial control with little sign of freedom, its contributors refuse to give into complacency and fatalism. There are lessons in here for us all
Hopeful pessimism
All is not lost: Puerto Rico can be free. Books in brief: Post-Disaster Futures: Ruin, Repair, and Decolonial Imagination in Puerto Rico
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September 12, 2026 at 5:14 PM
"This is an important book because, given Puerto Rico’s long and twisting journey through the labyrinth of imperial control with little sign of freedom, its contributors refuse to give into complacency and fatalism. There are lessons in here for us all
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Photos: UN urges global aid after China, Nepal floods kill over 1,300 https://aje.news/2b6dpa
![Soldiers rescue a worker from a tunnel during an ongoing operation at the Trishuli-3A hydropower project in Nepal's Rasuwa district. [Nepal Army via AP Photo]](https://cdn.bsky.app/img/feed_thumbnail/plain/did:plc:2lofqead276vtc5647ye7sl2/bafkreiajzujqv4lh3pqvkz222umsouldgpsrl7hwargjcx2n6zrhkzjqc4)
![The flooding that authorities say was likely caused by a glacial collapse last month has killed at least 1,384 people and left more than 5,500 missing, among them about 800 foreigners. [Pedro Pardo/AFP]](https://cdn.bsky.app/img/feed_thumbnail/plain/did:plc:2lofqead276vtc5647ye7sl2/bafkreiesojahcjyq5euyawzga64cynavakn4lysr2maas35g4mxt5vxozq)
![Flash flood survivors rest in a relief shelter at Devighat in Nepal's Nuwakot district. [Pedro Pardo/AFP]](https://cdn.bsky.app/img/feed_thumbnail/plain/did:plc:2lofqead276vtc5647ye7sl2/bafkreifhxdhv7r7z7wbp7kxph4leecefiejfmtjt6w6z2uetlg7w2d6uay)
![The United Nations has launched an appeal for $50m to help more than 84,000 people, saying the destruction makes delivering aid an immense challenge. [Rajesh Kumar Singh/AP Photo]](https://cdn.bsky.app/img/feed_thumbnail/plain/did:plc:2lofqead276vtc5647ye7sl2/bafkreihnawfhov4ly3ljh7amci7chmhok6zymb3qikro5ccekp2tuabewa)
September 6, 2026 at 6:30 PM
Photos: UN urges global aid after China, Nepal floods kill over 1,300 https://aje.news/2b6dpa
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Think Shark Tank but way more boring. trib.al/icTy8eB
September 2, 2026 at 6:50 PM
Think Shark Tank but way more boring. trib.al/icTy8eB
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Alejandro Betancourt, Trump’s new Latin American oligarch dozz.es/5kqatc
Alejandro Betancourt, Trump’s new Latin American oligarch
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September 2, 2026 at 6:52 PM
Alejandro Betancourt, Trump’s new Latin American oligarch dozz.es/5kqatc
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In recent years, there has been attention and worries about how reading has changed among kids. Those concerns include the nature of what kids are reading and how many fewer books are part of their education diet. https://to.pbs.org/4yqeHRe
'Post-literate age': Why fewer Americans are reading for pleasure
In recent years, there has been attention and worries about how reading has changed among kids. Those concerns include the nature of what kids are reading and how many fewer books are part of their education diet. A new cover story in The Atlantic is ca...
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August 28, 2026 at 8:02 PM
In recent years, there has been attention and worries about how reading has changed among kids. Those concerns include the nature of what kids are reading and how many fewer books are part of their education diet. https://to.pbs.org/4yqeHRe
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Javier Bardem: “En los jóvenes hay un renacer de una masculinidad peligrosa” www.eldiario.es/1_cd83f8?utm...
Javier Bardem: “En los jóvenes hay un renacer de una masculinidad peligrosa”
El actor visita la redacción de elDiario.es para hablar de su nueva película 'El ser querido', de Rodrigo Sorogoyen, donde interpreta a un cineasta que intenta reconectar con su hija
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August 28, 2026 at 7:44 PM
Javier Bardem: “En los jóvenes hay un renacer de una masculinidad peligrosa” www.eldiario.es/1_cd83f8?utm...
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Muy tranquilizador este titular del diario israelí Haaretz: ¿"es Turquía la nueva Irán?". A Netanyahu parece que no le alcanza con una.
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Is Turkey the new Iran?
Israel's controversial strike on an airbase in northern Syria close to Turkey was "first and foremost a message to the United States" that Turkish military pene
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August 28, 2026 at 7:45 PM
Muy tranquilizador este titular del diario israelí Haaretz: ¿"es Turquía la nueva Irán?". A Netanyahu parece que no le alcanza con una.
www.haaretz.com/israel-news/...
www.haaretz.com/israel-news/...
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Reposted by Norberto Barreto Velázquez
