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Iván Darias Alfonso

@ivandariasa

Journalists and author, still trying to make sense of the world, which might be daunting coming from a particular Caribbean island. Based in Vienna, Austria.

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Trump's wars are splintering my home town ahead of the 2026 midterms Miami's Cuban and Venezuelan communities are caught between cheering regime-change and bearing the brunt of his ICE crackdown.

Trump’s wars are splintering my hometown ahead of the 2026 midterms

10.03.2026 14:43 👍 55 🔁 18 💬 4 📌 0
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Nuclear experts undercut White House claims about Iran reactor at heart of case for war The Trump administration sent negotiators without nuclear expertise to lead talks on Iran’s enrichment program. Now, its public case for war centers on a facility that experts say cannot do what offic...

This is a technical story with stunning strategic implications. It is quite possible the US launched a massive war because Jared Kushner and Steve Witkoff lacked the technical expertise to even understand what the Iranians were offering in negotiations. Absolute idiocy.
www.ms.now/news/trump-i...

10.03.2026 13:20 👍 340 🔁 180 💬 20 📌 35
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The story behind the BBC refusing to air a documentary about Israeli attacks on Gaza hospitals Two veteran journalists produced a documentary that showed evidence of war crimes in Gaza. But the BBC refused to air the film. Why?

Two veteran journalists produced a documentary that showed evidence of war crimes in Gaza. But the BBC refused to air the film.

This week, our friends at @revealnews.org tell you the story of the film that the BBC didn't want you to see.

10.03.2026 02:00 👍 540 🔁 257 💬 8 📌 5
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Donald Trump’s plan to be king of the world His Board of Peace is essentially a global slush fund, run by him and him alone.

Trump's Board of Peace is essentially a global slush fund, run by him and him alone.

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man had the guts to speak it, leak it, testify. rest in peace and having made a massive impact.

10.03.2026 05:24 👍 101 🔁 16 💬 2 📌 0
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What we know about alleged strike on Iran school

u.afp.com/SuC2

10.03.2026 05:26 👍 9 🔁 4 💬 3 📌 0
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Cuba Is Next Trump’s campaign to take out long-standing U.S. irritants looks back to the Caribbean.

Seeing regime change as a new way to define his legacy, President Trump is already eyeing his next target: Cuba. Vivian Salama reports:

10.03.2026 05:15 👍 51 🔁 17 💬 19 📌 1
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Play Shuffalo: Monday, March 9, 2026 Can you make a longer word with each new letter?

Shuffalo, 7m 23s

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🤩🤩🤩🤩🤩🤩🤩🤩🤩

www.newyorker.com/puzzles-and-games-dept/shuffalo/2026/03/09

09.03.2026 21:55 👍 0 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
Unmasking Hezbollah - Drug trafficking and terror (1/3) | DW Documentary
Unmasking Hezbollah - Drug trafficking and terror (1/3) | DW Documentary YouTube video by DW Documentary

www.youtube.com/watch?v=SAIn...

09.03.2026 20:38 👍 0 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
After Iran, will Cuba be next on Trump's agenda? | DW News
After Iran, will Cuba be next on Trump's agenda? | DW News YouTube video by DW News

Interview with Will Freeman, Fellow for Latin America Studies at the Council on Foreign Relations. @dwnews
www.youtube.com/watch?v=P2mR...

09.03.2026 12:47 👍 0 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
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Admitida a trámite la segunda denuncia por agresión sexual contra Íñigo Errejón

❗Admitida a trámite la segunda denuncia por agresión sexual contra Íñigo Errejón

09.03.2026 11:44 👍 1 🔁 1 💬 0 📌 0
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Costa Rica gets back to nature after decades of deforestation Paying farmers to swap cattle for conservation has helped sway the balance in biodiversity’s favour

In Science & Climate in @irishtimes.com, @thinkorswim.bsky.social finds la pura vida in Costa Rica.....
www.irishtimes.com/environment/...

09.03.2026 11:00 👍 15 🔁 7 💬 1 📌 0
Source: Havana Syndrome investigation is "a massive CIA cover-up" | 60 Minutes
Source: Havana Syndrome investigation is "a massive CIA cover-up" | 60 Minutes YouTube video by 60 Minutes

For years, the U.S. government has doubted the stories of those suffering from AHI, commonly called Havana Syndrome. Now, victims hope that reports of a newly discovered weapon will finally vindicate them.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=C1jm...

09.03.2026 11:08 👍 0 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
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Leak enthüllt, wie viele Rubel Karin Kneissl von russischen Stellen erhält Die ehemalige Außenministerin Österreichs hat für ihre Tätigkeit an der staatlichen Universität in Sankt Petersburg rund 244.000 Euro erhalten

Карин Кнайсл hat in Russland bissher ca 244.000 Euro verdient.

www.derstandard.at/story/300000...

09.03.2026 08:18 👍 81 🔁 29 💬 7 📌 4
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The Next Disinformation Battlefield Is Private AI companions, synthetic friends and the rise of the epistemic cocoon

Last week I presented the latest developments of my research on AI companions and disinformation.

Synthetic friends raise uncomfortable questions about how influence works when it moves from public feeds into private conversations.

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09.03.2026 08:12 👍 34 🔁 11 💬 1 📌 2
Fatoumata Diawara - Nterini
Fatoumata Diawara - Nterini YouTube video by Fatoumata Diawara

Some rhythms don’t knock.
They just rock up — like a yard filling up before you even realize the music started.

You can almost see it: warm air, neighbors leaning over balconies, somebody clapping the beat from across the way.

09.03.2026 05:29 👍 423 🔁 86 💬 27 📌 14
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Like Father, Like Shah Iran’s revolutionaries overthrew a king. Now they’re preparing to crown a prince.

I explain why Mojtaba Khamenei’s elevation to Supreme Leader represents the end of the Islamic Republic 👇🏾👇🏾👇🏾

open.substack.com/pub/bobbygho...

08.03.2026 19:19 👍 12 🔁 5 💬 0 📌 1
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Jamaica to end decades-long agreement with Cuba over medical missions criticized by US Jamaica’s foreign ministry says it is ending a decades-long agreement with Cuba involving its medical missions.

Jamaica is ending its agreement with Cuban doctors who helped staff hospitals and rural clinics. Cuba’s global medical missions provide revenue for Havana while filling physician shortages abroad. Without them, Jamaica’s rural health system could face major gaps.

apnews.com/article/jama...

08.03.2026 22:46 👍 32 🔁 33 💬 1 📌 3
Proud Boys leader Enrique Tarrio meets with Secretary Rubio

Proud Boys leader Enrique Tarrio meets with Secretary Rubio

Enrique Tarrio and other Proud Boys were convicted of seditious conspiracy. Trump pardoned them.

Tarrio and his men planned the storming of the U.S. Capitol on January 6, 2021. Tarrio even claimed credit for it, messaging others: “Make no mistake…We did this…”

Now he’s meeting with Sec. Rubio.

08.03.2026 22:00 👍 2219 🔁 1071 💬 139 📌 90
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Civilians in Tehran are reporting toxic oily rain following US and Israeli airstrikes on oil storage facilities. An estimated 10 million people face exposure to hazardous chemicals, with risks including skin burns and lung damage.

08.03.2026 21:43 👍 1375 🔁 723 💬 120 📌 361
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Benjamin Netanyahu and Vladimir Putin.

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07.03.2026 19:09 👍 361 🔁 86 💬 19 📌 10
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Rebecca Solnit Says the Left’s Next Hero Is Already Here

This happened. The print interview was edited in ways that feel very jumpy, but I got to say some things. Like: Maybe changing the world is more like caregiving than it is like war. Too many people still expect it to look like war. [and then there's a crazy jump-cut w/out transition.]

07.03.2026 15:13 👍 1026 🔁 170 💬 34 📌 33
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El Departamento de Justicia publica una docena de documentos pendientes con las acusaciones contra Trump en el caso Epstein La agencia federal asegura que los documentos no fueron publicados antes porque se registraron como duplicados

Los nuevos documentos publicados del 'caso Epstein' están relacionados con una denuncia, sin pruebas, que acusaba hace casi 40 años a Donald Trump de abusar de una menor

07.03.2026 19:45 👍 53 🔁 30 💬 10 📌 1
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Under threat, Iraqi Kurds resist pressure to join Iran war "The Kurds must not be the tip of the spear in this conflict," an Iraqi Kurdish official told Axios.

Kurds don't want to fight Trump's war for him to get the spoils

07.03.2026 15:06 👍 2 🔁 2 💬 0 📌 0

Y ni te cuento lo de fregar bandejas en el comedor del IPVCE de Santa Clara.

08.03.2026 07:59 👍 0 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
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Gabriel Boric se despide de sus partidarios: “Me voy con la frente en alto y las manos limpias” El presidente, a cuatro días de concluir su mandato, pide a sus seguidores organizarse para “volver a ser mayoría” política. “El miércoles dejamos La Moneda, pero seguiremos luchando por un Chile más justo”, dijo

“El miércoles dejamos La Moneda, pero seguiremos luchando por un Chile más justo". Gabriel Boric se despide de sus partidarios

07.03.2026 22:52 👍 78 🔁 9 💬 8 📌 1
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Seis viajes a Estados Unidos en cinco años: el sueño americano de Ayuso que pagan los madrileños Seis viajes a Estados Unidos en cinco años: el sueño americano de Ayuso que pagan los madrileños

www.elplural.com/autonomias/m...
No es magia, es la degradación de tus servicios públicos.

07.03.2026 08:18 👍 682 🔁 328 💬 50 📌 6
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Öffentliche Medien unter Druck: Zu links, zu gross, zu teuer? - Rundschau - Play SRF In einem Monat stimmt die Schweiz über die SRG-Initiative ab. Der Druck auf die öffentlichen Medien wächst – nicht nur in der Schweiz. Die Reportage zeigt: Rechte Parteien nehmen auch in unseren Nachb...

In einem Monat stimmt die Schweiz über die "Halbierungsinitiative" ab. Der #SRF blickt nach Österreich und Deutschland, wo FPÖ u AfD über eigene Medienkanäle die Öffentlich-Rechtlichen vermehrt attackieren, ua mit Statements von @dieterbornemann.com @jamoeberl.bsky.social www.srf.ch/play/tv/rund...

08.02.2026 08:24 👍 14 🔁 5 💬 3 📌 1
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