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Mexico Representative for the Committee to protect Journalists @Pressfreedom | Journalist/Editor @Trouw , @HLN_BE et al. | Opinions = my own | RT ≠ Endorsement

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Jan-Albert Hootsen
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Mexican president Claudia Sheinbaum, in her inaugural speech, repeats López Obrador's narrative that "neoliberalism failed", then proceeds to promise a series of... neoliberal economic policies.
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Jan-Albert Hootsen
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I don't envy Mexican president-elect @Claudiashein 's task ahead. The negative impact of @lopezobrador_ 's policies, including the judicial reform and the disappearance of autonomous gvt agencies, will affect her administration, not his. And there are quite a few risks. 🧵
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Jan-Albert Hootsen
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Leuk voor Faber, maar dit is rechtstreeks in strijd met het internationaal recht en zo ongeveer alle internationale verdragen die Nederland hieromtrent heeft ondertekend. Dit wordt een stortvloed aan rechtszaken bij het Europees Hof die Nederland allemaal gaat verliezen.
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Marjolein Faber
3 months
De @EersteKamer stemde vandaag in met een wetsvoorstel dat het mogelijk maakt een permanente verblijfsvergunning te kunnen weigeren aan mensen die in Nederland zijn geboren of hier vanaf hun vierde levensjaar wonen, als zij veroordeeld zijn voor een zwaar misdrijf. Goed nieuws!
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Jan-Albert Hootsen
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The thing about populism: it's EXHAUSTING. It's never about policy, never about substance. It's all show, cult of personality, endless hyperbole.
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Jan-Albert Hootsen
2 years
@ThatEricAlper Ghassan Massoud as Saladin in Ridley Scott's 'Kingdom of Heaven' (2005).
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Jan-Albert Hootsen
9 months
Als er een kabinet PvdA/GL-VVD-NSC-D66 komt met 78 zetels, dan staat daar dus ook een meerderheid van de bevolking achter. Maar iets zegt me dat sommige mensen alleen waarde hechten aan één soort meerderheid.
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Maurice de Hond
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Men speelt in Den Haag met vuur als deze formatiepoging mislukt. Een meerderheid van de bevolking staat achter deze combinatie. Maar ons achterhaalde politieke stelsel werkt een mislukking van de formatie in de hand met alle gevolgen van dien.
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Jan-Albert Hootsen
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Today is the last day of Mexican president @lopezobrador_ in office. Let's go over what his presidency meant for press freedom in the deadliest country for journalists in the Western Hemisphere. This will be a very long thread, but bear with me. 🧵 1/
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Jan-Albert Hootsen
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Lieve mensen: stop in godsnaam met die sektarische aanbidding van ‘goeroe’s’. Of het nu religieuze goeroe’s, gezondheidsgoeroe’s, investeringsorakels of wat dan ook zijn: WANTROUW mensen die zich zo’n rol toeschrijven.
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Jan-Albert Hootsen
2 months
... investors don't like it when a government moves to control the judiciary, because it takes away the certainty that business disputes will be settled fairly in court. The judicial reform will almost certainly guarantee that 'fairness' becomes tenuous in Mexico's court system.
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Jan-Albert Hootsen
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Mexico's economy is already slowing down. Unless Sheinbaum will radically change the economic structure of the country, the only way her gvt will be able to pay for the social policies that made López Obrador so popular is by achieving good economic growth, BUT...
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Jan-Albert Hootsen
2 months
Wat dacht je van: "Rusland bombardeert ons land plat, vermoordt massaal onze burgerbevolking en probeert ons land te vernietigen?" Zo'n verhaal?
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de Volkskrant
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Kyiv zal met een goed verhaal moeten komen om de inval in Rusland te legitimeren
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Jan-Albert Hootsen
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In other words: if the judicial reform is passed and the autonomous democratic gvt agencies are abolished, Mexico will become less free. Economic growth and investment won't stop, but they will slow down. And there is already a significant (5%) federal deficit.
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Jan-Albert Hootsen
3 months
It's time we start calling @elonmusk what he really is: an extreme right oligarch who is leveraging his wealth, businesses and his cult of followers to undermine democracy and free speech.
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Jan-Albert Hootsen
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@Pemex Investors also don't like corruption and they don't like insecurity. López Obrador did almost nothing to combat corruption and the judicial reform, with its proposed election of judges, actually opens the door to *more* corruption, mostly because Mexican democracy is...
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@jahootsen
Jan-Albert Hootsen
2 years
@santiagomayer_ Is your teacher also the governor of Florida?
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Jan-Albert Hootsen
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... and that's without mentioning the time bomb that is @Pemex , with its $100 billion debt, largely serviced by taxpayer money. It's hard to overstate how much of a headache Pemex will be for Sheinbaum's incoming government.
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Jan-Albert Hootsen
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@Pemex @INEMexico @lopezobrador_ @Claudiashein So, in conclusion, @lopezobrador_ leaves office hugely popular, pushing reforms that can potentially very damaging for Mexico's democracy and economy and his successor will have to deal with that in a way few politicians are capable of doing. It'll be very, very difficult.
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Jan-Albert Hootsen
1 month
Mexico City's airport, controlled by the military, decided to move the pickup zones for ridesharing apps literal kilometers away from the gates of both terminals.
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@AICM_mx
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Puntos de abordaje de transporte de personas por aplicaciones, en las dos terminales. #AICM
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Jan-Albert Hootsen
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Sheinbaum says she aims to cut the federal deficit significantly. If Mexico's growth remains low or the country hits a recession, cutting the deficit will become next to impossible without cutting social spending, which made @lopezobrador_ so popular to begin with.
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Jan-Albert Hootsen
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Steeds als ik het vertrouwen in de Nederlandse politiek helemaal kwijt ben kijk ik naar de TL van @Lisawesterveld en dan krijg ik weer een beetje hoop. We hebben meer TK-leden nodig die hun werk doen vanuit de basisgedachte dat er plaats is voor iedereen in Nederland.
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Lisa Westerveld 🌱
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Mensen met een beperking kunnen hele mooie dingen maken. Mooi om dat te laten zien op #Prinsjesdag !
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Jan-Albert Hootsen
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@Pemex ... still extremely vulnerable to dirty money pumped into campaigns. By expanding elections to judges while abolishing @INEMexico , the only agency that autonomously regulate federal elections, and without a robust system to prevent dirty money from financing campaigns... well...
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Jan-Albert Hootsen
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According to an investigation by @nayaroldan for @Pajaropolitico , the @lopezobrador_ administration left the incoming @Claudiashein presidency with barely 16% of all Mexican federal resources to combat financial instability.
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Jan-Albert Hootsen
2 months
@Pemex @INEMexico Mexico's economy won't collapse because of the proposed reforms of the judiciary and autonomous gvt agencies. But there's a good chance that the entire raison d'être of López Obrador's and Sheinbaum's political project will become unsustainable soon.
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Jan-Albert Hootsen
1 month
In de jaren negentig waren neonazi’s kaalgeschoren brulapen met een bomberjack. In 2024 zitten ze op kosten van de belastingbetaler in de Tweede Kamer.
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Jan-Albert Hootsen
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@Pemex @INEMexico ... and once that happens, Mexico will be quite literally poorer for it. Its democracy will be significantly eroded, those Mexicans who saw some modest gains in their standard of living under López Obrador might see that crumbling again. The path forward will be harder.
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Jan-Albert Hootsen
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Yearly reminder:
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Jan-Albert Hootsen
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@Pemex @INEMexico ... the result is that there are even *more* elected officials that will be vulnerable to corruption. And this new group officials happen to also be in charge of the judiciary. Who will they be beholden to? At best, we won't know. At worst, we'll know but don't want to know.
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Jan-Albert Hootsen
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@Pemex @INEMexico And that's without the obvious perils those reforms represent for basic human rights in Mexico. A better standard of living isn't only measured in an increase in purchasing power, it's also about access to justice, better basic services, etc.
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Jan-Albert Hootsen
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@Pemex @INEMexico It's hard to imagine how the judicial reform and the disappearance of autonomous agencies will improve access to justice for especially poorer Mexicans, or how the Mexican state can adequately be held accountable when the already poor human rights situation deteriorates further.
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Jan-Albert Hootsen
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@Pemex @INEMexico All of this is a gamble by president @lopezobrador_ but a very smart one for him, because he's not the one who will have to answer when it fails. It's @Claudiashein and/or her succesor(s) who will have to answer for it. Not a great position to be in as an incoming head of state.
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Jan-Albert Hootsen
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News anchor Gustavo Macalpín of Mexicali broadcaster Canal 66 was fired live on screen during his own show by the channel's president - apparently after Macalpín had criticized the husband of Baja California governor Marina del Pilar Ávila (of president @Claudiashein 's party).
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Berenice
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#Mexicali Despinden en vivo al conductor Gustavo Macalpin del canal 66. Durante su programa 'Ciudadano 2.0' había hablado mal del esposo de la Gobernadora Marina del Pilar y de pronto apareció el Director general del canal para notificarle su despido.
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@Pemex @INEMexico @lopezobrador_ @Claudiashein Economies and democracies generally work better when there is a good degree of freedom, sufficient transparency and a robust system of accountability. Those three factors tend to make life better for those living in those economies/democracies. The @lopezobrador_ reforms...
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Jan-Albert Hootsen
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@Pemex @INEMexico @lopezobrador_ @Claudiashein ... are likely to significantly decrease transparency and accountability, which will negatively impact freedom, which in turn will negatively impact the economy and the quality of Mexico's democracy. And ultimately, Mexicans will pay the price for that.
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Jan-Albert Hootsen
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Mexico is the 2nd most powerful country in Latin America, a pivotal ally and partner of the United States and the 12th biggest economy in the world. That a country with such an oversized economic and political role will now be under complete control of one party matters. A lot.
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Jan-Albert Hootsen
2 months
Mexico's political future: - One party (+2 junior partners) controls a supermajority in Congress and the states - A reform that will, in practice, allow that same party to assume full control of the judiciary - Checks and balances disrupted by abolishing autonomous agencies
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Jan-Albert Hootsen
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@overlistener Voor Baudet is het lastig om partij te kiezen in dit conflict, want nu moet hij bepalen wie hij meer haat: joden of moslims.
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Jan-Albert Hootsen
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@MargreetAnceaux Dat is dus precies het probleem met ultrarechts dat probeert te 'regeren': ze krijgen bijna niets voor elkaar en wat ze wel voor elkaar krijgen, blijkt naderhand onmogelijk. Ze zitten gewoon onze tijd en ons belastinggeld te verspillen aan onzin.
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Jan-Albert Hootsen
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Claudia Sheinbaum is now officially president of Mexico.
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Jan-Albert Hootsen
2 months
@Pemex @INEMexico @lopezobrador_ @Claudiashein I sincerely hope that @Claudiashein will find a way to navigate the extremely complex political context she inherits. There's an interesting contradiction here: she will wield enormous power, but will also be extraordinarily bound by her predecessor's legacy.
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Jan-Albert Hootsen
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@Pemex @INEMexico @lopezobrador_ @Claudiashein Mexico's president-elect @Claudiashein will have to navigate all those challenges without distancing herself too much from @lopezobrador_ and what made him popular. An extremely difficult task.
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Jan-Albert Hootsen
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@Pemex @INEMexico @lopezobrador_ @Claudiashein Having a supermajority in Congress and controlling enough states to amend the constitution at will may sound like a dream to any democratic ruler, but in Mexico's current case it's conditioned by adherence to @lopezobrador_ 's political project. That's a huge condition.
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Jan-Albert Hootsen
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@Pemex @INEMexico @lopezobrador_ @Claudiashein Moreover, the ruling coalition, built by @lopezobrador_ , demands an almost inhuman political skill to prevent that coalition from falling apart once López Obrador is retired while also keeping his project afloat. So that enormous supermajority is a curse as well as a blessing.
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Jan-Albert Hootsen
3 months
Ik vind het zorgwekkend hoe een bepaalde groep commentatoren bijna verlekkerend kijkt naar de Britse onrust en een ‘burgeroorlog’ en het ‘imploderen’ van het VK (en maar meteen Europa) ‘voorspelt’. Want eigenlijk is het geen voorspelling, maar een wens: ze hópen op meer geweld.
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Jan-Albert Hootsen
2 years
@ThatEricAlper Iggy Pop, because not only will he still be alive then, he will still perform shirtless and have better abs than anyone else at age 175.
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Jan-Albert Hootsen
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Persoonlijke noot: volgende week studeer ik af, bizar hoe snel die twee jaar zijn verlopen. En ook al woon ik al 16 jaar in Latijns-Amerika, een Maestría (MA) volledig in het Spaans doen terwijl ik voltijd werk en de 40 al gepasseerd ben was wel echt pittig. Maar het is gelukt.
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Jan-Albert Hootsen
1 year
@rutger_ Dat iemand er vrijwillig voor kiest om in Amsterdam te gaan wonen, dat gaat er bij mij niet in.
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Jan-Albert Hootsen
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@ThatEricAlper Chris Cornell.
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@chrisklomp Duk weet van alles over filosofie, theologie, geschiedenis en sociologie. En al die kennis en belezenheid ten spijt bestaat zijn hele betoog uit 'wit Westen goed, niet-wit niet-Westen slecht'. Dan is al die kennis dus nutteloos en al dat lezen tijdverspilling geweest.
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@leire1966 ... which they then mostly spent on infrastructure projects that will not have a meaningful impact in the productivity of the economy anyway...
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Jan-Albert Hootsen
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Wat Chris zegt. Het gaat de plotselinge zelfverklaarde vrome kruisvaarders van extreemrechts niet om satire, het gaat ze erom dat die satire werd uitgevoerd op een manier die hun tere, fragiele masculiniteit subiet aan het wankelen bracht.
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Chris Klomp
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Het Laatste Avondmaal is ontelbare keren onderwerp van persiflage en satire geweest. Eyes on the ball, mensen. Het gaat ze om dragqueens en woke. Om de angst van conservatieven dat de wereld aan het veranderen is.
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After two years I obtained my Master’s degree in Human Rights & Democracy at @FlacsoMx . Tired, but glad.
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Jan-Albert Hootsen
2 years
La primera foto no fue de ‘hace tres días’, es una foto que se viralizó hace dos años en Nuevo León.
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Andrés Manuel
2 years
Les comparto dos fotos de nuestra supervisión a las obras del Tren Maya: una, tomada por un ingeniero hace tres días, al parecer de un aluxe; otra, de Diego Prieto de una espléndida escultura prehispánica en Ek Balam. Todo es místico.
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@MerlinTomkins @GeorgeMonbiot ‘Rage farming’ is a good term for the age of social media.
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Jan-Albert Hootsen
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@BorisvanderSpek Aaaah, the tried and true journalistic genre of ‘person says something on Twitter, other persons are angry, let’s write a full page about!’ 😬
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Jan-Albert Hootsen
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@jacksonboaz_ He’s too busy saving trapped miners and after that he has to go on a world tour with Iggy Pop and the band he founded (U2).
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Jan-Albert Hootsen
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De geschiedenis zal op zijn zachtst gezegd niet vriendelijk zijn voor Benjamin Netanyahu. Wat een kolossale ramp is die man voor Israël, voor de Israëlische democratie en voor het aanzien van Israël in de wereld.
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Jan-Albert Hootsen
9 months
The head of Mexico’s National Human Rights Commission wants to abolish the agency, claiming it “no longer answers to the needs of the people.” Doing so would set back human rights in Mexico further - the @CNDH has already been severely weakend under president @lopezobrador_ .
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El Universal
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🔴 La titular de la CNDH, Rosario Piedra, pide que desaparezca este organismo, argumenta que "ya no responde a las necesidades del pueblo"
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Jan-Albert Hootsen
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Mijn partner is een zeer gelovige Rooms-Katholieke vrouw, die de Bijbel kan citeren in drie talen. Wat zij van de openingsceremonie in Parijs vond? Leuk, vaak grappig. Ja, ook die parodie op Het Laatste Avondmaal. Het is een parodie op een schilderij, niet haar geloof.
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Jan-Albert Hootsen
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Great column by @rivapa about this week's speech by former Mexican president Ernesto Zedillo, who this week broke a 24-year silence on domestic politics to harshly criticize the judicial reform pushed by president @lopezobrador_ - vía @ElFinanciero_Mx
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Jan-Albert Hootsen
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@ThatEricAlper Oh, great. I’m stuck in an elevator with a serial killer whose internal monologue NEVER ENDS.
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Jan-Albert Hootsen
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Reis i.p.v. naar Denemarken eens af naar de grens tussen Tsjaad en Soedan. Leer over wat je als Nederland kan doen om niet alleen de genocide in Soedan (die niemand iets lijkt te boeien) te stoppen, maar ook voor menswaardige opvang van vluchtelingen in de regio kan zorgen.
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Marjolein Faber
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Net als Denemarken, wil ik voor Nederland weer grip hebben op ons eigen asielbeleid. Daarom reisde ik af naar Kopenhagen: om meer te horen over de Deense aanpak, en samen op te trekken in Europa.
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Mexico's political future: - One party (+2 junior partners) controls a supermajority in Congress and the states - A reform that will, in practice, allow that same party to assume full control of the judiciary - Checks and balances disrupted by abolishing autonomous agencies
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Hoor je dat geknetter? Dat is de kortsluiting in het hoofd van Joost Niemoller.
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Russian President Putin kissed the Holy Quran and gifted it to the Prophet Isa Mosque in Chechnya.
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Desaparecer al @INAImexico , más allá del obvio impacto en el tema de transparencia/rendición de cuentas, también representa un riesgo para la seguridad de las y los periodistas. Les obligaría buscar a información a través de fuentes anónimas, filtraciones, etc. 🧵
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De hele wereld 'swipet' de grootste genocide van onze tijd, die in Soedan, stelselmatig elke dag weg. Niemand geeft er iets om dat meer dan tien miljoen Soedanezen binnen een jaar dreigen te verhongeren.
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It is with great sadness that I learned of the passing of Mario Vergara, one of countless Mexicans who search for disappeared loved ones, in his case his brother, who disappeared in 2012. I interviewed him several times and joinef him in his search several years ago. 1/x🧵
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Jan-Albert Hootsen
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Very good commentary by @JPSpinetto in @ElFinanciero_Mx about the judicial reforms in Mexico (in Spanish): "[the reforms] won't transform Mexico into a dictatorship, as some argue. But the changes go into the opposite direction of what the nation needs."
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Jan-Albert Hootsen
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@gilduran76 Governments everywhere, especially in the U.S., neglected to properly regulate the tech market. This allowed these giant monstrosities and the extremely dangerous people who lead them to gain control of weapons of mass destruction in the information war.
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Jan-Albert Hootsen
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@annefleurdd De fantasiewereld waarin de extreemrechtse 'denkers' leven is een soort 'Stranger Things'-achtige donkere spiegeldimensie van onze wereld. Wonderlijk fenomeen.
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Jan-Albert Hootsen
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Zolang cocaïne internationaal niet wordt gedecriminaliseerd, is het enige wat 020 doet door het 'repressieve' (alsof iemand ook maar wordt gecontroleerd in die stad) beleid 'af te schaffen' de consumptie van coke stimuleren. Dat gaat in Latijns-Amerika nog meer levens kosten.
@Sneller
Joost Sneller
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Heel goed dat Halsema deze steen in de vijver gooit. We moeten af van de obsessie met repressie die ons drugsbeleid steeds meer beheerst. Zelden effectief en vaak contraproductief. Laten we realistisch kijken naar - verschillende vormen van - reguleren.
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Please remember it's not just #Florida that will be hit by #Milton . The northern coast of Mexico's Yucatán peninsula will be struck when it is even more powerful than the storm is expected to be when it hits Florida. Major cities such as Mérida, Progreso and Valladolid are there.
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@BruceDavid12539 @elbegdorj @BillKristol The British Empire was substantially larger than the Mongol Empire (50% larger) and had possessions on six continents - the Mongols ‘only’ on two. The Mongol Empire was the largest contiguous empire, though.
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Jan-Albert Hootsen
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@SaskiaBelleman Ik ken @chrisklomp niet persoonlijk, maar online ken ik hem als een goed journalist van wie ik vaak veel leer. En een gevoel voor humor dat ik zeker waardeer.
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Jan-Albert Hootsen
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I've been using the word 'chamba' ('work') for over 15 years without knowing that it's actually an adaptation of the English 'Chamber of Commerce', introduced to Spanish by Mexican immigrant workers in the U.S. via the 'Bracero' program (1945-1965).
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Jan-Albert Hootsen
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@VonkLevi That report in the Lancet was discredited though, wasn’t it? I think one of the authors said that the figure wasn’t based on real data.
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Jan-Albert Hootsen
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The Committee to Protect Journalists (CPJ/ @pressfreedom ) documented the killings of 45 journalists and media workers between December 2018 and September 30, 2024. That's an average of more than seven killed reporters per year. 2/
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Jan-Albert Hootsen
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Mexico's national oil producer @pemex has more than US $100 billion in debt. Only 60 countries have more in outstanding foreign debt. Now consider that much of Pemex's debt is serviced with taxpayer money and little is done to lower the actual burden.
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Jan-Albert Hootsen
2 months
There is a heartbreaking violence and forced displacement crisis happening in the southern Mexican state of Chiapas as we speak. @isain , a great investigative reporter (in Spanish) and @ann_dLandes (in English) are providing daily updates. Well worth following.
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Isaín Mandujano
2 months
Reportan desplazados pernoctando esta mañana del lunes 26 de agosto en el estacionamiento de una gasolinera en #MOTOZINTLA : “Amigos hay mucha gente acá por la Y griega y otras que están por venir que vienen huyendo de sus comunidades si alguien gusta apoyarlos con comida café
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Jan-Albert Hootsen
1 year
Mexican journalists are protesting in Acapulco today to condemn the murder of journalist Nelson Matus, who was shot and killed on Saturday. Tomorrow, they will protest in Mexico City, the second such protest in just a week's time.
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Jan-Albert Hootsen
1 year
Elon Musk, Jordan Peterson, Thierry Baudet, Willem Engel, etc. Allemaal doorlopen ze precies dezelfde fases. Het begint met gekwaak over Covid en 'woke' en het eindigt in antisemitisme en 'WAT HAD POETIN DAN MOETEN DOEN?!' Zó voorspelbaar.
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Jan-Albert Hootsen
11 months
@el_reportero It also just happens to be Vicente Fox's state.
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Jan-Albert Hootsen
3 months
Mensen die in jouw land geboren zijn 'uitzetten' is je eigen burgers de bescherming die hun geboorteland ze verplicht biedt ontnemen. Ik hoef toch niemand uit te leggen dat zoiets een flagrante schending van internationaal recht is?
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Jan-Albert Hootsen
2 months
I'm old enough to remember the time when Manuel Velasco was a staunch political ally of Enrique Peña Nieto.
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Leti RoblesdelaRosa
2 months
‼️EXTRA EXTRA😱😱😱‼️ El senador @VelascoM_ anuncia que el bloque oficialista ya tiene los 3 votos que les faltan para tener mayoría calificada en el @senadomexicano Tienen un 99.99% de avance en el acuerdo con esos 3 senadores de oposición. Pero no dijo quiénes son.
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Jan-Albert Hootsen
9 months
Dos preguntas: 1. ¿Por qué una carta a Norma Piña y no a Alejandro Gertz Manero? 2. ¿Por qué designar la carta como 'confidencial' para luego hacerla pública en Twitter?
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Luisa Alcalde
9 months
Atendiendo a la instrucción del Presidente @lopezobrador_ , hacemos pública la carta que enviamos a la ministra Norma Piña desde el 12 de diciembre sobre la posible liberación de 8 militares vinculados al caso Ayotzinapa. Ahí le advertimos del riesgo de modificar las medidas
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Jan-Albert Hootsen
1 year
Very sad news. Alejandro Hope, one of Mexico’s foremost commentators on security issues, who was always happy to take a call and provide insightful comment, has passed away. His sharp mind and tireless curiosity will be missed.
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IMCO
1 year
El IMCO lamenta profundamente el sensible fallecimiento de Alejandro Hope🕊️, quien fue nuestro Director de proyectos de seguridad. Un profesional admirable, pero sobre todo, un gran ser humano cuyas ideas contribuyeron, desde esta y muchas trincheras, a un mejor país. QDEP.
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Jan-Albert Hootsen
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@chrisklomp "De bank is niet meer veilig." Nee, als je fraude pleegt, geld probeert wit te wassen of geld gebruikt met criminele dan wel terroristische bedoelingen is de bank inderdaad niet meer veilig voor je.
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Jan-Albert Hootsen
2 years
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Jan-Albert Hootsen
13 days
The stained glass ceiling of the Gran Hotel Ciudad de México in Mexico City (featured in the opening scene of the recent James Bond film 'Spectre') is something else.
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Architecture & Tradition
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What is the most mesmerizing ceiling you’ve ever seen?
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Jan-Albert Hootsen
1 year
@zeg_eens_aad “De wereld is niet zwart-wit” komt direct na “de wetenschap” (ALLEMAAL!!) is “moreel failliet”.”
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Jan-Albert Hootsen
12 days
@bloggingsbyboz Gotta love Uruguay's relatively relaxed way of doing things in the region.
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Jan-Albert Hootsen
9 months
Dutch kids aren’t taught this at school. The Dutch colonial regime was brutal and committed unspeakable atrocities. The atrocities were referred to as ‘police actions’ on those rare occasions when my teachers mentioned it, and the massacres were not mentioned at all.
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Marieke Kuypers
9 months
In 1949, the final year of the Indonesian war of independence, military records show that the Dutch military killed at least 59.000 Indonesians. Records make no distinction between civilians and combatants, but the Dutch committed multiple mass atrocities during the war years.
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Jan-Albert Hootsen
2 years
Mexican media report the capture in Culiacán of Ovidio Guzmán, son of former drug lord Joaquín 'El Chapo' Guzmán (currently serving a life sentence in the United States). The operation to arrest them led to shootouts and blockades in the city.
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Jan-Albert Hootsen
18 days
This is important 👇. President @Claudiashein has made quite a few commitments to maintaining and expanding social programs even as she promised to decrease Mexico's growing budget deficit - and economic growth is expected to slow to a crawl or even dip into recession next year.
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Tony Payan
18 days
Within 24 hours of taking office, @ClaudiaShein is preparing to borrow USD$18 billion in the international markets. What for? It's debatable, but likely to cover the #budgetdeficit inherited & subsidize #PEMEX . It also signals there's no money in the country's coffers #Hacienda .
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