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Laura Carlsen

Mexico City
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Director, Americas Program, Mexico City. Host, @RompevientoTV, Binational/bilingual writer, commentator, activist, mother
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“The Mask is Off!” The Ortega Regime in Nicaragua Abolishes Elections. Now What?

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By Laura Carlsen
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Photograph Source: Duma.gov.ru – CC BY 4.0 Nicaragua’s co-president, Daniel Ortega finally came right out and said it: “Forget about it—there won’t be any more elections here!” He was speaking to a hypothetical opposition, which could not have been present since nearly all its members have been exiled, imprisoned or forced into hiding. The announcement came on July 19, the anniversary of the triumph of the Sandinista Revolution.
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Regime Change Ideologues, Capitalist Pragmatists and the Looming Threat to Cuba

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By Laura Carlsen
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As Trump’s approval plummets, besieged by the fiasco in Iran and his bizarre attempts to deify himself, instead of reassuring the nation, he’s threatening to throw away more taxpayer money on another senseless war. Speaking at a meeting of the extreme right Christian nationalist organization, Turning Point USA, in Phoenix on April 17, Trump spewed […] To read this article, log in here or subscribe here.
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Operation Honduras Whitewash

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By Laura Carlsen
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Secretary Marco Rubio meets with Honduran President-Elect Nasry Asfura at the Department of State in Washington, D.C., January 12, 2026. (Official State Department photo by Freddie Everett) Since the January 3 U.S. invasion of Venezuela, reporters, politicians and public have grilled Donald Trump about a glaring contradiction in the war-on-drugs argument used to justify bombing Venezuela and abducting its sitting president.
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