How Miami hawks hijacked Trump's Latin America policy. Must-read by @rojasrjuand.bsky.social unherd.com/2025/10/how-...

How Miami hawks hijacked Trump’s foreign policy They’ve long dreamed of toppling Maduro via @rojasrjuand.bsky.social unherd.com/2025/10/how-...

Fed and central bank decisions should be separate from those the executive branch. As important, however, is that central banks embrace policy that enables the flourishing of workers. I argue that the evidence currently favors lower rates www.compactmag.com/article/the-...

ESSAY: Ireland's Mamdani Moment: Discontented Youth Will Decide Ireland's Next Election in 2030 Please read more here: ryanresearch.substack.com/p/irelands-m...

I share many progressive critiques of Obama's presidency. Sadly, Dems and especially progressives subsequently lost the plot on issues vital to workers such as immigration and energy policy. I argue at The Liberal Patriot how Obama got both issues right open.substack.com/pub/theliber...

Did Iran win the 12-Day War? Sort of, I argue. Read the full thing before scoffing. unherd.com/2025/06/did-...

How the BLM riots broke America. Read the full thing before getting mad, please. unherd.com/2025/05/how-...

Much can be said about Laura Loomer. But on Venezuela, she's made enemies in Miami. That makes her very right in my book. 🫡 Read my latest at Compact www.compactmag.com/article/laur...

Much can be said about Laura Loomer. But on Venezuela, she's made enemies in Miami. That makes her very right in my book. 🫡 Read my latest at Compact www.compactmag.com/article/laur...

7/ Read the full essay in English and Portuguese at Social Democracy With Populist Characteristics and Subscribe! (Spanish forthcoming) juandarojasro.substack.com

1/ In my newsletter debut at The Site That Shall Not Be Named, I review the collapse of the Portuguese Left following Sunday's election and argue that leftists and progressives should emulate Denmark's Social Democrats on immigration. open.substack.com/pub/juandaro...

Another one of the Right's follies: convincing themselves "unions aren't popular anymore." Absolute nonsense. Unions get stratospheric approval ratings these days. Studies show tens of millions Americans are underrepresented. Meaning, they want collective bargaining but don't have it.

1/ In a single decade, AMLO & Sheinbaum's Morena displaced the entrenched PRI, PAN & PRD. How did they do it? @TheLibPatriot, I trace the party's evolution since its founding and offer my take on what Democrats should glean from the party. open.substack.com/pub/theliber...

1/ In my newsletter debut at The Site That Shall Not Be Named, I review the collapse of the Portuguese Left following Sunday's election and argue that leftists and progressives should emulate Denmark's Social Democrats on immigration. open.substack.com/pub/juandaro...

8/ "Democrats must embrace a politics of pluralism that champions the “problematic” social, cultural, and environmental views of workers in the service of material goals, including reigning in billionaires like Elon Musk." Full article below open.substack.com/pub/theliber...

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1/ In a single decade, AMLO & Sheinbaum's Morena displaced the entrenched PRI, PAN & PRD. How did they do it? @TheLibPatriot, I trace the party's evolution since its founding and offer my take on what Democrats should glean from the party. open.substack.com/pub/theliber...

The @financialtimes.com editorial board: “Yet the US and European countries that tout Israel as an ally that shares their values have issued barely a word of condemnation. They should be ashamed of their silence, and stop enabling Netanyahu to act with impunity.” on.ft.com/433Mp02

"So long as MAGA Republicans & Progressive Democrats cater to nativist incels and cosmopolitan elitists, they will continue to sow maximal cruelty, exploitation, and sectarian hatred among the very people they claim to represent" My latest @unherd unherd.com/2025/05/trum...

'The GOP’s characteristic incoherence appears to have contributed to the Salvadoran debacle' | Juan David Rojas

Trump II's sealing of the border is one of the new administration's unambiguous wins. But on the deportation front---not so much. They've substituted sadism for competence---and posted much smaller numbers than *Obama*. Must-read @rojasrjuand.bsky.social for @unherd.com unherd.com/2025/05/trum...

Leaks, lawfare, stagflation, guerrilla insurgency and a wiretapped maid. Reality is stranger than fiction in #Colombia but the bottom line is that #Petro has failed to deliver for workers—and sabotaged his own presidency in the process My latest at Compact www.compactmag.com/article/the-...

#Mexico was already doing everything #Trump wanted but, of course, the spectacle matters as much as the results. #Sheinbaum has shown to be a pragmatic negotiator. She should nonetheless continue taking Trump's threats seriously. www.compactmag.com/article/clau...

Mass low-wage migration depresses wages, especially on the lower rungs of the labor market. Progressives would do well to come to grips with this reality. Absolute must-read @rojasrjuand.bsky.social on the pro-worker case for Trump's deportations. unherd.com/2025/02/the-...

Completely unbiased opinion, but my favorite Colombian @rojasrjuand.bsky.social gets this one right:

In my latest column, I explain how #Colombia's #Petro shares a great deal in common with #Trump. In this case, due to his obnoxious posting here on X. A key feature in yesterday's spat over trade and immigration. www.compactmag.com/article/trum...

Right & Left, many will be surprised to know that the leftist #FSLN in #Nicaragua is a socially conservative and self-described Christian party. A seeming contradiction for a regime that jails priests and slaughters civilians. Read my latest at Compact www.compactmag.com/article/nica...

Biden just took #Cuba off the list of state sponsors of terrorism. At Compact, I describe the role of the original designation in 2021 on the island’s current crisis.

At Compact, I describe #Miami Neocons & the #Cuban regime's perennial race to the bottom. Neocons refuse to reevaluate sanctions policy, #Cuba refuses to ditch Soviet Communism. The result? Cubans are starving & #Trump 2.0 will probably make it worse. www.compactmag.com/article/end-...

Right & Left, many will be surprised to know that the leftist #FSLN in #Nicaragua is a socially conservative and self-described Christian party. A seeming contradiction for a regime that jails priests and slaughters civilians. Read my latest at Compact www.compactmag.com/article/nica...

Last year, the Atlantic Council put out with a report calling for a US defense pact with Saudi Arabia. The Atlantic Council took in $400,000 from Saudi Arabia's government from 2019 to 2023. SHOCKING Kelley Vlahos exposé of think-tank corruption, for UnHerd. unherd.com/2025/01/whos...

At Compact, I describe #Miami Neocons & the #Cuban regime's perennial race to the bottom. Neocons refuse to reevaluate sanctions policy, #Cuba refuses to ditch Soviet Communism. The result? Cubans are starving & #Trump 2.0 will probably make it worse. www.compactmag.com/article/end-...