A Very Merry Navidad from the crew at Pirate Wire Services! 🦜🎅

It is really not getting enough attention that US gunboats rolled up on an oil tanker in international waters this morning, and were like "we're boarding" and the captain was like: "Nah bro," and he has just been cruising slowly along followed by said gunboats ever since Legend

Be ungovernable 😅

Fears about migration are being manufactured and weaponized to install authoritarianism around the globe www.piratewireservices.com/p/we-should-...

We should fear tyranny not migrants Fears about migration are being fabricated to impose authoritarianism around the world LATEST for paid subscribers at PWS

Any new government in Venezuela would find hostile actors on their doorsteps A plethora of armed groups in the borderlands are capable of sowing chaos, but for the ELN, resistance would be personal for PWS

Instead of Wagner's idiotic rambling about the need for Winter Palaces, you'd better read @murosinvisibles.bsky.social 's look into the political and aesthetic models that Trump and Musk have actually been emulating.

The US mulitary has now killed 104 civilians in extrajudicial executions in three months

US designates EGC, Colombia’s largest illegal armed group, as foreign terrorist organization Often called the 'Clan del Golfo' by Western media, the group allegedly has more than 9,000 members LATEST for PWS www.piratewireservices.com/p/us-designa...

US designates EGC, Colombia’s largest illegal armed group, as foreign terrorist organization Often called the 'Clan del Golfo' by Western media, the group allegedly has more than 9,000 members LATEST for PWS www.piratewireservices.com/p/us-designa...

"A total blockade of all sanctioned oil vessels" in Venezuela I dont think the US has imposed an actual real deal naval blockade on any country since 1961, with Cuba, right?

Chile Veers hard-right The new president is an admirer of Pinochet, and his father was a Nazi LATEST by me for PWS

Chile Veers hard-right The new president is an admirer of Pinochet, and his father was a Nazi LATEST by me for PWS

Some experts have speculated that the ELN lockdown may also be about troop movements. That is say, a logistical response to US threats rather than a symbolic one

ELN announces ‘armed strike’ in response to Trump’s “threats of Imperialist Intervention” in Colombia The 72-hour lockdown will be viewed as a barometer of how much power the armed group can deploy LATEST by me for PWS www.piratewireservices.com/p/eln-announ...

Some experts have speculated that the ELN lockdown may also be about troop movements. That is say, a logistical response to US threats rather than a symbolic one

ELN announces ‘armed strike’ in response to Trump’s “threats of Imperialist Intervention” in Colombia The 72-hour lockdown will be viewed as a barometer of how much power the armed group can deploy LATEST by me for PWS www.piratewireservices.com/p/eln-announ...

Venezuela Madness: MCM flies the coop and US seizes ship with 1.6 million barrels of crude Asked what would happen with the oil, Trump said: “We keep it, I guess,” then proceeded to say Colombia is “next.” LATEST for PWS www.piratewireservices.com/p/venezuela-...

Sen. Chris Coons (D-Conn.) told NewsNation last night that while he does not know the details of the incident, he is “gravely concerned that [Trump] is sleepwalking us into a war with Venezuela.” www.piratewireservices.com/p/venezuela-...

“We’ve just seized a tanker on the coast of Venezuela, large tanker, very large, largest one ever, actually, and other things are happening,” said Trump in comments to the press following the announcement. www.piratewireservices.com/p/venezuela-...

Venezuela Madness: MCM flies the coop and US seizes ship with 1.6 million barrels of crude Asked what would happen with the oil, Trump said: “We keep it, I guess,” then proceeded to say Colombia is “next.” LATEST for PWS www.piratewireservices.com/p/venezuela-...

Venezuela Madness: MCM flies the coop and US seizes ship with 1.6 million barrels of crude Asked what would happen with the oil, Trump said: “We keep it, I guess,” then proceeded to say Colombia is “next.” LATEST by me for PWS www.piratewireservices.com/p/venezuela-...

Venezuela Madness: MCM flies the coop and US seizes ship with 1.6 million barrels of crude Asked what would happen with the oil, Trump said: “We keep it, I guess,” then proceeded to say Colombia is “next.” LATEST by me for PWS www.piratewireservices.com/p/venezuela-...

You’ve been lied to about borders your whole life Justifications for nativism and xenophobia simply don’t hold up to scrutiny For PWS (paywall removed)

You’ve been lied to about borders your whole life Justifications for nativism and xenophobia simply don’t hold up to scrutiny For PWS (paywall removed)

The thing a lot of people dont think about often is that walls dont just keep other people out, they keep you in as well

The thing to understand about Trump II's new proposed ESTA requirements is that once the outside world is seen and framed as a threat and a hardened border the only protection from it, the distinction between friend and enemy becomes meaningless, and there's no such thing as safe passage.

Honduras' election authority has finished its handcount and declares a winner The only problem is after a series of irregularities, technical problems, accusations of fraud, and claims of US interference, few believe them (Link below)

Honduras' election authority has finished its handcount and declares a winner The only problem is after a series of irregularities, technical problems, accusations of fraud, and claims of US interference, few believe them (Link below)

Honduran elections were a mess: no one knows who is president The country's election authority seems to be anything but an authority on elections LATEST by me for PWS

Honduran elections were a mess: no one knows who is president The country's election authority seems to be anything but an authority on elections LATEST by me for PWS

Any new government in Venezuela would find hostile actors on their doorsteps A plethora of armed groups in the borderlands are capable of sowing chaos, but for the ELN, resistance would be personal LATEST by me for PWS

Lots of analysts have been running their personal game theories on what a regime change in Venezuela might look like, but few have talked about what Colombian armed groups would do to a government they view as US-installed LATEST by me for paid subscribers at PWS

Any new government in Venezuela would find hostile actors on their doorsteps A plethora of armed groups in the borderlands are capable of sowing chaos, but for the ELN, resistance would be personal LATEST by me for PWS

Lots of analysts have been running their personal game theories on what a regime change in Venezuela might look like, but few have talked about what Colombian armed groups would do to a government they view as US-installed LATEST by me for paid subscribers at PWS

Trump floats bombing Colombia, saying that attacks could happen anywhere where drug trafficking takes place

After a disastrous poll for the hard-right, Miguel Uribe drops as pre-candidate for CD Conflicting reports over whether he will be joining centre-right Abelardo's campaign, who beat out all CD candidates

The Big Stories to watch this week in LATAM! Much noise and little fury in Venezuela. Honduras trying to figure out who the president is, and a new poll in Colombia shows the left with huge lead ahead of elections LATEST by me for PWS www.piratewireservices.com/p/the-big-st...

The Big Stories to watch this week in LATAM! Much noise and little fury in Venezuela. Honduras trying to figure out who the president is, and a new poll in Colombia shows the left with huge lead ahead of elections LATEST by me for PWS www.piratewireservices.com/p/the-big-st...

Mural in Bogota, Colombia "All borders are imaginary"

Capybaras may be chill, but everytime i see one in real life I am most defnately not Literally start screaming AAAAAAAHHH!!!!!!

Me encuentro en Bogotá pa unos días. Si alguien quiere ir pa una polas baratas en un bar de punk, avísame

The Big Story to Watch This Week There's really only one: Venezuela. Just sound and fury or is regime change brewing? LATEST for PWS www.piratewireservices.com/p/the-big-st...

The Big Story to Watch This Week There's really only one: Venezuela. Just sound and fury or is regime change brewing? LATEST for PWS www.piratewireservices.com/p/the-big-st...

Its been one hell of a year doing these weekly ICE roundups But with the massive expansion of DHS powers in the US, ICE is now merely just a cog, and not even the most important one We're realizing we're gonna need a bigger boat LATEST

Its been one hell of a year doing these weekly ICE roundups But with the massive expansion of DHS powers in the US, ICE is now merely just a cog, and not even the most important one We're realizing we're gonna need a bigger boat LATEST

As media is increasingly bought up by billionaires and huge corporations, and the world veers towards authoritarianism, please consider taking out a paid subscription to support independent media. PWS will never fear criticizing power www.piratewireservices.com/p/the-big-st...

The Big Stories to watch this week in LATAM! 🧵 A weekly from PWS 1️⃣Voters went to the polls in Chile and selected two radically different candidates for a face-off in the second round of presidential elections www.piratewireservices.com/p/the-big-st...