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Monopoly Round-Up: A Gunboat Oligarchy Goes After Venezuelan Oil

BIG by Matt Stoller • 29107 implied HN points • 05 Jan 26
🌍 World Politics Latin America
  1. The U.S. seizure of Venezuelan oil marks a return to gunboat-style intervention where government action is clearly serving big finance and energy interests.
  2. Widespread anger at oligarchs and weak Democratic leadership is opening space for new, populist reformers, highlighted by Zohran Mamdani’s early moves and proposals like a billionaire tax.
  3. America’s deindustrialization and China’s manufacturing rise are shifting global power, while domestic deregulation and a merger boom favor financiers and risk deeper consolidation and backlash.

Top Links 1032 Hormuz to Asia. Cuba goes solar. Gramsci on sex and production & Brecht on shooting people like me.

Chartbook • 457 implied HN points • 05 Mar 26
🌍 World Politics Latin America
  1. U.S. LNG exports have created a new decade in global gas trade, reshaping energy flows and geopolitical links from the Gulf (Hormuz) to Asian markets.
  2. Cuba is embracing solar power, marking a notable shift toward renewable energy and greater island energy resilience.
  3. There is renewed engagement with thinkers like Gramsci and Brecht, using their ideas about sex, production, and violence to rethink political and cultural conflicts.

If You Want Freedom and Democracy For Iranian People and All Peoples, You Must Start By Admitting What America Is and Does

Freddie deBoer • 7054 implied HN points • 15 Jan 26
🌍 World Politics Latin America
  1. The United States often intervenes abroad to secure strategic and economic interests, not to install genuine democracy, and can openly prioritize access to resources like oil over self-determination.
  2. Historical interventions — from Iran’s 1953 coup to wars in Iraq, Afghanistan, Libya, and recent meddling in Venezuela — usually produce authoritarianism, corruption, militias, and instability instead of freedom, so skepticism of intervention is rational.
  3. Opposing U.S. intervention does not equal supporting oppressive regimes; people can want internal change while also rejecting foreign control, and restraint in using force helps avoid repeating past harms.

Hits and Misses

Doomberg • 8386 implied HN points • 14 Dec 25
🌍 World Politics Latin America
  1. Growing subscribers and smart product launches create real momentum, letting organizations pursue bigger projects like books and successful sister publications.
  2. Energy and geopolitical forecasts tended to be accurate—especially around Venezuela and oil/gas market dynamics—but expectations of rapid federal spending cuts failed because political will was absent.
  3. Honest postmortems on hits and misses improve analysis, and offering exclusive content to paying subscribers helps retention and growth.

Silent Allies

Doomberg • 6686 implied HN points • 23 Dec 25
🌍 World Politics Latin America
  1. Russia and China have been oddly muted in response to US moves to pressure or depose Venezuela’s Maduro, and that silence stands out given their professed alliances.
  2. Both countries have deep stakes in Venezuela — Russia with energy joint ventures and arms sales, and China as the country’s largest oil customer — so stronger pushback would have been expected.
  3. Their silence is itself a clue: treating it like the 'dog that didn't bark' opens multiple possible explanations and suggests mainstream reporting may be missing important context.
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Regime Change in Venezuela Is a Good Calculated Risk

Richard Hanania's Newsletter • 6022 implied HN points • 03 Jan 26
🌍 World Politics Latin America
  1. Overthrowing Maduro was a calculated risk because his socialist rule devastated Venezuela’s economy and institutions, and replacing him could produce meaningful improvement.
  2. Fears about unintended consequences, civil war, or breaches of international law are real but don’t automatically justify keeping a destructive dictator in power; doing nothing also has severe costs.
  3. The taboo against foreign regime change is weak already, so this single operation is unlikely to upend international norms, and sometimes taking risks is necessary to create hope for better outcomes.

Chartbook 423 Some topical material on Venezuela. Hopefully useful.

Chartbook • 4334 implied HN points • 05 Jan 26
🌍 World Politics Latin America
  1. Venezuela’s oil story has three phases: rapid growth under high rent extraction until the 1976 nationalisation, a 1990s–2000s recovery after the Apertura that drew big foreign investment, and a sharp collapse in the mid-2010s that sanctions and institutional decline worsened.
  2. The headline that Venezuela has the “largest oil reserves” is misleading because much of the booked volume is extra‑heavy Orinoco crude that is expensive and technically hard to produce; proved reserves shift with prices, technology, and institutional capacity.
  3. Opening to foreign investors brought large CAPEX but later policy re‑structuring triggered massive arbitration claims and litigation, so whoever governs Venezuela faces both valuable assets and large liabilities amid geopolitically driven interventions and sanctions.

The Rescuers Who Go Where the U.S. Government Can’t

Common Sense with Bari Weiss • 366 implied HN points • 02 Mar 26
🌐 International Latin America
  1. A private nonprofit made up of former special-operations and intelligence veterans runs daring international rescue and evacuation missions where governments can’t or won’t act.
  2. They’ve pulled off high-profile extractions using covert tactics and mixed transport like cars, boats, and private planes, and are getting many urgent requests from Americans stuck in dangerous places.
  3. Facing high-risk situations, the team is mobilizing to evacuate people from Middle East conflict zones and other hotspots, highlighting growing demand for private rescue options.

Nueva Australia

Kvetch • 65 implied HN points • 14 Mar 26
💾 History Latin America
  1. After the violent defeat of the 1891 shearers’ strike, William Lane led 220 Australians to Paraguay to try to build a new white, socialist utopia called Nueva Australia.
  2. The community ran on strict communal rules—no alcohol, no private property, and racial separation—and those rules plus disagreements over labor and women caused bitter infighting and a split within months.
  3. The utopian project collapsed within a few years and Lane eventually returned home and turned conservative, while many descendants stayed in Paraguay, becoming Spanish- and GuaranĂ­-speaking cattle ranchers who adopted private landholding.

The US Is Pushing So Many Regime Change Agendas It's Hard To Keep Up

Caitlin’s Newsletter • 1862 implied HN points • 30 Jan 26
🌍 World Politics Latin America
  1. The US is actively trying to force regime change in Cuba right now, using new executive orders and efforts to pressure or replace the government.
  2. Washington is using economic warfare—cutting off oil supplies and punishing countries that help Cuba—to make populations suffer and provoke unrest that could topple regimes.
  3. This approach repeats across many countries and reflects a broader strategy of imperial control that prioritizes geopolitical domination over other nations' sovereignty and civilian wellbeing.

They Kidnapped Maduro Because The World Is Ruled By Unaccountable Tyrants

Caitlin’s Newsletter • 3413 implied HN points • 04 Jan 26
🌍 World Politics Latin America
  1. The U.S. carried out a military operation in Venezuela that abducted President Maduro, and its leaders openly framed the action as a move to seize and profit from Venezuela’s oil and to run the country.
  2. This episode shows a pattern where powerful states pursue regime change and resource grabs with little accountability, while official stories about drugs or democracy are used to mask true motives.
  3. Unchecked use of force backed by compliant media undermines global stability and harms the future of people and the planet, so citizens should learn these patterns and be skeptical of official justifications for intervention.

Chartbook 424 The world of Risk, the "Donroe doctrine" & the geoeconomics of the Venezuelan intervention: some reading.

Chartbook • 2246 implied HN points • 07 Jan 26
🌍 World Politics Latin America
  1. The US intervention looks aimed at pulling Western Hemisphere oil under Washington's security umbrella, creating an "oil empire" that would give the White House big economic and geopolitical leverage.
  2. Most Venezuelan oil is extra‑heavy and very viscous, so getting production back to past levels would need huge investment, skilled workers and time, meaning a quick big boost is unlikely.
  3. Even if more Venezuelan crude reaches the market, global supply may already outstrip demand so gains would be marginal; nearby producers like Guyana and the reluctance of oil firms, banks and insurers matter as much as politics.

The Imperial Crosshairs Move To Cuba, And Other Notes

Caitlin’s Newsletter • 1620 implied HN points • 12 Jan 26
🌍 World Politics Latin America
  1. The United States is aggressively reasserting imperial control in Latin America and the Middle East, pressuring countries like Cuba and Venezuela and carrying out military and regime-change actions.
  2. Political promises to fight the deep state have given way to advancing neocon and intelligence-agency agendas, creating chaos that helps authoritarian politics at home.
  3. There is stark media and policy bias: Palestinian civilian deaths are downplayed while calls for regime change (e.g., Iran) would expand US imperial power, so opposing intervention and defending the right to criticize Israel are framed as both moral and civil-rights imperatives.

Trump Finds the Golden Mean in Venezuela

Richard Hanania's Newsletter • 1414 implied HN points • 07 Jan 26
🌍 World Politics Latin America
  1. Replacing a leader can change how a regime behaves even if its official ideology stays the same, because individual leaders bring different goals and risk tolerances.
  2. Leaving the new acting leader in place instead of trying to rebuild the whole government is a cautious, gradualist choice that avoids the big costs and dangers of instant regime reconstruction.
  3. The new leader appears more pragmatic, having pursued pro-market steps and made conciliatory moves, so U.S. leverage and credible threats could push Venezuela toward better policies and cooperation.

Venezuela: The Precedents

Thinking about... • 1029 implied HN points • 04 Jan 26
🌍 World Politics Latin America
  1. The U.S. action in Venezuela continues a long pattern of choosing foreign leaders to advance American interests rather than promoting genuine democracy, and the sensible response would be to hold or recognize legitimate elections.
  2. Forcibly removing a leader does not reliably create stability or democracy — the Iraq example shows occupations breed chaos and can force occupiers to cooperate with the very forces they claimed to overthrow; backing violence undermines legitimacy and invites unpredictable resistance.
  3. Ignoring international law and using foreign interventions as tools for domestic political gain makes the U.S. resemble authoritarian powers and risks normalizing violence at home, so courts, journalists, Congress, and elections must check that logic.

Ah, Good Old War Propaganda

Caitlin’s Newsletter • 2291 implied HN points • 02 Dec 25
🌍 World Politics Latin America
  1. Major media outlets often manufacture consent for imperial agendas, shaping stories to justify wars and demonize targeted leaders rather than simply inform the public.
  2. Narrative control is systemic and deliberate: owners, state broadcasters, think tanks, algorithms and billionaire-backed tech shape what people see to protect the imperial status quo.
  3. The antidote is grassroots action—expose propaganda, promote media literacy, and help others recognize manipulation so truth can challenge the existing power structure.

New Issue Of JOHNSTONE: The Empire Stole Venezuela

Caitlin’s Newsletter • 1136 implied HN points • 05 Jan 26
🌍 World Politics Latin America
  1. Powerful countries are intervening in Venezuela to seize its oil and strip the nation of its sovereignty.
  2. The Monroe Doctrine is an old, made-up imperial rationale rooted in racist thinking and doesn’t legally or morally justify invasions.
  3. Mindless parroting of pro-empire slogans helps cover up these actions, and the empire is actively working to dominate and silence opposition across Latin America.

World's Most Tyrannical Government Wants To Free Venezuela From Tyranny

Caitlin’s Newsletter • 2132 implied HN points • 03 Dec 25
🌍 World Politics Latin America
  1. The United States talks about "liberating" other countries while repeatedly using military force, coups, sanctions, and global bases to impose its will, which makes its claims hypocritical.
  2. The US government is considering military regime-change action in Venezuela even though a clear majority of Americans oppose such intervention.
  3. If the US truly wanted to reduce global tyranny it should stop its imperial practices or dismantle its empire, because it has no moral standing to claim it can "liberate" other nations.

Why Venezuela Is Not Iraq

Richard Hanania's Newsletter • 2023 implied HN points • 12 Dec 25
🌍 World Politics Latin America
  1. Venezuela is politically different from Iraq or Libya because it had democratic traditions and was more of a competitive authoritarian system until recently, so regime change there isn’t the same kind of gamble.
  2. There are Western Hemisphere examples, like the 1983 Grenada intervention, where outside intervention helped restore democracy and stability, showing regime change can sometimes work.
  3. Venezuela lacks the Islamist extremism and sectarian divides that made Middle Eastern interventions chaotic, and Venezuelans still hold elections and mobilize, so post-Maduro politics could be less violent and more manageable.

The Empire Is Scrambling To Fully Dominate Latin America, And Other Notes

Caitlin’s Newsletter • 1792 implied HN points • 11 Dec 25
🇺🇸 U.S. Politics Latin America
  1. The U.S. is stepping up aggressive pressure in Latin America, using actions like seizing Venezuelan oil to weaken Venezuela and Cuba and push for regime change.
  2. U.S. institutions are preparing for bigger wars by making draft registration automatic and pushing expanded military technology and autonomous weapons, signaling readiness to mobilize people and industry for large-scale conflict.
  3. Mainstream media and political elites are defending imperial positions and using propaganda or unverified claims to silence dissent, creating hypocrisy around issues like Israel/Palestine and justifying intervention.

Trump's Henchmen Keep Calling Their War Slut President A Peacemaker

Caitlin’s Newsletter • 1844 implied HN points • 08 Dec 25
🇺🇸 U.S. Politics Latin America
  1. Top officials are calling him a 'President of Peace,' but that label is largely rhetorical and politically promoted.
  2. The administration has escalated U.S. military involvement worldwide — carrying out airstrikes, arming proxies, and risking interventions in places like Somalia, Yemen, Gaza/Israel, Ukraine, Venezuela, and Iran.
  3. If you oppose war, supporting him because you think he’s making peace is misguided, since his actions contradict his peacemaker claims.

New Painting Video: The Monroe Doctrine Is Bullshit

Caitlin’s Newsletter • 1001 implied HN points • 04 Jan 26
🌍 World Politics Latin America
  1. The Monroe Doctrine is presented as a hypocritical justification for US intervention in Latin America.
  2. A painting of Nicolas Maduro is used to humanize him and to push back against narratives that justify external pressure on Venezuela.
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Sudan, Venezuela, And Other Notes

Caitlin’s Newsletter • 1504 implied HN points • 07 Dec 25
🌍 World Politics Latin America
  1. Sudan’s Rapid Support Forces have reportedly carried out massive massacres in places like El Fasher, and the UAE is accused of arming them while Western powers largely ignore it.
  2. Calls for US military intervention in Venezuela are often suspicious and dangerous, and history shows US regime-change actions tend to make things worse rather than help civilians.
  3. People claiming emotional relationships with chatbots point to deep loneliness and emotional disconnection, since a real relationship requires genuine curiosity about another person’s inner experience.

US Regime Change Interventionism Is Reliably Disastrous, And Other Notes

Caitlin’s Newsletter • 1671 implied HN points • 30 Nov 25
🌍 World Politics Latin America
  1. US regime‑change interventionism reliably causes disaster and is often sold with dishonest pretexts; current US moves on Venezuela look driven more by geopolitical interests like oil than by genuine drug‑control concerns.
  2. Serving in or working for the US military/intelligence apparatus can increase the risk of violent behavior back home, and US policy shows hypocrisy by pardoning allies and labeling convenient enemies while ignoring root causes.
  3. Public radicalization and moral double standards are widespread — examples include celebration of extremist leaders and calls to 'deradicalize' victims instead of aggressors — and generative AI is simultaneously destroying creative careers and making it harder to tell what’s real online.

March 7, 2026

Letters from an American • 31 implied HN points • 08 Mar 26
🇺🇸 U.S. Politics Latin America
  1. The president’s public demand for Iran’s “unconditional surrender” and shifting goals show chaotic decision-making with little planning for the aftermath, escalating violence and risking wider regional conflict and global disruption.
  2. The administration is pushing military-style interventions in the Western Hemisphere—calling for an anti-cartel coalition, convening right-wing allies, and openly threatening Cuba—which signals expanded U.S. aggression beyond the Middle East.
  3. Lawmakers and reporters warn that the president’s actions often align with Russian interests, and concerns about ties linked to the Epstein files and reports of Russia aiding Iran raise serious national security and motive questions.

María Corina Machado: The Nobel Prize Speech I Couldn’t Give in Person

Common Sense with Bari Weiss • 918 implied HN points • 10 Dec 25
🌐 International Latin America
  1. MarĂ­a Corina Machado was awarded the 2025 Nobel Peace Prize but could not attend in person because she had been hiding for months and it was too dangerous to leave Venezuela.
  2. Her daughter accepted the prize for her and announced that Machado had secretly left the country and was expected to arrive in Oslo soon.
  3. The prize and her announced departure happened amid rising international pressure on Nicolás Maduro’s government, including a recent U.S. seizure of a sanctioned oil tanker.

Spoils of War?

Doomberg • 382 implied HN points • 07 Jan 26
🌍 World Politics Latin America
  1. A Pro Tier presentation called "Spoils of War? The Oil & Gas Potential of Venezuela" focuses on Venezuela's oil and gas resources and stresses their strategic importance, noting the timing is relevant because of recent events there.
  2. Venezuela's role in Trump's agenda has been highlighted as important, with attention to that connection going back to before his inauguration.
  3. The detailed analysis is behind a paywall and available only to Pro subscribers, requiring an upgrade or sign-in to access the full presentation.

This Week in American History: Venezuela, Then and Now

Common Sense with Bari Weiss • 282 implied HN points • 14 Jan 26
💾 History Latin America
  1. The Roosevelt Corollary said that if European powers threatened intervention in Latin America, the United States would sometimes step in itself to prevent it.
  2. In 1902–03 Britain and Germany blockaded Venezuela to collect debts, and Americans feared the Europeans might seize territory, which would have broken the Monroe Doctrine.
  3. Roosevelt’s response reshaped U.S. policy toward the hemisphere and still echoes in modern arguments for American intervention, sometimes referred to as the "Donroe Doctrine".

Entirely irrelevant Eurotards assure the world they are "closely monitoring the situation" after the U.S. strikes Venezuela and captures President NicolĂĄs Maduro

eugyppius: a plague chronicle • 349 implied HN points • 03 Jan 26
🌍 World Politics Latin America
  1. The United States launched airstrikes in Venezuela and captured President NicolĂĄs Maduro and his wife, who were taken aboard the USS Iwo Jima to the U.S. to face criminal charges. The U.S. administration said it intends to run Venezuela, at least temporarily.
  2. The European Union publicly said it is closely monitoring the situation, called for a peaceful transition and respect for international law, and stressed the safety of EU citizens in Venezuela.
  3. The EU response was portrayed as late, symbolic, and hypocritical by critics who see it as insufficient given the scale of the U.S. action and the EU's prior positions on military aggression.

Misreading the Room

Doomberg • 6365 implied HN points • 20 Jan 25
🌍 World Politics Latin America
  1. Venezuela used to be one of the world's top oil producers but has seen its production decline by over 80% due to mismanagement and political issues. This has made the country really poor compared to its past.
  2. Maduro, the current president, has taken provocative actions as his power weakens, including making bold statements about 'liberating' Puerto Rico with military help.
  3. Venezuela has huge oil reserves and could be an important energy supply for the U.S., creating a potential interest in the country from U.S. leaders.

Trump kidnaps Venezuela’s president to steal the country's oil

Aaron Mate • 317 implied HN points • 04 Jan 26
🌍 World Politics Latin America
  1. The U.S. carried out a military attack that kidnapped Venezuela’s president and reportedly killed at least 80 people.
  2. Trump framed the operation as a new “Donroe Doctrine,” openly asserting renewed American dominance in the Western Hemisphere.
  3. The apparent goal was to seize Venezuela’s vast oil reserves for U.S. oil interests, and the operation was compared to Mafia-style theft using violence and intimidation.

The US Is Attempting Regime Change In Venezuela

Phillips’s Newsletter • 320 implied HN points • 03 Jan 26
🌍 World Politics Latin America
  1. The U.S. appears to be conducting a military operation aimed at ousting Maduro, with air strikes and possible special forces reported in and around Caracas.
  2. Cuba is a key backer of Maduro through thousands of operatives and relies on Venezuelan oil, so removing Cuban influence will be central to any successful regime change.
  3. Getting rid of Maduro may be the easiest part; who replaces him matters most, and a stable democratic outcome will depend on Venezuelan participation, the military, and regional cooperation rather than outside control.

Crude Ideology

Unpopular Front • 189 implied HN points • 04 Jan 26
🌍 World Politics Latin America
  1. U.S. action in Venezuela reflects a crude, openly materialist imperialism where control over oil and power is presented as the motive instead of the old democracy pretense.
  2. The oil industry doesn’t present a unified push for intervention: big firms fear huge costly investments while smaller investors and refiners see opportunities, so economic interests are fractured and messy.
  3. Domestic factional politics and the desire for spectacle — from neocons to immigration hardliners — helped drive the move, raising the risk that political needs will produce more risky foreign adventures.

The Narco-Trafficking Elite Set to Run Venezuela (w/ Maureen Tkacik) | The Chris Hedges Report

The Chris Hedges Report • 186 implied HN points • 08 Jan 26
🇺🇸 U.S. Politics Latin America
  1. There is a long history of U.S. intelligence and anti‑communist exile networks becoming entwined with drug trafficking in Latin America, which helped build enduring narco infrastructures.
  2. Key U.S. political figures and Miami exile networks have personal and political ties to narco‑linked actors, yet they promote militarized policies and back leaders accused of trafficking.
  3. The drug war is often used as a pretext for geopolitical and economic aims, protecting allies who serve those aims while selectively targeting rivals, and some high‑profile indictments (like Venezuela’s) rest on weaker evidence than prosecutions of other traffickers.

How Trump’s Boat Strikes Could Lead to Full-Scale War

Common Sense with Bari Weiss • 338 implied HN points • 09 Dec 25
🇺🇸 U.S. Politics Latin America
  1. If you threaten to topple a dictator, you better not be bluffing. Military threats can quickly escalate into full-scale war.
  2. Venezuela under Maduro faces sanctions, economic collapse, repression, and Cuban-backed militia support. Still, back-channel talks suggest he might accept stepping down in exchange for immunity.
  3. The U.S. sending military assets near Venezuela mirrors the lead-up to the 1989 Panama invasion. That posture raises the real risk that boat strikes or other actions could trigger direct intervention.

Can You Do Regime Change Without Changing A Regime?

Phillips’s Newsletter • 179 implied HN points • 06 Jan 26
🌍 World Politics Latin America
  1. The US operation ousted Maduro but left the regime's military, political, and foreign backers largely intact, so power simply shifted to figures like Delcy RodrĂ­guez or Diosdado Cabello.
  2. Because a genuine opposition leader wasn't installed, American influence in Venezuela has weakened and the remaining options—full invasion or more leader abductions—are costly and politically unpalatable.
  3. The drug‑trafficking rationale looks like a pretext while strategic goals (like oil) seem central, highlighting a recurring US overconfidence in its ability to remake foreign regimes and a misunderstanding of doctrines like the Monroe Doctrine.

To Catch a President

Taipology • 124 implied HN points • 04 Jan 26
🌍 World Politics Latin America
  1. The US carried out a rapid, low-casualty removal of Maduro that looked like a polished PR victory and may have relied on deals or a military stand-down rather than heavy fighting.
  2. This action signals a push to reassert US dominance in Latin America — aiming to secure influence, resources, and compliant governments while European actors largely appeased it.
  3. China is unlikely to directly intervene over Venezuela, and the episode won’t by itself reshape BRICS or Taiwan policy; the bigger contest will be economic and strategic control of supply chains and resources, with Venezuela’s political future still uncertain.

Exposed: US DEA used criminals to spy on, destabilize Venezuela, Mexico, Bolivia

Geopolitical Economy Report • 956 implied HN points • 06 Feb 24
🌍 World Politics Latin America
  1. The US DEA used criminals to spy on and destabilize left-wing governments in Venezuela, Mexico, and Bolivia.
  2. Undercover operatives were sent into Venezuela by the DEA to build drug-trafficking cases against the country's leadership.
  3. DEA meddling targeted leaders like Maduro, Morales, and LĂłpez Obrador, collaborating with known criminals and engaging in sting operations.

La Elite Narcotraficante EstĂĄ Lista Para Dirigir a Venezuela (con Moe Tkacik) | The Chris Hedges Report

The Chris Hedges Report • 53 implied HN points • 14 Jan 26
🇺🇸 U.S. Politics Latin America
  1. U.S. intelligence agencies and anti‑communist exile networks became deeply entangled with drug trafficking in Latin America, using narco‑operations to fund and advance covert geopolitical goals.
  2. Prominent politicians and allied leaders have praised or protected figures linked to the drug trade, showing a pattern where the drug war is enforced selectively to punish enemies and shield friends.
  3. The global war on drugs often functions more as a political and military tool than a public‑health response, producing dubious prosecutions, sanctions, and instability that harm ordinary people more than they stop drug flows.

World roundup: January 19 2024

Foreign Exchanges • 628 implied HN points • 20 Jan 24
🌍 World Politics Latin America
  1. Argentine rebel leader JosĂŠ de San MartĂ­n led his army across the Andes Mountains into Chile in 1817, marking a milestone in Latin American independence movement.
  2. Roselle in New Jersey was the first community to be lit entirely with electric lighting via overhead wires in 1883, designed by Thomas Edison.
  3. Israeli tensions surfaced as cabinet member Gadi Eizenkot prioritized hostage recovery and suggested a ceasefire deal with Hamas, contrasting with Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu's approach.