susana ferreira
writer. longing across atlantics.
past work in wired, the believer, cjr, the guardian, cbc, pri, time, reuters, wsj, etc. freelancing temporarily on pause while i unravel some things then braid them back together.
- Reposted by susana ferreirare: efforts to protect Haitians in Springfield as ICE threats worsen: “The demographic ...is changing, more and more everyday people that wouldn’t normally be involved in this type of stuff are concerned and feel morally obligated to do something.” ohiocapitaljournal.com/2026/01/30/f...
- power to the purple
- Wish I could be there. I find myself returning to Amílcar Cabral's writings on/ the PAIGC's approaches to education again and again recently. Sonia Vaz Borges has produced such valuable work on this.
- Among other things, was reminded today that the year* following the 2010 earthquake Canada began hosting joint training exercises with US + British military simulating the invasion of Haiti. Port-au-Prince was still choked with rubble, promised aid undelivered, and they drilled occupation scenarios.
- seethe post delete repeat
- "President Maduro and his wife have been flown out of the country" makes it sounds like they were whisked away on holiday. They were kidnapped.
- The U.S. carried out a “large scale strike” against Venezuela early this morning, capturing leader Nicolás Maduro and flying him out of the country, U.S. President Donald Trump said. #[politi.co/49jjQit
- Carel Pedre is in ICE custody, apparently being held at the brutal Everglades detention camp. M sezi. haitiantimes.com/2025/12/26/c...
- "What coup d'etat? There's no coup d'etat in Guiné-Bissau, the president simply invented that coup because he realized that he didn't have a chance of winning the election."
- I admire Nick Hune-Brown's tenacity as an editor. This is a despairing, compassionate, and very worthy read.
- A suspicious pitch from a freelancer led editor @nickhunebrown.bsky.social to investigate their past work. In the end, four publications, including The Guardian and Dwell, removed articles from their sites. thelocal.to/investigatin...
- A little joy for your timeline. The Haitian national team beat Nicaragua 2-0 - and this is the moment they found out they're going to the World Cup! First time since 1974! Grenadye Alasooooooooo
- "Here," he said, "nothing is too precious for you."
- Breath left my chest when Madeleine Thien called Muhammed Al-Zaqzouq into the room during her Alchemy Lecture: www.youtube.com/live/EqpHaaS...
- two-twos you say?
- posting for my Cito Gaston-era childhood self, the version of me that stole my brother's '93 championship cap with the suede brim even though it looked goofy oversized
- oh no the algorithm thinks i actually care about bezbòl
- there are an infinite number of Trey Richards screenshot reactions for this world series, i would appreciate a reason to pull a more boisterous one please
- "I didn’t understand why he would ask that. It seemed evident to me that 'open air prison' was not a metaphor." Ismail Ibrahim on fact-checking Palestinian genocide at the New Yorker: bidoun.org/articles/hou...
- "Many of the Haitians who settled in Springfield had good lives in Haiti before violence forced them to leave, Aimé said. They’d... worked hard and well at jobs locals wouldn’t take, and helped revitalize the local economy. 'They’re not gonna let people treat them anyhow.’” @bhatiap.bsky.social
Haitian migrants brought Springfield, Ohio back to life. Then came the Trump team with its xenophobic lies. In our new issue, @bhatiap.bsky.social demonstrates what happens to the city—and people—on the path of a culture war.
- i still think about james foley all the time. all the time.
- "Anas and his colleagues were among the last remaining voices from within Gaza, providing the world with unfiltered, on-the-ground coverage of the devastating realities endured by its people….[and] experiencing the hunger and suffering they documented through their lenses." Nauseous over this.
- Reposted by susana ferreira"The first time my three-and-a-half-year-old son, Rafik, asked me 'Are we going to die today?' was in December of 2023, roughly two months after the war began." A gripping account by @mohamhawish.bsky.social on the toll of war on Gaza's children in @newyorker.com www.newyorker.com/news/the-led...
- Are CBC journalists allowed to say Palestine on air yet.
- Gostaria de saber se "a maior recriação histórica medieval da Europa," em homenagem a D. Afonso V, vai mencionar que a invenção e o desenvolvimento do comércio criminoso da escravatura atlântica ocorreu sob o seu reinado. Os restos mortais de 158 Africanos encontrados em Lagos datam da sua época.
- Active and retired members of Portugal's Armed Forces led exercises and gave weapons training to members of several neo-Nazi groups (1143, NOS, MAL) in preparation "for a civil war scenario." #Portugal
- Hotel Oloffson is gone. The iconic Port-au-Prince gingerbread was set alight and burned to ash last night. #Haiti
- The Oloffson wasn't just a Graham Greene backdrop. It was an incredible art space, a queer space, a space of worship, a space of refuge, a space of gossip, a space of protest, a rare space where multiple worlds intersected and sweat and danced and drank rum together. It was purposefully destroyed.
- There are others that show the lush grounds, gazebo, and main building better, but this is my absolute favourite RAM video shot at the Oloffson. What a loss. youtu.be/qCVkrItT5ws?...
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View full threadLet me be more precise with my language because "gang" and "militia" are too muddy. I've seen some Haitian press call Viv Ansanm a "criminal coalition." Others, "bandes criminelles." The armed neighbourhood groups (supported by residents, donations) are commonly called auto-defense brigades.
- The US wasn’t “prompted” to invade Haiti and install a brutal military occupation so much as it actively planned for it, helping create conditions to make invasion seem necessary. The Farnham Plan (named for a VP of now-Citibank) to occupy Haiti was already in place when President Sam was lynched.
- Reposted by susana ferreira🆕 NEW INVESTIGATION — HAITI 🇭🇹 Today, Forbidden Stories publishes a series of investigations exposing the predators in power behind Haiti’s collapse. @Ayibopost 1/5
- "Stipulations in the bill to increase information sharing between law enforcement agencies also means U.S. authorities could use the rule changes to find out whether an American has accessed private Canadian health facilities to obtain an abortion, for example."
- “It would allow the RCMP and CSIS to make information demands from internet providers, banks, doctors, landlords and even therapists, without judicial oversight…. This is not about border security. It is about government overreach and Big Brother tactics, plain and simple.”
- Six members (so far) arrested of a Portuguese neo-nazi militia, plus seized explosives, 3D-printed guns, Hitler texts, and plans to storm parliament. The apparent militia leader, a Lisbon police chief, shot and killed 18-yr-old Flávio Rentim (unarmed, running away) in 2012. He was never disciplined.
- Mais três agentes das forças de segurança estarão envolvidos em milícia neonazi www.publico.pt/2025/06/19/s...
- He was apparently punched with brass knuckles/rings by a young member of Blood & Honour, a designated and sanctioned terror group in other countries. In Portugal, meanwhile, the 2024 Annual Internal Security Report released in April erased all mention of neo-nazis from its final version.
- Neo-Nazis attack actors in Lisbon, marring Portugal Day celebrations reut.rs/45kMrn8
- The person who allegedly attacked the actor on Tuesday’s national holiday – in the company of members of white supremacist groups Reconquista and Blood & Honour – tells Público that he’s not a neo-nazi, he just likes getting drunk with them on special occasions publico.pt/s/PuACAA
