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José R. Rivera

Turbulence, coming still

Coming up to four weeks, the Hamas-Israel war is exacting a catastrophic toll. If there ever was a “no turning back” point in…

2 min readNov 3, 2023

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Turbulence, coming still

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José R. Rivera

Irán y el Talibán: enfrentamientos

Disputa sobre el acceso a los recursos acuíferos

4 min readMay 28, 2023

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Irán y el Talibán: enfrentamientos

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José R. Rivera

Navegando los titulares

Pakistán (Atentado en Peshawar)

5 min readFeb 1, 2023

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Navegando los titulares

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José R. Rivera

Descent into the absurd

Marjorie Taylor Greene will serve in the House Homeland Security Committee. The kook, the QAnon conspiracist, a seditious enabler.

1 min readJan 18, 2023

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Descent into the absurd

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José R. Rivera

Rishi Sunak: La calma después… ¿o el ojo de la tormenta?

Rishi Sunak ya es primer ministro del Reino Unido de Gran Bretaña e Irlanda del Norte. Instalado en Downing Street, el efecto de los…

2 min readOct 25, 2022

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Rishi Sunak: La calma después… ¿o el ojo de la tormenta?

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José R. Rivera

World Politics: Touring Notifications

These are some of the stories hovering around the screens notifications in my phone. I should get rid of them, but they might say something…

3 min readOct 23, 2022

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World Politics: Touring Notifications

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José R. Rivera

Reino Unido: El Anticipo de la Tormenta

Escribí este párrafo — abajo citado — en un artículo inconcluso en mayo de 2017. No es una premonición, pero anticipaba en efecto…

2 min readSep 14, 2022

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Reino Unido: El Anticipo de la Tormenta

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José R. Rivera

Fearing the worst

Perhaps I'm exaggerating and Twitter will be fine in his hands. But amid all of the speculation, it’s hard to gauge what impact –if any–…

1 min readMay 1, 2022

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José R. Rivera

A nefarious acquittal…

As expected as it was, Trump's acquittal via a minority of Republican senators on 13 February 2021, still leaves a bad taste in our mouths…

5 min readMay 1, 2022

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José R. Rivera

Can’t edit in Medium from my phone? WTF!?

Such an unpleasant surprise finding out that I can’t write and publish in this platform from my iOS apps. What did Medium call it? Ah yes…

2 min readMay 1, 2022

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José R. Rivera

José R. Rivera

I'm a public intellectual, columnist and content creator. I also dabble in teaching social, human, general, & international studies at an amazing Catholic Uni.

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