RE: The Latin American Report # 218 (Lula vs. Elon Musk: Round 1)
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I agree with your perspective regarding the information environment in Brazil, which as we know is not a Brazilian discussion but a world one. I disagree, for example, with the decisions of Facebook or Twitter to remove---according to their subjective and flawed assessments---certain profiles such as that of Trump himself. What I promote is the free exposure of ideas, but I also think about how many actors deliberately vitiate the information market. The false runs faster than fact-checking. Shouldn't there be some way to "protect" the "vulnerable" people from receiving and uncritically assimilating that information? I don't buy definitive answers yet in this issue.
The correction you make about the alleged "unprecedented" nature of the Noboa police raid on the embassy is correct. It was an error in the translation that I was unable to identify. I try to polish as much as I can the final version, but I still start from a base of the report written in my native language. As for the battle for Bolivian lithium, regardless of who orchestrated the coup against Morales, it has turned out that the government of Luis Arce has opened the doors to Russian and Chinese capitals. Thanks again for bringing sound context and judgments and taking the discussion to a better level.
There should be, but there isn't. It remains to us to confer amongst ourselves and make our best judgment regarding fake news, which is, as you point out, far too much of the information we are supplied. I suspect that in an open market, folks that consistently report factually, and quickly amend their reports when they're wrong, will strongly dominate the market - which is why states wouldn't dream of allowing it.
Capital has a way of opening doors, no matter who unlocks them.