Gisela Salim-Peyer

"This is Italy's Apollo project" For longer than anyone can remember, Italian governments have promised a bridge to Sicily and failed to build it. This story is about the beguilement of great infrastructure--and about power as an optical illusion: theatlantic.com/international/…

What Donald Trump wrought in Venezuela could have come from a Wall Street playbook, Gisela Salim-Peyer reports: theatlantic.com/ideas/2026/03/…

Finally had a reason to use my degree in econ! 🤓

very proud that if you look up example sentences for 'political prisoner' in Merriam-Webster, you get my words read more sentences on political prisoners here: theatlantic.com/international/…

Venezuelans once viewed oil as a source of wealth and pride—but now many have come to see it more as a curse, @giselasalimp and @nancyayoussef reported in January: theatlantic.com/international/…

The most important story I've written in a while:

Thank you so much for the wonderful pics @Adriaventuras

gift link: theatlantic.com/international/…

A month ago, Trump declared the US would run Venezuela. Today, 70% of known political prisoners locked up, suggesting that either American officials don’t have as much control over the regime as they claim—or that they do and haven’t cared enough to use it theatlantic.com/international/…

The Venezuelan government said on Jan 8 it would start releasing prisoners. Massiel Cordones (center) has been camping outside one of the jails ever since, waiting for the release of her son:

Cuando un norteamericano le pregunta a un venezolano “Where are you from?” Y éste responde “Venezuela”, al norteamericano le suena a “Minnesota”. A mí me pasa exactamente al revés: veo Minnesota y me suena a Venezuela.

Venezuelans once viewed oil as a source of wealth and pride—but now many have come to see it more as a curse, @giselasalimp and @nancyayoussef report: theatlantic.com/international/…

Venezuelans once viewed oil as a source of wealth and pride—but now many have come to see it more as a curse, @giselasalimp and @nancyayoussef report: theatlantic.com/international/…

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Spectators jeered at Nicolás Maduro as he left his arraignment, “a liberty that—had they taken it in Venezuela just last week—would probably have landed them in prison, or worse,” @giselasalimp writes. She reports from the courtroom: theatlantic.com/international/…

will one day tell my grandkids that I saw Maduro in court: theatlantic.com/international/…

Such a great piece: The Venezuelan Opposition’s Desperate Gamble. The activists who courted U.S. intervention are now being sidelined. by @giselasalimp theatlantic.com/international/…

@RafaelaJinich Gracias por tu ayuda indispensable!

Gustavo Petro seems to think that he’s better off being the American president’s victim than his friend, @giselasalimp writes. Read her reporting here: theatlantic.com/international/…

Colombia's president seems to enjoy provoking Trump, @giselasalimp argues. But their spat is straining an alliance on which much of Colombia's economy and America's anti-drug efforts depend: theatlantic.com/international/…