EU & NATO correspondent for @elperiodico Reporter at the @washingtonpost's Brussels bureau. 📺 Sometimes at @A3Noticias 🌈She/her 📩beatriz.rios@washpost.com

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Spanish football players spent years denouncing bad management and sexism in the women’s program but were largely ignored. After their World Cup win, an unwanted kiss, and a defiant speech, the world is watching. Will anything change? For @PostSports washingtonpost.com/sports/20…
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Three months later, this is my last @washingtonpost story — delayed because nearly everyone involved in it was laid off. I am very grateful to newsroom friends who made sure it published anyway, and to brave Roman Mongold and his family for their time. wapo.st/4cNY7Cm
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Tras 10 meses sin soluciones y con sueldos que no llegan a 1.000€, los trabajadores de la sección internacional de la oficina de Oriente Medio de @EFEnoticias nos hemos visto obligados a anunciar un parón indefinido informativo a partir del 18 de febrero. Ya no podemos más.
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Have been too shattered to write this but for the sake of clarity — I have also been laid off by the Post. I was one of the few journalists still working inside Russia. My last story went on the front page and featured rare testimonies from wounded soldiers criticizing the war.
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I’m heartbroken by the devastation at the Washington Post, but my 4.5 years there have been the highlight of my career. Wouldn’t take it back for a second. A quick 🧵:
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Along with so many talented colleagues, I was laid off by The Washington Post today. The Berlin bureau is closed. Reporting for The Post from Germany has been an absolute hono(u)r. I will miss you all. Herzlichen Dank an alle.
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Unfortunately the Washington Post has decided to eliminate its Berlin bureau and with it my job. It's been the honor and adventure of a lifetime to be Berlin bureau chief, even if just for 6 months. So many great journalists have lost their jobs today. It's a dark day.
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I have been laid off today from the @washingtonpost, along with most of the International staff and so many other wonderful colleagues. I’m heartbroken for our newsroom and especially for the peerless journalists who served the Post internationally — editors and correspondents who have been my friends and collaborators for almost 12 years. It’s been an honor to work with them. I launched the WorldView column in January 2017 to help readers better understand the world and America’s place in it and I’m grateful for the half a million loyal subscribers who tuned into the column several times a week over the years.
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I was just laid off by The Washington Post in the middle of a warzone. I have no words. I'm devastated.
Waking up without power, heat, or running water. (Again.) But the work here in Kyiv continues. Warming up in the car, writing in pencil — pen ink freezes — by headlamp. Despite how difficult this job can be, I am proud to be a foreign correspondent at The Washington Post.
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It’s been the honor of my life to serve as Washington Post bureau chief in Ukraine. ❤️‍🩹
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Many of my colleagues at The @washingtonpost got laid off today. So much talent wasted, so many stories that will never be told... It is a sombre day in journalism and for society as a whole.
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Laid off from the Washington Post, along with the entire roster of Middle East correspondents and our editors. Hard to understand the logic. But I am grateful for my incredible colleagues, whose grit and dedication to the reporting and each other I will miss dearly.
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The Washington Post is one of the most collaborative newsrooms I've ever worked in. It's what gives our work the depth and breadth for which The Post is known. Potentially eliminating hundreds of jobs stands to weaken our journalism and kneecap our public service. #SaveThePost
It takes all of us to make The Washington Post. Every section works together to create this authoritative, entertaining, worldwide news report. So, @JeffBezos: #SaveThePost.
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For nearly a century, @washingtonpost foreign correspondents have been on the frontlines of wars, pandemics, economic crises, civil uprisings and so much more. Washington needs us. The world needs us. If you read us and need us, please watch and share. @JeffBezos #SaveThePost
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Everyone agrees our newspaper can only be successful if we work together across teams. It’s not possible to cover America in 2026 without covering the world. @JeffBezos #SaveThePost
New: The Washington Post’s White House team, which is not considered at risk amid upcoming cuts at the paper, sent a letter to owner Jeff Bezos seeking to protect other sections of the paper including Metro, Arts, and Sports (letter was shared in WaPo union slack)
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Replying to @vanhoutenphoto
@vanhoutenphoto & I were reporting this week in villages in NW Nigeria attacked days before by an Islamic State affiliate the U.S. is targeting. Again & again, people told us they couldn’t believe we were there. It’s work we so desperately don’t want to stop. #SaveThePost
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In the expansion of the Post’s foreign coverage under @jeffbezos, I was hired as an editor and I’ve worked with nearly all of their foreign correspondents in my job to help their work shine. It would be a waste to scrap this brilliant network, one of the few left. #SaveThePost
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Some thoughts on the potential gutting of the @washingtonpost's international desk. @JeffBezos, #SaveThePost
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In just three months we went from covering Gaza to the pagers attack to a full blown war in Lebanon to the collapse of Assad regime to Christmas protests in Damascus. It was exhausting, but I’d do it all over again because it’s the job. #SaveThePost
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Emerging from mat leave to say that serving as a foreign correspondent for the @washingtonpost was the honor of a lifetime. Our reporters worldwide put their lives on the line to dig up what would otherwise stay buried. It's not a product. It's a public service. #SaveThePost
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As international correspondents and reporters for the @washingtonpost, we risk our safety to investigate authoritarian governments, report from gang-controlled towns and document evidence of stolen elections. This on-the-ground reporting is more critical than ever. #SaveThePost
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