Rediscovering Latin America through Journalism
Throughout my life, my exposure to the diverse realities of the American continent has been marked by my growing up in a small town in southern Uruguay, and by the many books that…
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Theme: Journalism
Active Free Media is More Important than ever in Brazil
In Brazil, my home country, President Jair Bolsonaro has been at continuous war with the media, denouncing any unfriendly press coverage as “fake news.” To my surprise, I recently…
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The Brazilian Military’s Role in Public Security
On Sunday April 7, 2019, a 46-year-old private security guard and musician by the name of Evaldo Rosa dos Santos was driving his wife Luciana, seven-year-old son Davi…
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Surviving Mexico
Mexico is by far the most dangerous country for journalists to work in the Americas, and routinely hovers near the top of the world’s most dangerous, competing with countries like Iraq which are active war zones. Since 2000, 145 journalists have been killed in Mexico for…
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Julia Gavarrete: The face of a new era of journalists in El Salvador
Fast-talking with kinky black hair, Gavarrete has an eye for stories that take a hard look at gender, machismo and politics in Central America. When my professor gave us the assignment of
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