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Luke Taylor
Journalist reporting on conflict, rights and the environment in Latin America from Bogotá, Colombia - mostly for The Guardian. Also covers global health for the British Medical Journal and life …
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Annalies Winny
Freelance journalist based between Baltimore, MD, New York City and Monrovia, Liberia, covering the impact of development and public policy on citizens, from industrial fishing in West Africa to England’s …
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Sophie Elmhirst
Sophie Elmhirst writes regularly for the Guardian Long Read, among others. In 2020, she won the British Press Award for Feature Writer of the Year and a Foreign Press Award. …
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Matthieu Favas
With roots in the wine industry, I now lead the commodities coverage at The Economist, having previously covered banking, crypto, fintech and private equity (among other topics). I also write …
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A dangerous divorcée
If it comes to a stand-off, Europe has leverage over America (with Shashank Joshi and Christian Odendahl)
The wealth whisperers who save super-rich families from themselves
Marlene Engelhorn first understood that her family was wealthy when she noticed quite how much larger their house was than those of her childhood friends. “We called it a big house,” she told me. “But it’s a mansion for crying out loud. Call it what it is.” Growing up, her …
Colombia’s president had a bold peace plan.
Anthony Colmenares would grab some nappies for his newborn and be home soon, he told his mother in San Cristóbal, a city in Venezuela. That was on July 17th 2019. He did not return. “We started calling, calling, calling,” his mother, Zenaida Basto, recalls tearfully. No reply.
Javier Milei: “My contempt for the state is infinite”
Many people in America hope that the new Trump administration will take an axe to a bloated and overbearing government, cutting spending and rolling back regulation. Whether this goal is even plausible any more is a crucial question for America and the world, after two decades in which government debt …