World Politics Review
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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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I’m a freelance journalist. I've reported from Europe, South America and North Africa, and my work has been published by the BBC, The Economist, the Financial Times and The Guardian. …
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May El Habachi
I'm a freelance writer with over 15 years' experience focusing on entrepreneurship, business and development in the Middle East. My work has appeared in international publications, including Forbes, Newsweek, MIT …
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Juliette Bretan
Juliette Bretan is a PhD candidate in English at the University of Cambridge.In her freelance work, she has written regularly for Notes from Poland and Culture.pl, and been published in …
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A Colombian Drug Lord’s Victims Protest His Extradition to the U.S.
Victims argue that the paramilitary leader should face justice in Colombia before being extradited to the U. S. on drug charges.
The Middle East Looks to Innovate Its Way Out of a Water Crisis
Water, an essential resource to sustain human life, not to mention agriculture and many other economic activities, has long been in short supply across the Middle East—the driest region in the world. But now, population growth, rapid urbanization, economic development and climate change are putting new pressure on the water …
Egypt’s #MeToo Activists See Progress, but ‘the Road Ahead Is Long’
CAIRO—With hundreds of women flooding social media in recent months with accusations of sexual harassment and assault, a growing #MeToo movement is taking Egypt by storm. Their online testimonials have garnered massive public support and prompted reforms to the country’s sexual harassment laws, like granting anonymity to victims and witnesses …
In Poland, Anti-LGBT Sentiment Is Isolating Its Small Towns
A thousand miles separate the quaint French commune of Saint-Jean-de-Braye, in the central Loiret region, from the rural Polish town of Tuchow, east of Krakow. But for 20 years, they could have easily been next-door neighbors.
Will Colombia’s Duque Be the Next to Stumble Over Mass Protests?
Demonstrators have taken to the streets over the past three weeks in a series of massive antigovernment rallies in Colombia, making it the latest Latin American country to be convulsed by protests. While the ongoing unrest has not yet reached the scale of other recent crises elsewhere in the region, …
Guatemala’s Assault on an Anti-Corruption Commission Evokes the Country’s Dark Past
For many Guatemalans, the government's recent actions hark back to the country's 36-year armed conflict that ended just 22 years ago.
Will Duque Maintain Santos’ Other Legacy in Colombia—the Economic Recovery?
A day before Nicolas Maduro accused Juan Manuel Santos and the “Bogota oligarchy” of orchestrating an audacious attempt on his life with explosive-equipped drones earlier this month, Colombia’s outgoing president reminded his Venezuelan counterpart of the reality that divides their two nations. “Eight years ago we agreed with Chavez and …
Doctors Take a Leading Role in Protests to End 50 Years of Family Rule in Togo
A pediatric inpatient ward in the Sylvanus Olimpio University Teaching Hospital of Lome, the capital of Togo, sat vacant for much of February. The water had stopped running, and staff were short several supplies: a pair of scissors, a rolling cart, a blood pressure cuff to fit children’s arms.
Colombia’s Presidential Election Is Turning the Page on the FARC Peace Deal
In the first round of Colombia’s presidential election on May 27, Gustavo Petro, the ex-mayor of Bogota, won 25 percent of the votes cast, setting the stage for him to face off against Ivan Duque, a senator and former official of the Inter-American Development Bank who secured 39 percent. Their …
The Odebrecht Corruption Scandal Is Already Shaking Up Colombia’s Presidential Vote
BOGOTA, Colombia—It was one of the biggest corporate corruption scandals in history, and its web of connections still hasn’t been fully untangled across Latin America. Having paid out hundreds of millions of dollars in political bribes in order to secure lucrative contracts at home and abroad, the Brazilian construction giant …