Clik here to view.
Good News, Bad News in Cartagena
There’s a good side and a bad side to being at the World Economic Forum on Latin America. I am here in Cartagena working for the forum as a summary writer. I write up short reports about the roundtable...
View ArticleClik here to view.
Damn, Damn, and Major Dam
I’ve been busy working on a whole load of small stuff over the last 10 days and haven’t had much time to post anything. I went to the Brazilian Steel Congress, which was fascinating in it’s own way,...
View ArticleClik here to view.
How Not to Run a PR Operation, Brazilian Style
You always know how busy or important a minister is by his willingness to take your calls. (Unless you are The New York Times or The Economist, or one of the other top publications, as I referred to in...
View ArticleClik here to view.
P-P-Pick Up a Penguin. A Dead One. In Brazil.
If someone told me 10 years ago that I would write several stories about the penguins who make their way to Brazil’s beaches every year, I’d have said they were mad. Penguins and Brazil go together...
View ArticleClik here to view.
Amazon Deforestation Hits Record Low
Back to work after a couple of weeks holiday in Chile and my return was made more welcome thanks to today’s good news for the Amazon and for Brazil’s environmentalists. Data released today shows...
View ArticleClik here to view.
Twenty Years of Disasters and the Rain Keeps Falling
Having lived and reported in Latin America for 20 years, I’ve done my fair share of disaster reporting. When I worked in Mexico and Haiti it felt like every week I was counting bodies, either from...
View ArticleClik here to view.
Brazil Finds Exploding Zombie Ants. Seriously.
Here’s an incredible story from the Amazon about zombie ants whose bodies are taken over by a fungus that forces them to attach themselves to certain leaves before the fungus comes exploding out their...
View ArticleClik here to view.
One Law For The Rich….
I usually use this blog to plug my own stories but I am making an exception today for this brilliant piece of reporting about how rich Brazilians are destroying the environment to build themselves...
View ArticleClik here to view.
FIFA Chooses Armadillo as 2014 Mascot
Brazil has chosen a three-banded armadillo as its mascot for the 2014 World Cup. The Tolypeutes tricinctus has a blue shell and is indigenous to the Caatinga scrub region of northeastern Brazil. The...
View ArticleClik here to view.
World Cup Means Corruption, Incompetence and Waste; but Unforgettable Beauty,...
Lots of people ask me whether I think the World Cup will be a success and I usually answer in two parts. Yes, it will be great for a month and the people who come here will have a fantastic time. But...
View Article
