CURRENT AFFAIRS
Aside from my work as film critic, I have written extensively on current affairs, politics, and society.
While in Colombia, I reported on the peace treaty between the government and the FARC guerrillas for several international news outlets, before joining InSight Crime, a leading research centre on organised crime across Latin America, where I served as journalist and researcher.
OpenDemocracy
Colombia's peace requires the disarmament of gender fear
Colombia: the year of peace?
Italy's two-front war against xenophobia and sexism
Italy's inconvenient women: in praise of Laura Boldrini and Cecile Kyenge
The New Internationalist
Colombia's two faces
Colombia's farewell to arms
Colombia's peace requires disarming manhood, not just men
Peace needs truth, not punishment
FARC's new truce, Colombia's old challenges
InSight Crime
Peru-US gold case shows how importer shifted gears
Unauthorized migration is worth billions for LatAm organized crime
Should Mexico follow Colombia's example in combating fuel theft?
Latest jailbreak points to weakness of Mexico's prison system
Contraband cost Brazil a staggering $41 billion in 2016: watchdog
Brazil's PCC is recruiting FARC dissidents: Colombia defense minister
New database aims to increase transparency of US security aid to LatAm
Multi-ton seizures point to return of massive cocaine shipments
MS13 arrest sheds light on gang's finances
Increase in killings by Jamaica police raises questions
Homicides down in El Salvador, but govt measures not the only reason
Killings by police in Rio de Janeiro highlight training, oversight flaws
Bribe scandal implicating Brazil President spotlights deep-seated corruption
How will end to "wet foot, dry foot" policy affect human smugglers?
Corruption, lack of capacity drive illegal logging in Peru: report
Guatemala demilitarization plan bucks regional trend
Peru authorities struggle to combat illegal mining as deforestation continues
Less than half of FARC soldiers are in concentration zones: official
Tensions rise over dissident MS13 faction in El Salvador
Honduras crime group used natural disaster to launder money
Planned cuts to US foreign aid could harm security in LatAm
Former Pablo Escobar associate killed in Medellín, Colombia
Aside from my work as film critic, I have written extensively on current affairs, politics, and society.
While in Colombia, I reported on the peace treaty between the government and the FARC guerrillas for several international news outlets, before joining InSight Crime, a leading research centre on organised crime across Latin America, where I served as journalist and researcher.
OpenDemocracy
Colombia's peace requires the disarmament of gender fear
Colombia: the year of peace?
Italy's two-front war against xenophobia and sexism
Italy's inconvenient women: in praise of Laura Boldrini and Cecile Kyenge
The New Internationalist
Colombia's two faces
Colombia's farewell to arms
Colombia's peace requires disarming manhood, not just men
Peace needs truth, not punishment
FARC's new truce, Colombia's old challenges
InSight Crime
Peru-US gold case shows how importer shifted gears
Unauthorized migration is worth billions for LatAm organized crime
Should Mexico follow Colombia's example in combating fuel theft?
Latest jailbreak points to weakness of Mexico's prison system
Contraband cost Brazil a staggering $41 billion in 2016: watchdog
Brazil's PCC is recruiting FARC dissidents: Colombia defense minister
New database aims to increase transparency of US security aid to LatAm
Multi-ton seizures point to return of massive cocaine shipments
MS13 arrest sheds light on gang's finances
Increase in killings by Jamaica police raises questions
Homicides down in El Salvador, but govt measures not the only reason
Killings by police in Rio de Janeiro highlight training, oversight flaws
Bribe scandal implicating Brazil President spotlights deep-seated corruption
How will end to "wet foot, dry foot" policy affect human smugglers?
Corruption, lack of capacity drive illegal logging in Peru: report
Guatemala demilitarization plan bucks regional trend
Peru authorities struggle to combat illegal mining as deforestation continues
Less than half of FARC soldiers are in concentration zones: official
Tensions rise over dissident MS13 faction in El Salvador
Honduras crime group used natural disaster to launder money
Planned cuts to US foreign aid could harm security in LatAm
Former Pablo Escobar associate killed in Medellín, Colombia