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Senior editor covering international news at @CNN. Formerly @Time, @Reuters.

New York
Joined March 2009
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95% of Olympic competition is about who has the money to invest in their athletes. Every poor country winning a medal is an incredible triumph against the odds.
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India had been losing its democracy slowly. Now its happening all at once. This is a classic move in the elected autocrat playbook: use a pliant justice system to make your most powerful opponents ineligible to run against you. nytimes.com/2023/03/24/world…
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“In Mexico the lives of foreigners are worth more than the Mexicans themselves,” one person posted Four Americans kidnapped in Mexico were found in days- more than 100,000 people in the country are still missing Important story from ⁦@tarajohn⁩ : cnn.com/2023/03/09/americas/…
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The four Americans kidnapped in Mexico were found in days. But for families of the more than 100,000 disappeared, they can only "hope to have such a prompt response from Mexican officials to their reports of loved ones that go missing," @meyermc told me. edition.cnn.com/2023/03/09/a…
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“He has three advisers. Ivan the Terrible. Peter the Great. And Catherine the Great.” On the imperial hubris and intelligence failures that led Putin into Ukraine – and his determination to see the invasion through. with @felschwartz and @ChristopherJM ft.com/content/80002564-33e8…
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The Yanomami people lived in harmony with nature. Invaders turned their lives into a fight for survival. #Brazil @tarajohn @jor_pedroso #Yanomami cnn.com/2023/02/11/americas/…
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The Yanomami people lived in harmony with nature. Invaders turned their lives into a fight for survival. #politics #brazil #EnvironmentalJustice #indigenous #BrazilianPolitics cnn.com/2023/02/11/americas/… by @tarajohn @jor_pedroso via @CNN
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Disease and malnutrition have torn through Brazil’s Yanomami people -- children are dying at a disproportionate rate. It’s a crisis that lays at the feet of illegal miners and is the latest test for Lula, who has made environmental protection a priority cnn.com/2023/02/11/americas/…
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The Yanomami people lived in harmony with nature. Invaders turned their lives into a fight for survival. Latest with @jor_pedroso and insights from @Survival cnn.com/2023/02/11/americas/…
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We spoke to eyewitnesses and victims’ family members in Gaziantep. Here are their stories of strength and compassion: cnn.com/2023/02/07/europe/tu…
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Peru’s embattled president could have eased the crisis. What happened? @tarajohn @cnni #Peru #DinaBoluarte edition.cnn.com/2023/01/27/a… – at Roswell, GA
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Peru’s embattled president, Dina Boluarte, could have eased the crisis. What happened? With comments from @jomaburt and @Alonso_GD edition.cnn.com/2023/01/27/a…
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NEW: US & European officials suspect Russian intelligence directed an ethno-nationalist group to mail bombs in Spain to leaders there and US & Ukrainian diplomats. Testing terrorism tactics for potential war escalation? w/ @julianbarnes @EricSchmittNYT. nytimes.com/2023/01/22/us/po…
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At least 53 people have been killed since Peru's protests began, with the victims "overwhelmingly indigenous people from rural Peru,” @jomaburt tells me. Read our latest with @crebazacnn @__JackGuy @mialberti edition.cnn.com/2023/01/19/a…
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#Peru braces for protests as thousands of police officers prepare to guard the heart of the capital with @__JackGuy and @tarajohn cnn.com/2023/01/19/americas/…
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‘Command your troops, damn it!’ How a series of security failures opened a path to insurrection in Brazil - w/ @GianlucaMezzo @katie_polglase @tarajohn and more. Featuring an extra super long map of #brasilia edition.cnn.com/2023/01/14/a… ⁩
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A CNN internacional (@cnni) em reportagem sensacional de @tarajohn, @katie_polglase e @jor_pedroso, repercute e analisa a respeito das falhas de segurança na insurreição em Brasília e também a respeito dos vídeos indicando complacência das forças de segurança. "A CNN analisou +
How did so many far right Bolsonaro supporters enter Brazil’s seats of power with practically no resistance? We explore the many security failures that cleared the pathway to insurrection. With some insights by @MichelePradoBa cnn.com/2023/01/14/americas/…
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