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

New York
Joined March 2009
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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