Tuesday, October 28, 2008

EU Involvement in DRC Mining Project Draws Protest

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ECONOMY: EU Involvement in DRC Mining Project Draws Protest By Michael Deibert Inter Press Service LONDON, Oct 28, 2008 (IPS) - The involvem...
Sunday, October 26, 2008

Sarah Palin's hometown paper endorses Barack Obama for president

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The Anchorage Daily News, the most widely read newspaper in the home state of Republican Vice Presidential nominee Sarah Palin, this weekend...
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Thursday, October 23, 2008

A long road to a brief encounter

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My good friend Ben Fountain, author of the excellent short story collection Brief Encounters With Che Guevara , is the subject of an interes...
Tuesday, October 21, 2008

Pennsylvania election know-how

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As unknowns kept entering my father's yard at night and stealing his Barack Obama campaign signs in the battleground state of Pennsylvan...
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Thursday, October 09, 2008

Garífunas Confront Their Own Decline

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Garífunas Confront Their Own Decline The Garífuna culture, a "masterpiece" of human heritage according to UNESCO, could disappear ...
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Thursday, October 02, 2008

Nicaragua’s poisonous political brew

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Nicaragua’s poisonous political brew By Michael Deibert (A slightly difference version of this article appeared in Portuguese in the Brazili...
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Friday, September 26, 2008

This is our moment

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Grand Street, Williamsburg, Brooklyn, New York, September 2008. (Photo by Benjamin Deibert)
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Tuesday, September 23, 2008

"Haiti Is Going From Catastrophe to Catastrophe"

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"Haiti Is Going From Catastrophe to Catastrophe" Michael Deibert interviews Chavannes Jean-Baptiste Inter Press Service NEW YOR...
Wednesday, September 17, 2008

Congo: Between Hope and Despair

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Congo: Between Hope and Despair By Michael Deibert (The following the complete text of my article on the situation in the Democratic Repub...
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Sunday, September 14, 2008

Distilling the ties between Bacardi and Cuba

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Posted on Sun, Sep. 14, 2008 Distilling the ties between Bacardi and Cuba By Michael Deibert The Miami Herald BACARDI...
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Monday, September 08, 2008

A good speech by Joe Biden that never made it onto television

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"When you lose your job, it's not just about your job, it's not just about your home, it's not just about whether you can t...
Friday, September 05, 2008

Looking for Walt Whitman's America in Saint Paul

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Amidst days of writing and swimming off the coast of Belize, at the conclusion of a long trip through Central America, I tuned into the Repu...
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Tuesday, September 02, 2008

Postcard from Belize

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After traveling on three boats and a bus, we arrived in the idyllic and largely deserted town of Plancencia, ambling out to meet the Caribbe...
Friday, August 22, 2008

The disappearance of José Rubén Zamora

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The car of José Rubén Zamora , the founder of three of Guatemala's most important newspapers - El Periódico , Siglo Veintiuno and Nuestr...
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Thursday, August 21, 2008

Congo: Between Hope and Despair

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My new article on the situation in the Democratic Republic of Congo, Congo: Between Hope and Despair , has appeared in the Summer 2008 editi...
Friday, August 08, 2008

TRADE-AFRICA: New Technology to Sever Timber's Link to Conflict?

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TRADE-AFRICA: New Technology to Sever Timber's Link to Conflict? By Michael Deibert Inter Press Service NEW YORK, Aug 8, 2008 (IPS) - Wh...
Monday, August 04, 2008

La Gran Sultana

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We arrived in Granada, Nicaragua, a few days ago, passing through the over-touristed and sterile climes of Costa Rica and leaving behind Pan...
Thursday, July 24, 2008

Note from Casco Viejo

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Having arrived in Panama City aboard the red-eye from New York via Miami on Tuesday, I was fortunate enough to spend yesterday rhapsodizing ...
Thursday, July 03, 2008

Debate Swirls Around Fate of Holy Sites

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CULTURE-ETHIOPIA: Debate Swirls Around Fate of Holy Sites By Michael Deibert Inter Press Service LALIBELA, Jul 3, 2008 (IPS) - Carved into t...
Friday, June 27, 2008

A Glittering Demon: Mining, Poverty and Politics in the Democratic Republic of Congo

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A Glittering Demon: Mining, Poverty and Politics in the Democratic Republic of Congo by Michael Deibert, Special to CorpWatch June 26th, 200...