Thursday, September 26, 2013

New report by the UN High Commissioner for Human Rights on the Democratic Republic of Congo

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The new report by the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights on the Democratic Republic of the Congo in important, if troubling...
Monday, September 23, 2013

The Democratic Republic of Congo: Between Hope and Despair events

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The autumn book tour schedule thus far for my new book, The Democratic Republic of Congo: Between Hope and Despair , published by Zed Book...
Sunday, September 22, 2013

Letter to The New York Times' Public Editor Margaret Sullivan on photos of the Westgate Mall shootings in Kenya

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Greeting, Ms. Sullivan, My name is Michael Deibert and I am an author and journalist who has reported from Africa off and on since 2007,...
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Monday, September 09, 2013

Why, look what the postman brought...

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Wednesday, September 04, 2013

Mexico City

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Photo © Michael Deibert
Saturday, August 10, 2013

Justice for Israel

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Photo © Michael Deibert

Letter From Miami

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  Letter From Miami By Michael Deibert The Huffington Post ...
Friday, August 09, 2013

RIP Israel Hernandez

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Photo © Michael Deibert
Monday, July 29, 2013

Saint Jacques

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Photo © Michael Deibert
Wednesday, July 17, 2013

Why Arrest of Zetas Leader Does Not Mean End to Mexico's Drug War

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Posted: 07/16/2013 8:34 pm Why Arrest of Zetas Leader Does Not Mean End to Mexico's Drug War By Michael Deibert The Huffi...
Tuesday, July 16, 2013

Letter to Miami-Dade County Commission on plans to close nearly all public libraries

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13 July 2013 Greetings, Commissioner Sally A. Heyman. My name is Michael Deibert, and I am a journalist and author who currently resides ...

Brief note on the capture of Miguel Angel Treviño Morales

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Among the most difficult passages to write in my new Mexico book have been those on the atrocities Los Zetas have committed during their l...
Sunday, June 30, 2013

Happy 53rd Birthday, Democratic Republic of Congo

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From your serpentine, churning namesake river to your beautiful mist-shrouded mountains to your inscrutable steaming jungles and your rolli...
Thursday, June 27, 2013

A melancholy anniversary

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It was 59 years ago today that Guatemala's democratically-elected president Jacobo Árbenz was overthrown in a CIA-engineered coup . A...
Wednesday, June 26, 2013

Jesús Malverde

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Photo © Michael Deibert
Tuesday, June 18, 2013

"The only thing they gave us was a stadium"

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Some São Paulo protesters explain why they took to the streets.
Monday, June 17, 2013

CAR rebel victory throws resource deals into doubt

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12/06/2013 9:02 am CAR rebel victory throws resource deals into doubt   By Michael Deibert FDI Magazine (This article first appeare...
Friday, June 14, 2013

Congo Mask

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I bought this mask while living in the Democratic Republic of Congo, one of about a dozen that I own. Beautiful, I think, in its craft...
Sunday, June 09, 2013

Los Zetas spend all drug profits fighting off the Cártel del Golfo?

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Here's a drug war statistic for you, courtesy of Mexico's Reforma newspaper: Los Zetas earn $350 million annually by importing 40 ...
Friday, May 31, 2013

Reinaldo Arenas on Miami

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The typical Cuban machismo has attained alarming proportions in Miami...[It] was like a caricature of Cuba, the worst of Cuba: the et...