U.S. Destabilization and Media Distortion in Venezuela (Interview)

U.S. Destabilization and Media Distortion in Venezuela (Interview)

What you're seeing is a portrayal of Venezuela as some kind of a chaotic economic basket case. But when you ...
The Hypocrisy of Human Rights Watch

The Hypocrisy of Human Rights Watch

Over more than a decade, the rise of the left in Latin American governance has led to remarkable advances. The ...
The Hypocrisy of Human Rights Watch

The Hypocrisy of Human Rights Watch

  Over more than a decade, the rise of the left in Latin American governance has led to remarkable advances ...
“This American Life” Whitewashes U.S. Crimes in Central America, Wins Peabody Award

“This American Life” Whitewashes U.S. Crimes in Central America, Wins Peabody Award

  Celebrating 2012’s best examples of broadcast journalism, the George Foster Peabody Awards attracted the likes of D.L. Hughley, Amy ...
The New York Times on Venezuela and Honduras: A Case of Journalistic Misconduct

The New York Times on Venezuela and Honduras: A Case of Journalistic Misconduct

As a careful examination of the language and coverage of nearly four years of New York Times articles reveals, concern ...
The New York Times on Venezuela and Honduras: A Case of Journalistic Misconduct

The New York Times on Venezuela and Honduras: A Case of Journalistic Misconduct

  The day after Venezuelan President Hugo Chávez died, New York Times reporter Lizette Alvarez provided a sympathetic portrayal of ...
Reporting on Romer's Charter Cities: How the Media Sanitize Honduras's Brutal Regime

Reporting on Romer’s Charter Cities: How the Media Sanitize Honduras’s Brutal Regime

"Charter cities" have been promoted for years by Paul Romer, a University of Chicago–trained economist teaching at New York University ...
Reporting on Romer’s Charter Cities: How the Media Sanitize Honduras’s Brutal Regime

Reporting on Romer’s Charter Cities: How the Media Sanitize Honduras’s Brutal Regime

On the evening of Saturday, September 22, human rights lawyer Antonio Trejo stepped outside a wedding ceremony to take a ...
Reporting on Romer’s Charter Cities: How the Media Sanitize Honduras’s Brutal Regime

Reporting on Romer’s Charter Cities: How the Media Sanitize Honduras’s Brutal Regime

On the evening of Saturday, September 22, human rights lawyer Antonio Trejo stepped outside a wedding ceremony to take a ...
Latin America Unravels the Populist Putdown

Latin America Unravels the Populist Putdown

Writing for The New York Times' Economix blog on March 15, Simon Johnson, a former chief economist for the International ...