My home country, Portugal, was recently engulfed in a heated and passionate debate regarding a museum to be built in Lisbon, the capital city. As per the electoral program of the current mayor of Lisbon, Fernando Medina, when he was running for the municipality in...
On almost the same day, two events happened in two countries in the lowest half of Freedom House’s global press freedom index, Russia and Myanmar. On August 30, Alexander Sokolov, a former investigative reporter at RBC, an independent business news outlet based in...
I remember a day when all the reporters in my newsroom were staring at the TV. Some sat behind their desks, while others stood for a better view with arms crossed on their chests, eyes focused on the screen. It was 2015. All were listening to then-President Cristina...
It’s easy to dismiss Donald Trump’s supporters as a bunch of far-right anti-immigration ultra conservatives, but reality – like history – is in no way written in a straight line. Traveling through Minnesota helps paint a more complex picture of who supports the...
After decades of mainly exporting immigrants, Brazil is becoming a major receiver. And the country’s response has been hostile, as shown in recent actions by the government and by civilians against arrivers from Venezuela, a country distressed by humanitarian...
Donald Trump is serving as U.S. president for two years already. It’s well known and observed that Trump bitterly criticizes the news media, especially in his speeches and press conferences. As a result of this, journalists are facing death threats. In July, a man...