Articles by Jens Glüsing
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Interview with Ex-President of Bolivia Evo Morales: ‘The Murders Must Stop’
Interview by Jens Glüsing – Der SPIEGEL,
2 Dec 2019
28 Nov 2019 – Bolivia’s long-time president, Evo Morales, has fled to exile in Mexico. What led to his departure and the conditions under which he would consider returning. At 60, he was Bolivia’s first indigenous president. The former head of the coca-farmers’ union is a symbolic figure among the Latin American left.
→ read full articleFresh Leak on US Spying: NSA Accessed Mexican President’s Email
Jens Glüsing, Laura Poitras, Marcel Rosenbach and Holger Stark – Der Spiegel,
21 Oct 2013
The NSA has been systematically eavesdropping on the Mexican government for years. It hacked into the president’s public email account and gained deep insight into policymaking and the political system. The news is likely to hurt ties between the US and Mexico.
→ read full articleBow, Arrow, Facebook: Brazilian Tribes Fight for Their Land
Jens Glüsing – Der Spiegel,
26 Aug 2013
Indigenous peoples in Brazil have lost their patience. Promised more land decades ago, they have recently begun forcing the issue by occupying farms and ranches. The government of President Dilma Rousseff has taken sides with the farmers’ lobby.
→ read full articleThe Crash Specialists: Argentina’s Lessons for a Crisis-Ridden Europe
Jens Glüsing – Der Spiegel,
26 Dec 2011
Ten years ago, Argentina’s economy was in a shambles, the victim of vast sovereign debt, a peso that was pegged to the US dollar and rigid IMF austerity measures. A decade later, Europe is facing many of the same problems. Argentina’s recovery has plenty of lessons for the euro zone — if only it would listen.
→ read full articleTHE FAILED WAR ON DRUGS IN LATIN AMERICA: COULD DECRIMINALIZATION BE THE ANSWER?
Jens Glüsing - Spiegel,
11 Feb 2010
The massacre in Ciudad Juarez at the end of January made it clear that Mexico is losing the war on drugs. Narcotics-related violence is on the rise in other Latin American cities as well. An increasing number of voices are demanding that drugs be decriminalized.The killers arrived in four or five SUVs. They quickly blocked […]
→ read full articleBRAZIL’S PRESIDENT LULA
Jens Glüsing - Spiegel,
25 Nov 2009
‘Father of the Poor’ Has Triggered Economic MiracleBrazil is seen as an economic success story and its people revere President Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva like a star. He is on a mission to turn the country into one of the world’s five biggest economies through reforms, giant infrastructure projects and by tapping vast oil […]
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