A longtime correspondent for Newsweek, Mac Margolis has traveled extensively in Brazil and Latin America. He has contributed to The Economist, The Washington Post, and The Christian Science Monitor, and is the author of The Last New World: The Conquest of the Amazon Frontier.
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Gunned-Down Godmother
Griselda Blanco, a.k.a. the ‘Queen of Cocaine,’ was shot to death in Colombia this week. MORE
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Henrique Capriles Radonski
The opposition candidate in Venezuela is fit for a fight. MORE
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Brazil’s Trial of the Century
Politics and payola in the land of Lula. MORE
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A Friend for Julian Assange
But what’s in it for Ecuador’s President Correa? MORE
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Step Aside, London: Rio’s Next!
Preparations for the 2016 Games will transform the city. By Mac Margolis. Map by Steve Walkowiak MORE
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A Big Hug For Hugo
Latin American democracy is in worse shape than you think. MORE
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Julian Assange’s Asylum Gamble
This may be the Wikileaks hacktivist’s endgame: a last-ditch effort to find refuge with the... MORE
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Return of the Gladiator
How mixed martial arts took the fighting world by storm. MORE
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The To-Do List From Hell
Rio+20 had good intentions, but the outcome was conspicuously short of goals, writes Mac Margolis. MORE
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Is Rio’s UN Summit a Failure?
Rio+20, 20 years after the famed Earth Summit, looks like a bust as world leaders arrive.... MORE
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Lula Returns
Brazil’s favorite son is cancer-free. But will he run for office? MORE
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Chávez Fuels Friendship With Syria
Mac Margolis reports on Venezuelan President Hugo Chávez’s efforts to aid Syrian strongman, Bashar... MORE
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Remembering Carlos Fuentes
The passionate novelist was Latin America’s literary father.... MORE
