Notes from the World

In this week's episode of the Notes from the World podcast, I speak to Sergio Guzmán, the director and co-founder of Colombia Risk Analysis, which provides commercial, security and political risk analysis for the Andean Region. As we approach the two year mark of his time in office, we examine the presidency of Colombia’s Gustavo Petro - its struggles with Congress, its environmental ambitions, Co...

In this week's episode of the Notes from the World podcast, I speak to El Salvador's Juan Martinez d'Aubuisson, a journalist and anthropologist who has extensively researched that country's gangs and their links to the political and economic sectors since 2008, as well as performing extensive fieldwork in Honduras. He is the author of several books, including Ver, oír y callar: Un año con la Mara...

In this episode, I speak with Israeli journalist, social and political activist and hostage negotiator Gershon Baskin about the 7 October attacks by Hamas, Israel's war in Gaza, the results of Benjamin Netanyahu’s disastrous reign and what the future might hold for the people of Israel and Palestine. This interview was recorded on 1 April 2024.

Michael Deibert speaks with Louis-Henri Mars, executive director of Lakou Lapè, about the role that Haiti's armed groups have played in the current crisis, the history of their evolution beyond mere political tools and want can be done to ameliorate the economic and social conditions in the most disadvantaged neighborhoods in Port-au-Prince that give rise to them. Please learn more about their wor...