Alex Cuadros
Writer and Journalist at Freelance
Author of WHEN WE SOLD GOD’S EYE, which is coming out soon. My first book was BRAZILLIONAIRES and I've also written for @NYTmag, @newyorker, @BW, @Harpers, etc.
Articles
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2 months ago |
almendron.com | Alex Cuadros
In the lead-up to Valentine’s Day, people across the world rush to buy diamond engagement rings. By now, most will know that in the past, many diamonds were mined in African war zones where rebel groups used the proceeds to fund their violent insurgencies. To assuage any guilt that may taint the romantic gesture, the diamond industry tells us that today, 99 percent of diamonds are now conflict-free. It’s true there has been progress.
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2 months ago |
nytimes.com | Alex Cuadros
In the lead-up to Valentine's Day, people across the world rush to buy diamond engagement rings. By now most will know that in the past, many diamonds were mined in African war zones where rebel groups used the proceeds to fund their violent insurgencies. To assuage any guilt that may taint the romantic gesture, the diamond industry tells us that today, 99 percent of diamonds are now "conflict-free."It's true there has been progress.
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2 months ago |
theatlantic.com | Alex Cuadros
Listen1.0x0:002:32Listen to more stories on harkThreaded throughout the Amazon, the world’s largest rainforest, is a system of rivers. More than 1,000 tributaries collect rain and glacial runoff from a basin nearly the size of the contiguous United States. They gather into a waterway so expansive that oceangoing vessels can travel 900 miles inland from the Atlantic coast and dock at the river port of Manaus, Brazil.
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Jan 6, 2025 |
lithub.com | Alex Cuadros
If her official documents were at all accurate, Maria would have been fifteen when she arrived at the government’s camp on the Roosevelt, a distant tributary of the Amazon where her people had lived since time immemorial. Of course, her people had never known calendars, so her birthday was made up on the spot. As was her name. Article continues after advertisementWith her long black hair, perfectly parted down the middle to reveal a shy hint of a smile, she’d made an immediate impression.
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Dec 16, 2024 |
eldiarioar.com | Alex Cuadros
En el juzgado federal de Vilhena, al sur de la cuenca del Amazonas, Nacoça Pio Cinta Larga camina cojeando hacia el banquillo, y se apoya en una mesa para sentarse. Bajo el frío del aire acondicionado y el resplandor de las luces fluorescentes de la sala, su corona de plumas negras y marrones tiembla con cada paso, además de ser el único recordatorio de la selva situada a lo lejos de las paredes pintadas de blanco.
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Imagine being a fund manager at Augusta without your phone this week of all weeks
For anyone familiar with Brazil's recent economic history, Trump's Liberation Day is awfully reminiscent of Collor's "confisco" in 1990 -- when people's savings accounts were frozen to fight hyperinflation (this failed spectacularly, and traumatized the entire country)
Thrilled to be in such excellent company as a finalist for the California Book Award!
NONFICTION 1/2 When We Sold God’s Eye by @alexcuadros @HachetteUS Twelve Trees by Daniel Lewis @simonschuster On The Move by @AbrahmL @fsgbooks https://t.co/HR0tTGTwEi
