Georgina Zerega

3 weeks ago | english.elpais.com | Federico Rivas Molina |Natalia Junquera |Georgina Zerega

Doctors at the hospital in Bariloche, a paradisiacal Argentinean city at the foot of the Patagonian Andes, were struck by the odd demeanor of a 22-year-old Russian woman who showed up at the emergency room ready to give birth. She was accompanied by two women, also Russian, who became very nervous when asked about their relationship. The pregnant woman did not speak and looked frightened. The doctors immediately reported a possible case of human trafficking. But there was much more to it than that.

2 months ago | english.elpais.com | Georgina Zerega |Federico Rivas Molina

Cirio Ruiz walks through his farm and relives the moment he was arrested. With a machete in his hand, he was removing the weeds that grow between his coffee plants and the more than 70 species he cultivates. Police vans came looking for him at the property, where you can barely get a phone signal. They intercepted him when he went over to greet them, pulling their guns on him and dragging him into a vehicle. Ruiz was taken into custody on May 26, 2023. He spent 34 days in prison.

2 months ago | elpais.com | Georgina Zerega

Cirio Ruiz camina por su finca y revive el momento en que le arrestaron. Estaba con el machete en mano, quitando la maleza que crece entre sus plantas de café y las más de 70 especies que cultiva. Allí donde apenas llega la señal de teléfono, unas camionetas de la policía fueron a buscarle. Lo interceptaron cuando iba a saludarles, le mostraron sus armas, le arrastraron hasta el vehículo y se lo llevaron detenido. Era 26 de mayo de 2023 y pasó 34 días en prisión.

2 months ago | english.elpais.com | Elías Camhaji |Georgina Zerega

More than two decades of experience; field missions in Afghanistan, Colombia and Mexico City, and an iron-fisted discourse against drug-trafficking networks south of the border. These are the credentials of Terrance “Terry” Cole, Donald Trump’s nominee as the next administrator of the U.S. Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA). “Together we will save lives and make America safe again,” the Republican announced this week on Truth Social, his social network.

2 months ago | elpais.com | Georgina Zerega

Esta es una entrega de la newsletter semanal de México, que puede seguirse gratuitamente en este enlaceAl viernes pasado le siguió un ligero ánimo de celebración. Una especie de suspiro de alivio. Se había sobrevivido a la primera semana —turbulenta— de Donald Trump en el poder. No sin perder como mínimo la tranquilidad y la certidumbre. Con numerosas dificultades, México ya había superado una primera presidencia del republicano. Las dudas sobre el segundo mandato eran —o son— infinitas.