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2 months ago | 
english.alaraby.co.uk | Paloma de Dinechin
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2 months ago | 
newarab.com | Paloma de Dinechin
Once a vital power hub for Damascus, Qaboun now lies in ruins. Among those returning is Mohamed Qusay, a former war journalist, walking through the wreckage of his hometown. With little support and only an hour of electricity every eight hours, residents face an uphill battle to rebuild their lives. “We will rebuild our homes and our lives. But first, we need to restore the electricity that Assad took from us.
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Feb 8, 2025 | 
forbiddenstories.org | Paloma de Dinechin
Suwayda, in southern Syria, is a hub for the trafficking of Captagon, a synthetic drug that has flooded the Middle East for a decade and was the economic mainstay of Bashar al-Assad’s regime. After his ousting, Assad’s successors promised an end to this illegal trade. But the reality on the ground is quite different. From local militias associated with the new government to smugglers and alleged accomplices, the end of Captagon seems an illusion.
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Feb 8, 2025 | 
forbiddenstories.org | Paloma de Dinechin
Syrian journalist Mahmoud al-Harbi was murdered after breaking the omertà on Captagon trafficking in the south of the country under Bashar al-Assad. Despite the fall of the regime two months ago, investigating this lucrative business remains extremely risky for Syrian journalists. Three of them have entrusted Forbidden Stories with their findings so their work can be continued.
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Sep 5, 2024 | 
thedial.world | Paloma de Dinechin
During Bolsonaro’s term, deforestation in the Amazon reached record figures: In 2022 alone, the Brazilian Amazon lost 10,267 kilometers (6,380 miles) of vegetal coverage, an area equivalent to that of a country like Lebanon, according to the National Institute for Space Research, a state-funded organization.
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Jun 13, 2024 | 
gatopardo.com | Paloma de Dinechin |Nicola Zolin
Tiempo de lectura: 15 minutosTiene los antebrazos tatuados y la espalda amplia, camina con precaución en la selva amazónica brasileña aunque la conoce como a su bolsillo. Volviendo a la rabetinha —el pequeño barco a motor que usan las comunidades para sus desplazamientos— se detiene. Empieza a imitar el ruido de las crías de los yacaré, los reptiles hambrientos que lo rodean. Dice que quiere saber si esta especie de la familia de los cocodrilos, se encuentra cerca del barco.
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Mar 29, 2024 | 
theguardian.com | Paloma de Dinechin
At 4pm, the sound of sirens is fading. On the pavement, a teenage girl – her eyes darting back and forth to monitor police presence – starts smoking crack. She is across the street from “Hotel 583”, a makeshift shelter in a dangerous part of downtown Manaus, the capital of Amazonas in Brazil. On the second floor of the building, in the Cidade de Deus slum, 20 of the 27 Warao people who live here cram into a sweltering room measuring about 20 sq metres.
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Feb 7, 2024 | 
corriere.it | Paloma de Dinechin
Michel André fa esperimenti sulla tecnologia acustica del Progetto Providence. Più in basso, una piccola scimmia (saïmiri) nello spazio attorno al National Institute of Amazonian Research (fotoservizio di Nicola Zonin)«Credo che mi lancerò da qui.
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Jan 23, 2024 | 
theguardian.com | Paloma de Dinechin
Beneath the family television stands a collection of trophies and a photo showing a smiling Haroldo Betcel sporting a football jersey. Smiling back at him is his widow, 41-year-old Cleia Betcel. The photo was taken a month before her husband’s murder. Five years ago Betcel was stabbed in the back with a screwdriver in retaliation for defending water resources in Tiningu, a village on the edge of the Amazon rainforest in the Brazilian state of Pará.
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Sep 14, 2023 | 
stern.de | Paloma de Dinechin
Pepe Castillo Castro war ein Visionär. Er wollte mit den Surfern Geld verdienen. Was er nicht vorhersah: Auch die anderen fanden die Idee gut. Und damit begann der Krieg Es war der Sommer 2006, als die Surfer kamen. Sie suchten die Küste Mexikos nach Wellen ab, auf denen noch nie jemand geritten war.
