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Tracking Organized Crime’s Dirty Money and Illicit Operations: Tips From Latin American Journalists

Jul 19, 2024 | gijn.org | Santiago Villa

Illicit drug money is only a fraction of what Latin America’s multibillion-dollar crime conglomerates deposit in tax havens around the world. Illegal gold mining, unsanctioned logging in the Amazon, human trafficking, government corruption, and extortion create profitable revenues for organizations whose financial interests, customers, and accomplices span the globe.
After Pablo and El Chapo: how investigative outlets are covering organized crime in Latin America

Jul 11, 2024 | latamjournalismreview.org | Santiago Villa |Teresa Mioli

By Santiago Villa July 11, 2024 This article was originally published by the Global Investigative Journalism Network (GIJN) on July 10, 2024 and has been republished here with permission. Organized crime gangs besieged the Ecuadorian port city of Guayaquil in January as masked men armed with submachine guns and grenades attacked a hospital, local businesses, and broke into a news studio to take journalists hostage during a live broadcast.
IDL Reporteros: The Newsroom That Dares to Challenge Peru’s Political Elite

Apr 26, 2024 | confidencial.digital | Santiago Villa

From toppled presidents, to a multitude of arrests, and billion-dollar fines, the Odebrecht corruption scandal shook Latin America to its core. Across the region, parties from all sides of the political spectrum received campaign financing from the Brazilian construction firm, which in the decade between 2005 and 2014 won lucrative infrastructure contracts all the way from Mexico to Argentina. But alongside the contracts came corruption.
IDL-Reporteros: El medio que se atreve a desafiar a la élite política peruana

Apr 24, 2024 | confidencial.digital | Santiago Villa

Desde presidentes derrocados a múltiples arrestos y multas de miles de millones de dólares, el escándalo de Odebrecht tuvo un profundo impacto en América Latina. A lo largo y ancho de la región, partidos de todo el espectro político recibieron financiación para sus campañas por parte de la firma de construcción brasilera, que entre 2005 y 2014 ganó jugosos contratos desde México hasta Argentina. Pero con los contratos vino la corrupción.
IDL-Reporteros: The Newsroom That Dares to Challenge Peru’s Political Elite

Apr 2, 2024 | gijn.org | Santiago Villa

From toppled presidents, to a multitude of arrests, and billion-dollar fines, the Odebrecht corruption scandal shook Latin America to its core. Across the region, parties from all sides of the political spectrum received campaign financing from the Brazilian construction firm, which in the decade between 2005 and 2014 won lucrative infrastructure contracts all the way from Mexico to Argentina. But alongside the contracts came corruption.
Los genocidios y la doble moral

Oct 25, 2023 | elespectador.com | Santiago Villa

Siempre me ha molestado la doble moral y por eso nunca me ha gustado la derecha. Hoy es también uno de los motivos por los que me desencanté del discurso público de buena parte de la izquierda mundial.
La limpieza étnica soñada

Oct 18, 2023 | elespectador.com | Santiago Villa

Pocos días antes de que Hamás asesinara a sangre fría a más de un millar de israelíes y tomara casi 200 rehenes, uno de los grandes escándalos en Israel fue que el ministro de Seguridad Nacional, Itamar Ben-Gvir, defendió que los judíos escupieran a los cristianos, siguiendo una antigua tradición ortodoxa.
Power and Control: Investigating Food Supply and Agriculture Amid Climate Change

Oct 18, 2023 | gijn.org | Santiago Villa

Writing about food and agriculture is writing about power, noted Mark Schapiro, lecturer at University of California – Berkeley’s Graduate School of Journalism and author of “Seeds of Resistance: The Fight to Save Our Food Supply.” “You’re writing about who controls the mechanisms by which you get the most essential ingredient of all life, which is food, so there are enormous stakes,” said Schapiro, speaking at a session on investigating food and agriculture at the 13th Global Investigative...
¿Petro negó el Holocausto?

Oct 11, 2023 | elespectador.com | Santiago Villa

"¿Petro negó el Holocausto, sí o no? Diría, no negó el hecho de que hubiera existido un Holocausto, pero sí negó la experiencia del pueblo judío durante el Holocausto y lo revictimizó, al compararlo con algo que no se asemeja a dicha experiencia" - Santiago Villa. Desaconsejo comparar el conflicto palestino-israelí con el Holocausto, porque es una maniobra histórica, política y moralmente falaz.
Watchdogs Against Hate: A Reporter’s Toolbox for Tracking Political Extremism

Oct 11, 2023 | gijn.org | Santiago Villa

Extremists who were once on the fringes have grown increasingly influential and are finding their place next to mainstream politicians, who host them at fundraising dinners or send them not-so-veiled messages of public support. The groups to which they belong are now highly organized, and possess the capacity to finance campaigns, conduct rallies, build international networks of misinformation and political action, and even stage coup attempts.