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I am a freelance journalist based in New York specializing in stories about Latin America. My work has appeared in The Nation, Columbia Journalism Review, PBS NewsHour, and Roads & Kingdoms.

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AMLO's Aversion to Engaging in Foreign Policy Is Hurting Mexico at Home

AMLO's Aversion to Engaging in Foreign Policy Is Hurting Mexico at Home

In one of his first official acts as president of Mexico, Andres Manuel Lopez Obrador sold the presidential j…

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The Other Man-Made Disaster Ravaging the Amazon

The Other Man-Made Disaster Ravaging the Amazon

Madre de Dios, Peru- For a fourth consecutive week, global attention has fixed on the fires ravaging the Braz…

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When Your Country Is On Fire, There's Always Softball

When Your Country Is On Fire, There's Always Softball

When he lived in Venezuela, Freddy de Freitas played baseball every day of the week, except for the occasiona…

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What the murder of an environmental activist tells us about modern-day Honduras.

What the murder of an environmental activist tells us about modern-day Honduras.

Journalist Nina Lakhani reported on the murder of an environmental activist and discovered a high-reaching co…

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This cookbook author wants you to rethink Indian food.

This cookbook author wants you to rethink Indian food.

Priya Krishna is bringing her family's unique recipes to the world with her new cookbook, "Indian-ish." On to…

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Gary Coronado spent a year in Tijuana learning the truth about the drug war.

Gary Coronado spent a year in Tijuana learning the truth about the drug war.

Photographer Gary Coronado embedded with Tijuana's ambulance service to document homicides related to the str…

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OpenAI Has Discussed Size of Stake U.S. Government Could Take

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Source: The Information OpenAI has discussed the government taking an equity stake in the company with a range of percentages put forward, according to a person familiar with the talks, who described the discussions as preliminary. The Financial Times earlier reported that OpenAI CEO had proposed a 5% stake.
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U.S. Eases Export Curbs on Anthropic’s Fable Model

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Source: The Information The White House lifted export restrictions on Anthropic’s Fable 5, according to a U.S. official. In a post on X, Anthropic said the U.S. government notified it that it has lifted export controls on its Fable 5 model, along with Mythos 5. The company said it will begin restoring customer access to the models on Wednesday. The government’s move, first reported by Politico, was confirmed by a U.S. official.
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Sen. Mark Warner to Unveil AI Agent Bill

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Lawmakers are racing to catch up to AI, with dozens of bills floating around Congress that address issues from deepfakes to model safety. On Monday, Sen. Mark Warner (D-Va.) plans to unveil a discussion draft that focuses on another area at the frontier of AI: agents. While chat interfaces like Claude and ChatGPT may have been the gateway to AI, agents are driving much of the technology’s growth and spending.
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