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Luke Taylor

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Bogota D.C.
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Covers:  Conflict, human rights, the environment, politics, science.
Journalist reporting on Latin America from Bogotá, Colombia, mostly for the @guardian.

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Freelance journalist covering Latin America from Bogotá.
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How the Amazon's lost tribes are turning Colombia's cocaine farmers into conservationists

How the Amazon's lost tribes are turning Colombia's cocaine farmers into conservationists

Updated January 19, 2020 11:05:13 Flaviano Mahecha is using his trusty machete to carve a path through the gr…

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Will Colombia's Duque Be the Next to Stumble Over Mass Protests?

Will Colombia's Duque Be the Next to Stumble Over Mass Protests?

Demonstrators have taken to the streets over the past three weeks in a series of massive antigovernment ralli…

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Rage against the crisis: Venezuela's punk scene finds a new voice in Bogotá

Rage against the crisis: Venezuela's punk scene finds a new voice in Bogotá

Exilio was formed by three Venezuelan migrants who came together in Bogotá, Colombia, after leaving their fri…

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New US sanctions on Venezuela pressure Maduro but 'risk exacerbating humanitarian crisis and torp...

New US sanctions on Venezuela pressure Maduro but 'risk exacerbating humanitarian crisis and torp...

When Juan Guaido raised his nation's tricolour flag in January and swore himself in as interim president to t…

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Colombia's Warring Gangs Target Migrants at Venezuelan Border; Peace Process Stutters

Colombia's Warring Gangs Target Migrants at Venezuelan Border; Peace Process Stutters

The Colombian government's failure to fill a void left by Revolutionary Armed Forces of Colombia ( FARC) rebe…

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How South America became the new centre of the coronavirus pandemic

How South America became the new centre of the coronavirus pandemic

Coronavirus cases are rising sharply in South America, made worse by inequality, reports Luke Taylor from Bog…

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Supporting calcio from afar

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By Luke Taylor Verified
| Substack
It’s rather difficult to follow a league that is located in a country you’re not from, and predominantly covered in a language you don’t speak. Whilst this newsletter may sound like I am complaining, I am not. Or at least not fully. I’m aware this is commonplace in football, but I rarely see discussions on said struggles apart from typical kick-off time tropes.
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Ebola: We are losing arms race against virus amid funding and tracing struggles, experts warn

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By Luke Taylor Verified
| The BMJ Verified
Luke Taylor Rio de Janeiro The Ebola outbreak in the Democratic Republic of Congo’s (DRC) could become the worst ever if the response to the outbreak is not ramped up quickly, the head of the Africa Centres for Disease Control and Prevention (Africa CDC) has said. At least 837 people have been infected and 196 have died in the outbreak so far.1 Officials say that Ebola cases increased by nearly 40% in the past week.
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Dengue: Brazil suspends rollout of new vaccine after two deaths

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By Luke Taylor Verified, affiliationsRio de Janeiro
| The BMJ Verified
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