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Martin Langfield

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  • Head of Content, USA, Yuno
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Covers:  International affairs, especially relating to Latin America; global topics such as privacy, workplace psychology, crime, conflict and literature; occasional articles about my own published fiction.
Writer, journalist and educator. Ex-Reuters correspondent/columnist. Founding Head of Content, USA at educational app Yuno. Author of “The Malice Box.”

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Writer, journalist and editor with deep expertise in high-quality news products.
Former Reuters correspondent and bureau chief in New York, Miami, Mexico and El Salvador. Also served as Reuters head of news training, opinion columnist and ethics instructor.
Founding head of English-language content at Yuno, an educational startup.
Innovative novelist, translated into 13 languages.

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A warm rapport with the "world's coolest dictator"

A warm rapport with the "world's coolest dictator"

The people of El Salvador, and Donald Trump, love Nayib Bukele's iron boot approach to fighting crime. But ho…

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Can the United States make peace with migration?

Can the United States make peace with migration?

Millions of migrants cross the U.S.-Mexican border. North of the border, some fear them. But the economy depe…

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How the wheel of violence turns and turns again

How the wheel of violence turns and turns again

How can a nation whose history is steeped in war and repression break free of violence?

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Why protests in Latin America matter

Why protests in Latin America matter

Protests across Latin America target common complaints, including poverty and corruption, and offer lessons f…

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Martin Langfield | Reuters Breakingviews

Martin Langfield | Reuters Breakingviews

Index of all 161 Breakingviews columns by Martin Langfield, 2012-2019 (subscription or free trial required).

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La reconstrucción de Venezuela, ayudas aparte, es para los venezolanos

La reconstrucción de Venezuela, ayudas aparte, es para los venezolanos

Lo logrará mejor con préstamos e inversiones que con una intervención militar

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A warm rapport with the "world's coolest dictator"

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By Martin Langfield Verified
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The people of El Salvador, and Donald Trump, love Nayib Bukele’s iron fist approach to fighting crime. But how long can a state of emergency last? El Salvador President Nayib Bukele and U.S. President Donald Trump embrace at a meeting at the White House 14 April 2025. (Photo courtesy of the White House) For a tiny country, El Salvador looms large in recent U.S. history. A generation ago its civil war swallowed some 75,000 lives and billions of dollars in U.S. aid.
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Decoder: Can the United States make peace with migration?

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By Martin Langfield Verified
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Borderlands, in many cultures, can be places of transformation — and danger. You might find a new life. You might simply vanish. You might die. That’s rarely been truer than for people trying to reach and cross the U.S. border from the south right now. South of the frontier, gangsters kidnap, extort and sometimes kill migrants seeking a new life in the United States. The hostile border terrain claims an untold number of victims every year.
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Decoder: Why protests in Latin America matter

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By Martin Langfield Verified
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Time in Latin America sometimes seems to run in circles, as Colombian author Gabriel García Márquez observed in his 1967 novel, One Hundred Years of Solitude. The street protests and violence that have shaken several Latin American countries toward the end of 2019 are part of a cycle of trust, disillusion and renewal that reflects the past and will drive the region’s political and economic life for years to come. Each country has its own triggers.
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