
Journalist, formerly @Reuters, @BBCNews, @TheEconomist, @FinancialTimes, Views are my own
MediaCity UK, Salford
Joined January 2009
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Gideon Long retweeted
Approximately 40 percent of global plant species are at risk of extinction as #ClimateChange worsens, but there's hope for preserving them through seed banks. Join @FinancialTimes' @gideon_long as he explores how seed banks can preserve plant diversity.
on.ft.com/3SHU4Ls
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So happy to have a stellar panel at our first event with the @ftlive with @rmartinezdlg @MINECOGT #Rosales @WaltDisneyComp #Attwood @WorldBank #Taliercio @gideon_long @ – at Los Angeles, CA
Gideon Long retweeted
We have an excellent line up joining us at #SpotlightLatinAmerica Breakfast Briefing on 7 June.
The discussion will be focused on how connectivity will help Latin America achieve growth and accelerate sustainable development.
Find out more: bit.ly/39QHWGc
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🌱 CGIAR is overseeing a new genebank facility in Palmira, Colombia!
The new site, managed by @BiovIntCIAT_eng, is responsible for storing beans, cassava and forages (the plants eaten by livestock), reports @gideon_long @FinancialTimes.
👉 on.cgiar.org/3vQST3m
#OneCGIAR
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I feel sick to my stomach. This photo was taken last Monday with Albeiro Camayo of the Indigenous Guard in Cauca. I just received news from my colleague @nadege_mazars - who I was traveling with - that he was killed by FARC dissidents today.
Gideon Long retweeted
Así habría quedado el mapa de gobernaciones el #21N si la MUD, Alianza Democrática y Fuerza Vecinal hubiesen acordado candidatos unitarios. #UnidosSomosMásFuertes.
Gideon Long retweeted
#AlertaFLIP | La FLIP conoció que la oficina de Control, Circulación y Residencia retiró la autorización para ingresar a la isla de Providencia a los periodistas @rampietti y Juan Cortés. Esta restricción afecta su labor y posibilidad de informar lo que pasa en la isla.
🧵(Hilo)
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TFW it's lunchtime on your first day at work, and you've already crashed the stock market 6%.
#Peru #ConsejodeMinistros
Gideon Long retweeted
INVITATION ~ Join us for and outstanding conversation with @gideon_long, @hperezloose, and Walter Spurrier @analisissemanal about Ecuador's New Political and Economic Pathways
🗓️ This Thursday 6/10
🕓 4PM EDT US 🕒 3PM Ecuador
⬇️ Register
us02web.zoom.us/webinar/regi…
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Rafa, a friend to many journalists who have passed through Venezuela, has been in intensive care with COVID, and the bills are stacking up. We count on him, so it's our turn to help - any amount, or even sharing this link would be much appreciated gofundme.com/f/ayuda-a-rafae…
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#OnThisDay 1964: Tonight wasn't impressed by the Spanish's rather un-British attitude towards breakfast, but frankly they're probably just jealous.
1964: Tonight: Spanish breakfast and drunk mice
"Life's a running buffet..."
Gideon Long retweeted
El primer juez chileno que procesó a Augusto Pinochet por violaciones a los derechos humanos, Juan Guzmán Tapia, fallece en Chile a los 81 años
Por @rocio_montes
elpais.com/internacional/202…
Gideon Long retweeted
Jacob Rees-Mogg says fish are ‘happier’ now they’re in British waters independent.co.uk/news/uk/po…
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Colombian police really are on top of it. They've captured COVID. The crisis is over.
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The English and the virus - it’s so like the Euros or World Cup. We blag beforehand about our tactical guile and deft skills, how we do things differently.
Then we are just sh!t and get thrashed by the Germans
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The Editorial Board of @FT joins the call for immediate sanctions relief for Venezuela to help fight the pandemic, and expresses support for a humanitarian agreement to help unlock funds held abroad under international supervision. ft.com/content/d6d42564-703c…
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Aumenta producción petrolera ecuatoriana para contrarrestar caída del precio, orgullosos como #Schlumberger de ser parte de esta buena noticia para el país #QuedateEnCasa. @PetroamazonasEP @RecNaturalesEC @Lenin @Riesgos_Ec @goberorellana @revistavistazo vistazo.com/seccion/enfoque/…
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#EnMinutos | Dentro del marco del #ColombiaInvestmentSummit2019, conversaré con @gideon_long del @FinancialTimes sobre los proyectos de conectividad del Gobierno nacional, la subasta de #EspectroRadioeléctrico y la #TransformaciónDigital en 🇨🇴
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En este momento en #ColombiaInvestmentSummit2019, conversatorio de @IAMantillaG, viceministro de conectividad y digitalización en @Ministerio_TIC, junto a @gideon_long de @FinancialTimes, acerca de proyectos de conectividad y transformación digital.


































