Foreign Correspondent @BBCNews. Covered: UK Politics, South America, US, Middle East. @TEDTalks speaker. Investigations & interviews. Agent: @GreeneAndHeaton.
📍São Paulo, Brazil / London
Joined August 2009
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Some news: I’m moving to Washington this autumn to become a BBC North America Correspondent.
I’ll have been the BBC’s last South America correspondent as my post is closing in the cuts. Before I go, a look back at some of the highlights of the last 2.5 years👇🧵
One poll puts Lula ahead of Bolsonaro in round 2 blaming abstention in round 1.
It’s true abstention was HIGH. 33mil eligible voters didn’t vote and Lula’s vote dipped about 20% in some areas without transferring to Bolsonaro. Disillusionment, or will any more show up next time?
Diretor da Vox explica por que Lula passou Flávio Bolsonaro na sua pesquisa de 2º turno
revistaforum.com.br/politica…
The firing gun has started on Brazil's presidential election campaign: Lula v Bolsonaro (junior). The relationship with the US has become a key campaign issue.
I went to President Lula's opening rally - where he went back to his union roots. Listen here:
bbc.co.uk/programmes/m0030m0…
Ione Wells retweeted
US revokes Brazilian ambassador's visa, official says, as diplomatic tensions escalate bbc.in/4xl3YX9
This is just a small sample of the stories and places I’ve been lucky to cover. None would have been possible without amazing colleagues I’ve worked with throughout. I’ll keep reporting on and highlighting stories from this region whenever I can.
Live for BBC News at 10 tonight on fresh US strikes on Iran, catch up on YouTube
youtu.be/jPtOdEhQBtU
My report from Barranquilla - on the preliminary results of Colombia's incredibly polarising election. Unrest has already broken out in some parts of the country.
I was on the streets of Barranquilla, where the right-wing Espriella addressed supporters:
bbc.com/news/articles/clye4k…
"My brother was murdered for not paying an extortion payment...in front of his children"
Colombia's internal conflict is nothing new, but it's resurged - with armed group membership doubling, and tens of thousands displaced last year.
My piece👇
bbc.com/news/articles/cvgqv8…
Ione Wells retweeted
Colombia's escalating, brutal internal conflict is defining its presidential election bbc.in/4w3iEtj
Former UK prime minister Boris Johnson wades into Colombia’s election to back the right-wing Espriella, following Trump saying US support hinges on him winning - something the left have condemned as foreign interference.
More on this election this weekend from me on BBC News…
"If you don't meet our demands, we will kill your drivers."
My report here ahead of Peru’s election where insecurity and instability have been top issues for voters as extortions have soared in the country.
bbc.co.uk/news/articles/c9d2…
