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They were on a luxury cruise, then the coughing began – the ship that became a global Covid pariah
When passengers boarded the MS Zaandam in March 2020, they were preparing for the holiday of a lifetime. Within days they would be confined to their rooms on a liner that no country would let dock. How long would their ordeal last?
Jonathan Franklin and Michael Smith
09, Jul, 2022 @7:00 AM

NSA whistleblower Reality Winner tests positive for Covid-19 in prison
Winner says guards are mocking infected prisoners and that cleaning and isolation practices are inadequate
Jonathan Franklin
21, Jul, 2020 @12:55 AM

Chilean police officer arrested after shooting students at protest
Other officers have been accused of a beating and sexual abuse as unrest enters third week, with 2,000 injured
Jonathan Franklin in Santiago
07, Nov, 2019 @9:33 PM

Chile protesters: 'We are subjugated by the rich. It's time for that to end'
Chile’s worst unrest in decades has transformed into a nationwide uprising for change. Here seven protesters explain what they’re fighting for
Jonathan Franklin in Santiago with pictures by Marcela Bruna
30, Oct, 2019 @5:04 PM

Chilean president cancels Apec and climate summits amid wave of unrest
Sebastián Piñera confirms he will not hold summits in November and December, as government struggles with massive protests
Tom Phillips, Jonathan Watts and Jonathan Franklin in Santiago
30, Oct, 2019 @4:05 PM

Chile: protesters light bonfires and clash with police despite cabinet reshuffle
Fresh upheaval erupts shortly after president Sebastían Piñera announces firing of hardline officials
Jonathan Franklin in Santiago
29, Oct, 2019 @6:25 AM

Hundreds shot and beaten as Chile takes to the streets
Doctors say they don’t have supplies to treat wounded and accuse authorities of under-reporting injuries
Jonathan Franklin in Santiago
27, Oct, 2019 @5:00 AM

'They smashed me in the head': anger at Piñera as Chile's bloodied protesters allege brutality
Death toll rises to 15 in worst unrest Chile has faced since Pinochet, as armed men in masks prowl Santiago firing at defiant protesters
Jonathan Franklin in Santiago
22, Oct, 2019 @2:33 PM

Can the world's most ambitious rewilding project restore Patagonia's beauty?
Purchasing huge tracts of land in Chile and Argentina, former clothing tycoons Doug and Kristine Tompkins have led a quarter century-long effort to reintroduce threatened and locally extinct species to the wilds of South America
Jonathan Franklin in Valle Chacabuco, Chile
30, May, 2018 @7:00 AM

Chile student protest leaders send support to Florida gun campaigners
Four leaders of 2011 movement send letter to young US activists urging them to fight idea that only adults should make the decisions
Jonathan Franklin in Santiago
28, Feb, 2018 @9:00 AM

Chile creates five national parks over 10m acres in historic act of conservation
President Bachelet signs ‘unprecedented’ measure into law after founder of Patagonia firm donates 1m acres of private land
Jonathan Franklin in Valle Chacabuco
29, Jan, 2018 @7:06 PM

Chile’s new ‘route of parks’ aims to save the wild beauty of Patagonia
The country has just added 11m acres of land to the national parks
Jonathan Franklin
19, Mar, 2017 @12:04 AM
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