Ruxandra Guidi
- Trip:
- Fellows Fall 2008
- Affiliation during program:
- Freelance Writer and Producer
- Country:
- Haiti
- Year:
- 2008
- Email:
- ru@bearguerra.com
Ruxandra Guidi is a freelance radio and print news correspondent for South and Central America. Since 2007, she has reported from Bolivia, Brazil, Peru, Panama, Venezuela and Mexico. In early 2008, she worked on a series of reports for print, radio and television about the lives of coca farmers in Los Yungas, Bolivia. Previously, she did production and reporting work for the BBC public radio news program, "The World." Her stories focused on Latin American politics, human rights issues, rural communities, immigration, popular culture and music. She filed reports from Miami, Austin, the US-Mexico border, Mexico, Honduras and Turkey. After earning a Master’s degree in journalism from the University of California at Berkeley in 2002, she worked for independent radio producers The Kitchen Sisters. In 2003, she moved to Austin, where she did production and reporting work for NPR’s weekly show, "Latino USA." Guidi has also reported and produced features and documentaries for the BBC World Service in Spanish, "World Vision Report," Canadian Broadcasting Corporation’s "Dispatches" and "Marketplace" radio programs.
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Post-IRP Stories
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January 14, 2010 | The New York Times
A Model in Papaye
Stories
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Earthquake devastates Haiti
The presidential palace was, at least at the time of my visit a little over a year ago, one of the most solid-looking buildings in Port-au-Prince. Located at the center of the ...
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Audio Gallery: The Burden of Aid
During her five-week IRP Fellowship Guidi traveled to Haiti to examine the effects of foreign aid on human rights, violence and poverty. This gallery, with photos by Roberto ...
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Haiti Trash Problem Becomes International Issue
Brazil, South Africa and India are joining forces to clean up Haiti. In a partnership dubbed the "South-South" cooperation, they're overhauling Haiti's thoroughly inadequate state ...
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Geo Answer: Haiti
Today's Geo Quiz takes us to a fishing village in northern Haiti where the beach is owned by a major cruise line and the locals don't get to use it. The answer is Labadie. ...
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Haitian Loan Program Rewards Advancement
The idea is simple: Haitian women take a small loan and commit to a program to improve their family's standard of living. The better they do improving their lives, the more money ...
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Global Hit: Haiti’s walking jukebox
PRI's The World, Global Hit: Haiti's walking jukebox Now to another city -- this one Haiti's capital -- Port-au-Prince. It's a poor though lively city. Many there survive ...
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Why is Foreign Aid Failing Haiti?
Ruxandra Guidi is a freelance radio and print news correspondent. During her five-week IRP Fellowship Guidi traveled to Haiti to examine the effects of foreign aid on human ...
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Haiti: How do You Aid a Failed State?
"When people talk about my country, they refer to it as a failed state," said Pierre Joaquim, an unemployed 26-year-old who stood outside the Haitian National Police headquarters ...
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UN attempts tough police reform in Haiti
Training a police force in Haiti has been a huge challenge for the United Nations mission there. It's working with the remnants of a force with a notorious legacy of brutality. ...
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What does Venezuela want from Haiti
Venezuela is trying to increase its influence throughout Central and South America — in particular Haiti. In the aftermath of summer storms, Venezuela has been contributing ...
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Help for Haiti
Correspondent Ruxandra Guidi reports on the state of the humanitarian crisis in Haiti. Four back-to-back storms have pummeled the area since August....leaving hundreds of ...
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