by News Decoder | 12 Jan 2017 | Uncategorized
By Nelson Graves Last month, News-Decoder launched a funding appeal, and so far we have raised $7,050. That’s half of our goal for our first tranche — to “keep the lights on” — and 10% of our overall target. We have a ways to go to ensure...
by News Decoder | 22 Dec 2016 | Islam, Middle East, Politics, United States
By Alistair Lyon U.S. President-elect Donald Trump has casually hurled a diplomatic grenade into the Middle East. He has picked as his ambassador to Israel a fervent sponsor of Israeli settlements on occupied Palestinian land and an enemy of any two-state solution to...
by News Decoder | 30 Nov 2016 | Americas, History
By François Raitberger I had my first glimpse of Fidel Castro on my very first day in Cuba, and I was fascinated and ridiculed. As the Reuters correspondent I was invited to a reception for an African president in the lush gardens of a state villa in Havana. There I...
by Michael Arkus | 29 Nov 2016 | Americas, History
Michael Arkus, who covered Fidel Castro — winning a memorable interview while swimming with “El Comandante” — reflects on what might have been. Michael Arkus was a Reuters correspondent in Cuba at the start of Fidel Castro’s rule. He has written a...
by News Decoder | 28 Nov 2016 | Americas
We asked News-Decoder correspondents for their thoughts and reminiscences about Fidel Castro following the death of the Cuban leader. “Alcohol and music have been banned for nine days.” – Malcolm Davidson I was in Cuba when when news of...