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Wies U.

Rio de Janeiro, State of Rio de Janeiro, Brazil

$200 - $300 / Day

About

I am a freelance correspondent and fixer Latin America, based in Rio de Janeiro since July 2013. Before that I lived and worked as a journalist in Colombia from October 2002 till July 2013. Things I know a lot about are: the conflict and peacetalks in Colombia, the political and economic crisis in Venezuela, daily life in Rio, women's issues in Latin America, the Panama and Nicaragua Canal, and the economic woes here in Brazil, just to mention some examples. Dutch is my native tongue, but I express myself quite well in English and Spanish. My Portuguese is improving a lot. Rio de Janeiro still exists after the Olympics Games! One of the legacies of the Games is the improvement of the city's port area, the area where I'm living. In the colonial era Rio received more than a million slaves from Africa here. Their grandgrandchildren are still living in this area, that is also called Little Africa. Their black pride is increasing and this is one of the most interesting things that is happening in Rio at the moment. Racism has been considered a non issue in Brazil for a long time, but the ugly truth is that it is as strong as elsewhere in the world. In my neighborhood I want to research how blacks are dealing with this, what their answers are. If you're interested, you can contact me for interviews, reports, features, whatever you need. I'll be publishing stories here in my account as well.

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