Week of June 10, 2019 Archives
RCI -
International Investigations
Monday, June 10
Brazil: TV Host Accused of Killing People to Boost His Ratings
Nick Schager,
Beast
Mexico: Child Soldiers Are Latest Recruits to Fight Cartels
Jeremy Kryt
,
Daily Beast
Botswana: Conservation Breeds Hate of Elephants (and Tourism)
Max Bearak
,
WP
Peru: Family Searches for Blind, Missing Solo Traveler
Nicole Chavez
,
CNN
Tuesday, June 11
North Korea: Leader’s Slain Half Brother Was a CIA Source
Warren P. Strobel
,
WSJ
Wednesday, June 12
Africa: Leaked Files Expose Russian Influence
Luke Harding
&
Jason Burke
,
Guardian
Brazil: Secret Archive Shows Misconduct in Lula Jailing
Fishman
et al., The
Intercept
China: Inside Secret Meeting That Changed the Nation
Andrew Nathan,
Foreign Affairs
China: In Battle for Hong Kong, Field Tilts Toward Beijing
Keith Bradsher
, NY Times
Thursday, June 13
Dominican Republic: Botched Hit Job on MLB's David Ortiz
Cassady
et al.,
NY Post
Dominican Republic: Why Did American Tourists Die?
EJ Dickson
,
Rolling Stone
Friday, June 14
Syria: Kidnapped by ISIS, Yazidi Kids Don't Want to Be Rescued
Liz Sly
, WashPost
China: All the Ways 'Super-Sticky' WeChat Is Watching
Barclay Bram,
Nautilus
China: U.S. Purging Chinese Cancer Researchers
Peter Waldman
, B'berg
Businessweek
Venezuela: They Fled Crisis by Boat, Then Vanished
Angus Berwick
,
Reuters
When Pepsi Was Swapped for Soviet Warships
Szu Ping Chan,
BBC
Saturday, June 15
Dominican Republic: 9 Held in Attempted David Ortiz Rubout
Oppmann et al.,
CNN
Dominican Rep.: Bootleg Grog Eyed in Resort Deaths
Larry Celona
,
Ebony Bowden
,
NYP