Best reporting in any medium on Latin America
In a brilliant series of articles, the author attacked an extremely difficult and important subject, namely the failure of the judicial systems in Latin America to mete out even-handed justice. The author argued that the need to improve the judiciary is probably the biggest story in Latin America today and helps explain why the region has lagged behind other parts of the world in some key respects. The author brought a potentially dry subject to life with vivid details of the conditions of jails, the performance of the police, and the failures of individual courts in Argentina, Bolivia and Brazil. He balanced his reports by describing some of the reform efforts that are under way.
Citations for Excellence:
John Otis
Houston Chronicle
“Death in a Hot Zone”
Deepak Gopinath
Institutional Investor
“The Man Who Broke Ecuador”