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Haiti Quake: Keeping Haiti's Internet Alive

Fri, 22 Jan 2010 18:33:40 -0400

_pap_embed('frow03s3967qd7b'); With lives in the balance and medicine in short supply, the internet could seem like an afterthought in Haiti. But Paolo Chilosi, who runs Multilink, a leading internet provider in Haiti, says the net is as vital as food...

Haiti Quake: Improvisation Amid the Chaos

Thu, 14 Jan 2010 01:04:46 -0400

_pap_embed('frow03s38b5qd7b'); After suffering the worst earthquake in a century, the scale of Haiti's devastation is still unfolding. The nation has no electricity, cell phone coverage and land lines are down, but Paolo Chilosi, who runs Multilink, an internet provider in...

Bolivia: Back on the Road With Evo

Wed, 23 Dec 2009 21:12:26 -0400

Following Evo Morales' recent election landslide, Bolivian video journalist Tupac Saavedra talks with iWitness about why Morales remains so popular with the majority of Bolivians.

Reflections: The End of a Divided Germany

Wed, 11 Nov 2009 16:34:39 -0400

I grew up in West Germany during the Cold War, with one side of my family from the East and the other from the West. And even though I've lived in the U.S. for well over a decade, I am still deeply moved by what happened the summer and fall of 1989.

Peru: Kiva's Web-based Microfinance Growing Up

Fri, 16 Oct 2009 13:57:55 -0400

Three years after we broadcast our phenomenally popular story about Kiva, the San Francisco-based nonprofit that helps thousands of small businesses with microloans across the developing world, we check back in with the company on its fourth anniversary.

Honduras: Standoff at the Embassy

Wed, 30 Sep 2009 22:26:44 -0400

Honduras' left-leaning president, Manuel Zelaya, who was deposed in a coup back on June 28, has returned to the country. We spoke to Al Jazeera's Monica Villamizar, who has been following the story, which, she says, has become a test case in Latin America for how the U.S. handles the crisis.

China: Wall Scholar

Thu, 17 Sep 2009 18:03:04 -0400

There is apparently no formula to becoming an expert on the Great Wall of China. David Spindler was a graduate student in Beijing back in the early 1990s when he began trekking the wall and studying ancient documents to reveal its secrets. His passion for the wall's history is now the subject of two new exhibits.

Afghanistan: A Stolen Election?

Fri, 04 Sep 2009 00:57:35 -0400

It's a pivotal time for Afghanistan. Allegations continue to stack up that Hamid Karzai and his supporters have rigged the election, and a change in U.S. policy to put more troops on the ground is losing public support.

Swaziland: The King and the Web

Thu, 27 Aug 2009 02:47:51 -0400

Can an internet conference challenge the status quo in a country with the highest rate of HIV/AIDs in the world and an absolute monarch reluctant to change?

Jailed In Iran, A Reporter's Story

Fri, 24 Jul 2009 16:09:24 -0400

Photojournalist Iason Athanasiadis-Fowden was in Iran covering the recent elections when he was arrested and charged with espionage.

Guinea Bissau: A Narco State in Africa

Fri, 19 Jun 2009 14:38:38 -0400

Photojournalist Marco Vernaschi talks with iWitness about the intimate portraits he captured within West Africa's growing drugs trade.

Afghanistan: After an Airstrike

Fri, 29 May 2009 20:55:11 -0400

Jason Motlagh has been reporting from Afghanistan for several months, first embedding with U.S. troops and most recently looking at the other side of the conflict -- the growing numbers of civilian casualties.

Pakistan: Education's Fault Lines

Tue, 26 May 2009 21:16:06 -0400

Journalists Sarah Stuteville and Alex Stonehill spent six weeks crisscrossing Pakistan to report on the country's growing education crisis. They spoke recently with iWitness from Karachi about their experience.

Burma: One Year After the Deadly Storm

Fri, 01 May 2009 15:27:17 -0400

On the eve of May 2, 2008, Cyclone Nargis ripped through the Burmese delta killing 100,000 and leaving millions more homeless. A year on, our correspondent visits the devastated area and finds tent cities and surprising pockets of renewal.

Interview With Sharmeen Obaid-Chinoy

Wed, 15 Apr 2009 17:26:38 -0400

_pap_embed('frow03s2ae6q99d'); Editor's Note: "I believe in telling the truth," says filmmaker Sharmeed Obaid-Chinoy. In this webcam interview, she tells us why she undertook such a dangerous journey in her native Pakistan to document how the Taliban are repressing young girls...