Jonathan Gilbert is a foreign correspondent in Buenos Aires, Argentina, where he mostly writes about politics and the government of President Cristina Kirchner. He has also covered stories in Uruguay, Chile, Paraguay, and Venezuela, including the death of Hugo Chávez. He previously worked as a sports reporter in England. He read Geography and Spanish at the University of Birmingham in the UK and has a postgraduate diploma in Journalism.
After decades of population loss to cities, rural areas in Spain – and across Europe – have been gaining allure as havens from the ongoing recession.
Doing Good
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Paul Giniès is the general manager of the International Institute for Water and Environmental Engineering (2iE) in Burkina Faso, which trains more than 2,000 engineers from more than 30 countries each year.
Paul Giniès turned a failing African university into a world-class problem-solver
Today 2iE is recognized as a 'center of excellence' producing top-notch home-grown African engineers ready to address the continent's problems.
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