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Christopher Neal is a journalist and communications professional. He was a freelance correspondent in Central and South America in the 1980s, and also a reporter for the Montreal Gazette and Ottawa Citizen. He managed media relations for the World Bank’s Latin America and Caribbean department, and earned a Masters of International Policy and Practice (MIPP) from George Washington University. A dual citizen of the United States and Canada, Neal lives in Montreal.

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Christopher Neal I worked as a journalist in Central America in the 1980s, covering Nicaragua's Sandinista revolution, civil war in El Salvador & Guatemala, and the US…moreI worked as a journalist in Central America in the 1980s, covering Nicaragua's Sandinista revolution, civil war in El Salvador & Guatemala, and the US military buildup in Honduras. In the course of reading to understand the history, I came upon the story of Carleton Beals, a US journalist who interviewed Augusto Sandino in 1928, then fighting 3000 US marines occupying Nicaragua. As I read more of Beals's work, I found it not only entertaining and illuminating, but also useful guidance on how US-Latin America relations evolved through his life and coverage of Mexico, Cuba, Peru and the region as a whole. So I decided to tell his story and show why it matters. He was critical of US policy, prescient and well-informed, with a legacy that needs to be recognized.(less)

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The Rebel Scribe: Carleton Beals and the Progressive Challenge to U.S. Policy in Latin America

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Stephen Kinzer, former New York Times bureau chief in Central America and author of many books on Latin American history, among others, reviewed "The Rebel Scribe" for ReVista, magazine of Harvard University's David Rockefeller Center for Latin American Studies.
"The remarkable figure...Carleton Beals, was...one of my role models," Kinzer writes. "For me or anyone setting out on a career as a forei Read more of this blog post »

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