Rio Gringa

When I’m doing research and unexpectedly come across one of my old pieces

What a lot of days at work are like

Teaching newbies the style guide

When I get up at the crack of dawn, cover a conference at the State Department, spend the afternoon writing up the conference, and then spend nearly 12 hours on 5 modes of transportation to go away for a long weekend

When I get deeply into writing a piece and only later remember that I forgot to eat a meal

From this week:

• Interview With Meu Rio’s Alessandra Orofino (Rio Gringa)
• Guide: President Barack Obama in Mexico and Costa Rica, co-written (AS/COA Online)
• Weekly Roundup: Obama’s Mexico Stop, Brazil’s Arms Exports, and Argentina’s Teen Vote, co-written (AS/COA Online)

• Rio’s Renaissance: Will Public Works Last? (Rio Gringa)
• Paraguay Aims to Regain Mercosur Membership (AS/COA Online)
• Weekly Roundup: Brazil or Mexico to Head WTO, Venezuela’s Vote Audit, Dilma’s Argentina Trip (co-written, AS/COA Online)
• Explainer: President Barack Obama’s Trip to Mexico and Costa Rica (co-written, AS/COA Online)

When I (rarely) manage to leave the office before 6pm

I realized that given I’m writing for at least two different places at any given time, it would be good to do a weekly summary of what I’ve published in the last week. So I’m going to start doing that here—accompanied by a fun GIF, of course.

• Interview: Voz da Comunidade in New York (Rio Gringa)
• Brazil’s Startup Database (AS/COA Online)
• Interview: Felipe Matos on Cultivating Startups in Brazil (AS/COA Online)
• Weekly Roundup: Brazil’s Gun Ownership, Mexico’s Achilles’ Heel, and Chile’s Women Entrepreneurs (cowritten, AS/COA Online)
• Brazil’s Tomato War (Rio Gringa)

When I try to write after a 10-hour work day