From covering covert arms deals under Chilean dictator Pinochet to seven-hour speeches by Fidel Castro, Anthony Boadle (@AnthonyBoadle) has written the first draft of Latin America’s history over recent decades. Not without risk - he’s been kicked out of a country (but allowed back), had his apartment broken into (likely by state security) and is familiar with being followed by government handlers. Now Reuters chief political correspondent for Brazil, he follows the wild ride of right-wing Jair Bolsonaro’s presidency.

Countries featured: Argentina, UK, Venezuela, Chile, Brazil, Canada, USA, Cuba

Publications featured: UPI, Reuters

Anthony discusses Bolsonaro’s impeachment prospects (2:38), his own early education and getting his start covering oil in Venezuela (5:53), joining UPI and moving to Chile under Pinochet (9:00), cloak/dagger with Chilean communists and getting expelled from the country (16:12), the story about Chilean cluster bombs sold to Iraq/Iran that got his apartment broken into (18:32), a close encounter with Pinochet (23:11), moving to Ottawa to cover Canadian politics (32:31), interviewing George W Bush in Washington (38:15), covering a rambling Fidel Castro and breaking the news of his illness (40:14), his "story that got away" on a faulty dengue vaccine in Brazil (53:22), his long family history in Latin America (1:00:33) and the lightning round (1:04:46)

Here are links to some of the things we talk about:

Anthony’s story on Bolsonaro keeping impeachment at bay - https://reut.rs/2W9OwOy

UPI on wikipedia - https://bit.ly/3iWru7h

WSJ’s The Soccer Match that Kicked Off Italy’s Coronavirus Disaster - https://on.wsj.com/3iW92M0

Fernando Gabeira bio on wikipedia - https://bit.ly/3ehtTpD

Four Days in September on IMDb - https://imdb.to/3gQUf3C

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