Malcolm Coad reported Chilean and Latin American affairs as a journalist for many years, including for the Guardian, the BBC, the Washington Post and the Portuguese weekly Expresso. He also worked as Latin America editor of Index on Censorship, as co-producer of a documentary series on Latin American cinema, as a translator, and as press consultant for the UN Economic Commission for Latin America and the Caribbean
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Published in: HomeChilean déjà vu: footnote to a dramaNow that Chile has our attention, it is worth lingering to explore a nation with a unique history of ‘firsts’ to its name
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Published in: HomeChile, the nation underground
The triumphant rescue of Chile's entombed miners is also, for the country's political elite, a turning-point in its history. But the narrative of instant renewal evades some of Chile's darker and more complex realities, says Malcolm Coad in Santiago.