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Reuters reporter based in Berlin, previously Havana, BsAs. DMs open, tips to sarah.marsh@reuters.com. Instagram: @nomadreporter
Dec 10, 2022 5 tweets 2 min read
1/ Until recently, Berlin judge Birgit Malsack-Winkemann was giving speeches in the German parliament. This week she was arrested in a raid as part of a group suspected of plotting to violently overthrow the #German government.

reut.rs/3W1hEns 2/ Prosecutors have said the 58-year-old, a member of the far-right Alternative for Germany (AfD) party, was to become justice minister in a new state headed by aristocrat Heinrich XIII Prinz Reuss after the coup.
Mar 3, 2022 6 tweets 4 min read
1/ Many Germans are welcoming refugees from #Ukraine at Berlin’s central train station, offering them a place to stay.

“I wanted to at least help someone to get a few nights good sleep,”said student Paulin Nusser, offering her couch. ImageImageImage 2/ Hotel owner David Henning, 31, said he was dedicating a floor of his hotel in northern Berlin to Ukrainian refugees, for them to stay as long as they want. Image
Aug 2, 2021 11 tweets 6 min read
1/ The #USA doubled down on its tough stance and sanctions on #Cuba after historic protests & said it would seek to support protesters.

But many countries in Latin America & the Caribbean which has shifted left lately, are asking it to back off instead

reuters.com/world/americas… 2/ The right-wing governments of Brazil, Colombia, Ecuador, Guatemala & Honduras joined the #USA in a statement condemning #Cuba's crackdown on protesters

Yet only 20 countries worldwide signed, signalling how isolated DC is on Cuba policy, analysts said

reuters.com/world/americas…
May 11, 2020 12 tweets 8 min read
1/12 Haitian pastor Burel Fontilus feared for his life when he contracted #coronavirus. It wasn’t the COVID-19 respiratory disease that frightened him, he said, rather gun-toting vigilantes in his neighborhood threatening to lynch him. Opens thread on story w @andrepaultre: 2/12 Around the world, sufferers of #coronavirus & health professionals have faced stigma due to fear & ignorance. In #Haiti though, where tensions are already running high, education is poor & many distrust state institutions to keep them safe,that often erupts into violence
Nov 17, 2019 9 tweets 3 min read
1/9 We interviewed #Haiti's president about the political gridlock paralyzing his country. He said he entered closed door talks w/ members of opposition, civil society a wk and a half ago after public attempts failed. Opposition leaders denied involvement reut.rs/2Kuw2lQ 2/9 Jovenel Moise also said #Haiti needed international support to overcome a humanitarian crisis. The protests, with barricades blocking main arteries, have worsened food insecurity by preventing relief from reaching people. Moise asked for logistical support. @andrepaultre