JENNIFER ROSS
Je suis journaliste chilienne-canadienne, qui travaille à la pige en Santiago, Chili, depuis 2003. Je parle six langues et j'ai de l'expérience en plusieurs médias: presse, radio, télévision et photographie, en français, anglais et espagnol.J'ai un baccalauréat en journalisme et deux Masters en relations internationales. Je suis correspondente pour la BBC, NPR, Radio Nacionale d'Espagne, Radio Directe International (de Radio-Canada), etc.
Je vous invite à lire quelques-uns de mes articles (je m'excuse qu'ils soient en anglais - j'aimerai justement en faire en français).
N.B.: Je travail présentement sous un contrat de court-terme avec les Nations Unies, et je ne suis donc pas disponible pour faire du journalisme à la pige jusqu'à la fin de mon contrat le 31 de décembre, 2010.
TELEVISION:
"Barrick Gold veut déplacer des glaciers au Chili," Le Monde - Radio Directe Internationale (Radio Canada) - 25 avril, 2005. (reportage en français, de deux minutes
ARTICLES (en anglais):
Chile Kick-Starts Debate on Gender Quotas
Women's E-News February 16, 2007Chile may be notable for having a female president, but the country ranks 14th out of 18 Latin American countries in female political representation. Congressional hearings on a gender-quota bill for political parties are stirring debate.
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Venetian history surfaces in basic black
The Australian January 13, 2007NO image better depicts Venice than a classic black gondola gliding along its narrow canals. And, thanks to new regulations passed by the city council, gondoliers will have to make sure that image remains intact.
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Thousands pay last respects to Pinochet
The Independent December 12, 2006Thousands of mourners filed through the military academy in Santiago yesterday to pay respects to the former dictator Augusto Pinochet, who died from heart disease on Sunday, aged 91.
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Controversial legacy of former Chilean dictator
Christian Science Monitor December 12, 2006General Pinochet is credited with stablilizing Chile's economy, but is best known for his repressive rule and alleged human rights violations.
SANTIAGO, CHILE – The death Sunday of one of South America's most notorious dictators, Gen. Augusto Pinochet, frustrated the efforts of those who had hoped to see him condemned for the human rights abuses committed during his 17-year rule.
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Chileans celebrate death of reviled dictator Pinochet
Globe & Mail December 11, 2006SANTIAGO -- Many Chileans celebrated the death of dictator Augusto Pinochet yesterday amid hopes that his passing would help to speed the prosecution of other human-rights abusers and frustrations that the reviled dictator was never found guilty.
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Crowds take to streets to celebrate Pinochet's demise
The Independent December 11, 2006The streets of Santiago were a cacophony of car horns and cheering yesterday, as Chileans took to the streets in droves to celebrate the demise of South America's most notorious dictator.
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Ski resorts give Chile a lift in quest to lure travel dollars
Globe & Mail November 24, 2006While many Canadians are planning their ski vacations this winter, some are making plans to hit the slopes next summer, at the other end of the hemisphere. Far-flung places such as Chile might seem like a costly stretch for Canadian skiers, who have lots of snow and ski resorts like Whistler a domestic flight away. But this South American country has geography on its side.
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World's wineries develop a nose for Chile
The Globe & Mail October 20, 2006A barefoot beauty queen dances about in a giant vat of grapes, to the lively sounds of Chile's typical folk music, cueca, before more than a thousand spectators sipping wine from tiny plastic shot glasses. The ceremonial squish is to open a massive wine-tasting event hosted by 20 local vineyards in the town of Santa Cruz. In the heart of Colchagua, one of Chile's hottest wine-growing valleys, it's a chance for local vintners to strut their stuff, and even do a little real estate.
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Madurodam: A model city
Dallas Morning News October 15, 2006THE HAGUE, Netherlands – Madurodam is not a name you'll find on any map. But it has become one of the most visited cities in the Netherlands. With a population of 66,000, an extensive infrastructure of canals, rail lines and its own airport, Madurodam is like any other average-sized Dutch town. With one big difference – everything here is 25 times smaller.
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Goodbye garish gondolas: tradition wins over business
National Post October 14, 2006Nothing better symbolizes the romantic lagoon city of Venice than the picture-postcard image of a gondola gliding along its narrow canals. In recent years, however, the classic black banana-shaped boats have grown increasingly more flamboyant, with multicoloured seating, gilding and flashy decorations, all designed to lure tourists away from the motorized water taxis that have eclipsed the gondola as the main mode of transport.
No more: Thanks to new regulations passed by Venice's city council, gondoliers will have to think again about hanging those plush dice on the gunwale and return to the traditional black design.
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Surprising & spectacular: Why more people are going to the end of the Earth to hike
Ottawa Citizen October 7, 2006Torres del Paine National Park is a hiker's paradise that's fast becoming a pilgrimage of choice for nature buffs, adventure tourists and those with an appetite for the non-conventional. Peter Potterfield recommends it in his new book Classic Hikes of the World: 23 Breathtaking Treks. In its 15th anniversary issue, National Geographic Traveler named Torres del Paine as one of the Top 50 "greatest places of a lifetime" and in the Top 10 in the "Paradise Found" category.
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Caribbean conundrum: Arubans defend their native tongue
The New Internationalist October 2006Oranjestad, Aruba – At Aruba’s weekly Bonbini festival, where tourists come to marvel at the Carnaval costumes and take in a bit of the island’s folklore. A petite solo singer in a slinky red dress takes the stage, and is belting out a song dedicated to her island, and its beloved language – Papiamento.
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Selling on Chile’s mean streets
Globe & Mail September 29, 2006With her one good arm, Carmen rearranges the cellphone cases atop her makeshift cart on a busy pedestrian mall in downtown Santiago. Amid the lunch hour rush, she hollers at passersby, in the hopes that they'll stop to peruse her wares. She's one of the thousands of street vendors who eke out a living selling hairclips, underwear, pirated CDs and other inexpensive goods on almost every downtown street corner in Chile's capital.
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Brazil's 'good leftist' poised for election repeat
Globe & Mail September 26, 2006SAO PAOLO — Four years ago, the thought of electing a radical former union leader from a poor background made Brazil's business classes cringe. But today, populist President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva is widely praised for reducing hunger and stabilizing the country's economy, and he appears poised to coast to re-election on Oct. 1.
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In Chile, free morning-after pills to teens
Christian Science Monitor September 12, 2006SANTIAGO, CHILE – This month, Chile began to combat the problem of high teen-pregnancy rates by distributing free morning-after pills to girls as young as 14 years old. Government support of emergency contraception is not unusual in Latin America or in Europe. Last month, the US Food and Drug Administration approved the over-the-counter sale of morning-after pills (known as Plan B), for women over 18. Girls age 17 and under must have a doctor's note. But the Chilean government, by giving away the pills to such young girls, is igniting a storm of opposition from critics who say it undermines parents and is tantamount to abortion.
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Brazil makes headway in bid for 'Zero Hunger'
Christian Science Monitor September 11, 2006BRASILIA – In the sprawling shantytown of Estructural, Norberia Brito holds her newborn daughter in one arm, while with the other she stirs her feijao, a lunch of black beans and rice. It's one of the few dishes the young mother of three can afford on the 95 reals ($44) she gets monthly from the government.
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Island Fever
Latin Trade August 2006Vacation travel booms in a Caribbean hotspot, prompting some to worry about its impact.
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Circus makes performers out of troubled youth
Globe & Mail June 16, 2006SANTIAGO -- Beneath a sprawling big top in the north end of Chile's capital, a tiny woman in an ornate tutu carefully balances herself with a pink paper umbrella as she walks up a tightrope.
Watching her every step is a wide-eyed Soraya Sepulveda. The 23-year-old circus student is one of 450 young people who were invited to a special private performance this spring of Cirque du Soleil's internationally acclaimed show Saltimbanco.
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How Chile's growth skipped its schools
Christian Science Monitor June 14, 2006SANTIAGO, CHILE – "A country's development is expressed by the quality of its schools, not by the quality of its highways." The hand-painted sign hung outside a Santiago high school last week, one of hundreds that have been paralyzed in recent weeks by massive student demonstrations calling for education reform in Chile.
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Circus arts lift Chile's troubled youths
Christian Science Monitor June 7, 2006SANTIAGO, CHILE – In the north end of Chile's sprawling capital, Santiago, the graffiti-covered neighborhood of Quinta Normal is considered one of the most "vulnerable" inner-city communities for youth. The Lo Franco Elementary School has long struggled to inoculate its preteens against the temptations of drugs and other social ills. But they've started making inroads, with an unusual approach.
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Immigration situation sounds eerily familiar
Miami Herald May 28, 2006Aruba's need for cheap labor and proximity to countries with people who need jobs has inflated the number of undocumented migrants there -- at a level far exceeding that fueling the debate in the States.
Care for every child
Toronto Star May 27, 2006Despite its relative poverty, Chile is working to provide universal daycare
— something that affluent Canada says it can't afford.
Peru Campaign Quiet on Reproductive Issues
Women's E-News May 22, 2006In Peru, which has one of the highest illegal abortion rates in Latin America, the sole female presidential candidate is out of the race and women's groups say sexual and reproductive rights have been missing from the campaign season.
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Peruvian voters to pick between bad and worse
The New Zealand Herald May 6, 2006 Beatriz Alonso is having her nails done at a mall in the middle-class neighbourhood of Jesus Maria as she watches the electoral results on television. She cringes as she hears that the gap between the second and third-placed presidential candidates is narrowing. With 99 per cent of the polls in, three weeks after the elections, Alan Garcia has edged ahead.
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Chile's Bachelet Promises Pension Payday for Women
Women's E-News March 10, 2006Chile's president-elect Michelle Bachelet has promised an overhaul of the nation's private pension system. She says her reform will do much more to help women than the "pension for housewives" promised by her opponents during the campaign.
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Bachelet Era Begins with Change
Christian Science Monitor. A1. February 1, 2006Michelle Bachelet made history Jan. 15 by becoming Chile's first female president. Monday, she chalked up yet another precedent: naming a cabinet of 10 female and 10 male ministers. It's the first of its kind in the entire western hemisphere - and one of few examples in the world.
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Chilean Women Celebrate Signs of Rapid Change
Women's E-News January 19, 2006Times are changing rapidly for women in Chile, where Michelle Bachelet is taking over as president and a far-reaching law on domestic violence is taking effect.
SANTIAGO, Chile (WOMENSENEWS)--For 25 years, Maria Victoria Torres put up with daily physical and emotional abuse from her husband. He would punch and kick her, pull her hair, call her names and even lock her in a dark room for days on end.
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Chileans prepare to welcome first female president
The Independent January 16, 2006SANTIAGO, CHILE – In what's seen as a cultural breakthrough for the most conservative country in Latin America, a female Socialist - promising to maintain the country's free-market policies - is poised to become the next president of Chile.
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Beavers too eager for their own good
Miami Herald December 22, 2005LAGUNA PARILLAR, Chile - His rubber boots sinking into spongy red tufts of moss, park ranger Ricardo Cid tramps across sprawling marshlands in search of the latest threat to this national reserve: Canadian beavers, up to 70 pounds of tree-cutting, dam-building, ecosystem-damaging rodent, imported nearly 60 years ago in hope of establishing a fur industry in Tierra del Fuego, an island at the southern tip of Chile and Argentina.
Chileans set to elect a woman
Christian Science Monitor December 9, 2005SANTIAGO, CHILE – A crescendo of female voices fills the Diego Portales Convention Center at a recent presidential debate on women's issues. "Michelle" is the rallying cry, as a predominantly female crowd of 3,000 cheers on Chile's sole female contender.
"It's inspiring," says Magdalena Correa, to the wide-eyed approvals of two friends. "We came to support Michelle because we're women, heads of the household, self-employed, and we want there to be a stronger voice for women in Chile."
Heading into this Sunday's presidential election, Michelle Bachelet is leading all polls and appears poised to become Chile's first female president.
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Fujimori rolls dice on comeback in Peru
The Globe & Mail November 8, 2005SANTIAGO — Getting arrested for corruption isn't usually the best way to launch a bid for political office, but it doesn't seem to have hurt Alberto Fujimori as he was nabbed in Chile yesterday after returning to South America for the first time in five years, in the hopes of regaining the presidency of Peru.
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In traditional Chile, meet the soldiers with pearl earrings
Christian Science Monitor. A1. November 7, 2005SANTIAGO, CHILE—Standing at a bus stop outside Chile's military academy, Mariela Gomez can scarcely contain her joy. She'll soon say goodbye to her family and friends who've risen early to see her off. "I've dreamed of this for a long time," says Miss Gomez, sporting simple pearl earrings - the only jewelry allowed women in combat fatigues. "I wanted to do something for my country. When I hear the national anthem, it's like when you see a guy - I get butterflies. That's why I'm here."
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Sewage plant in Chile combats disease
Toronto Star November 5, 2005SANTIAGO, CHILE—Rising up from behind a lush swamp, eight metal towers overlook two dozen round cement pools. From a glass control centre, computers operate metal arms that swish around opaque, brown waters. Sprawling across 145 hectares in Santiago's west end, La Farfana is the fifth-largest sewage treatment plant in the world, and the most modern in South America. In the region's most stable economy, this treatment plant stands out as a monolithic symbol of Chile's economic and environmental development.
Mountain of money
Latin Trade November 2005During their short summer months, people living in northern climes flock to beaches, cottages, campgrounds and do just about any outdoor activity that involves wearing shorts. Meanwhile, south of the equator, some investors are banking on the reversal of seasons - summer is winter in the Southern Hemisphere - to lure foreign tourists seeking a decidedly chilly experience.
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Venezuela Will Retry Teen's Accused Torturer
Women's E-News October 7, 2005In a case that has drawn international outrage, Linda Loaiza Lopez' perpetrator was found not guilty last year, four years after she was kidnapped, raped and tortured. Now, a retrial is set to start next week.
CARACAS, Venezuela (WOMENSENEWS)--Clad in a white T-shirt with pink teddy bears, the freckly 21-year-old pauses as she tells the story of being kidnapped, raped and tortured four years ago.
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Chile passes progressive domestic abuse law
The Globe & Mail September 30, 2005SANTIAGO -- Domestic abuse will be considered a crime in Chile for the first time tomorrow as a progressive new law takes effect that includes stiff penalties for physical assault and goes beyond Canadian legislation to extend the definition to psychological attacks.
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Birdsong Regained: Paraguayan government bends to farmers' demands
New Internationalist Magazine September 2005Federico Duarte and his eight young children used to wake up to the chirp of birds in the forested farmland of Alto Paraná in eastern Paraguay. While living in an inner-city park in the capital Asunción, at the beginning of this year, the sound of birds was drowned out by the traffic rushing past their tattered tents.
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Brazil’s disappearing jungle
Toronto Star August 6, 2005Mato Grosso, Brazil—Seemingly endless expanses of green stretch for hundreds of kilometres along the highway in the northern portion of Brazil's sprawling state of Mato Grosso, Portuguese for "dense forest." This is the southern fringe of the Amazon but there is no jungle here. Instead, cattle farms and fields of corn, cotton and soya plantations dominate the landscape. In May, Brazil's environment ministry released startling new data revealing the jungle shrank by 26,130 square kilometres between August 2003 and August 2004. That's the second-highest one-year total on record.
Chile's New Sex-Harassment Law Takes Off
Women’s E-News June 30, 2005Read more
Brazil tries to stem tide of sex slavery
Women’s E-News June 19, 2005Read more
Moving heaven, earth - and glaciers
Toronto Star June 4, 2005
Brazil begins talking openly about abortion
Women’s E-News May 15, 2005Brazil is moving to address the problem of illegal abortion, the country's fourth leading cause of maternal death. In March the government eased abortions for rape victims and in April it formed a committee to review all its abortion policies.
Read more - THIS WAS AMONG FIVE ARTICLES IN WOMEN'S E-NEWS THAT JOINTLY WON THE 2006 ROSA CISNEROS MEMORIAL AWARD IN JOURNALISM
Women in Chile Look Toward Rome with Apprehension
Women’s E-News April 15, 2005Read more
Regime's top officials face torture charges
Washington Times April 5, 2005Read more
Chile's Politicians Battle Over Emergency Contraception
Women's E-News April 1, 2005Read more
In Britain and Chile, lessons for revamping social security
Christian Science Monitor March 14, 2005Read more
President of Bolivia tenders resignation
March 8, 2005 Globe & MailRead more
Falling water, rising hopes
March 5, 2005 Toronto StarRead more
Chile wants to pull Asia - all of it - into a growing global trade orbit
March 2005 Latin TradeRead more
Chilean Women Chalk Up Income Gains
February 20, 2005 Women's E-NewsRead more
Hip Hop goes Home
February 19, 2005 Ottawa Citizen
Human rights victories stir resentment
February 8, 2005 Washington TimesRead more
VALLE DEL ELQUI: Magical Mystery Tour
February 2005 IN-LANRead more
Paying the price for growth
January 8, 2005 Toronto Star
Pinochet ruled fit for trial
January 5, 2005 Globe & MailRead more
OPEN HOUSE: A Canadian company sees Latin America as a springboard for its assembly-line homes
January 2005 Latin Trade
Legal Momentum Gathers in Chile Against Pinochet
December 25, 2004 Washington PostRead more
Chilean Women Celebrate Gaining Right to Divorce
Dec. 3, 2004 Women’s E-NewsRead more
Chilean torture was policy, Lagos says
Nov. 30, 2004 Globe & MailRead more
Pinochet torture victims angry at pension
November 30, 2004 The IndependentRead more
Illegal abortions rampant in Latin America
November 28, 2004 Women's E-NewsRead more
Chile passes law to allow divorce for the first time
November 28, 2004 The IndependentRead more
Chilean court slaps down notion of amnesty
November 19, 2004 Globe & MailRead more
Critical Mass on a roll in Chile: 'Raging Cyclists' inspired by S.F.'s biking movement
November 14, 2004 San Francisco ChronicleRead more
TransAlta first to trade emission credits
Toronto Star October 22, 2004
Rights groups back Chile's tribal 'terrorists'
The Independent and The Belfast Telegraph October 21, 2004Read more
Bikers pedal for cleaner air
Toronto Star October 9, 2004
Pinochet faces fraud charges over secret £4.4m accounts
The Independent October 1, 2004
Latin 'untouchables' face heat
Christian Science Monitor September 16, 2004Read more
Noose tightens on Pinochet
New Zealand Herald September 11, 2004Read more
Latin America: Does It Exist?
Hispanic Magazine August 2004Read more (scroll down linked page)
Poor paper pickers of Chile
Toronto Star July 31, 2004
In Chile, Hope Is Reborn in 30-Year Quest for Justice
Washington Post July 18, 2004Read more
Picking a tutti-frutti tree
Washington Times June 14, 2004Read more
Chilean military puts on a new face
Washington Times June 1, 2004Read more
Money that grows on crops
Christian Science Monitor April 15, 2004Read more
Canadian companies anxiously await a decision on new mining fees in Chile
Canadian Business April 11, 2004
Countdown to freedom
The Guardian Monday, March 22, 2004Read More
Chile defies church and legalises divorce
The Guardian Friday, March 12, 2004Read More
Latin America eyes defense pact
The Washington Times Tuesday, February 10, 2004Read More
Bolivia hopes to float its bid for sea access
The Globe & Mail Monday, January 12, 2004Read More
Chile tackles child-sex trade
Christian Science Monitor Tuesday, January 13, 2004
Chile awakens to child prostitution after scandal: One organization finds 65,000 online pedophile networks
The San Francisco Chronicle Monday, November 24, 2003Read More
The mechanical artistas of Cuba
The Globe and Mail. Saturday, November 18, 2000. T2.Read More
Bad drinking water on native reserves a 'hidden tragedy,' MP charges
The Ottawa Citizen. Wednesday, July 25, 2001. A6.Read More
Big Brother looms in British offices
The Globe and Mail. Thursday, November 9, 2000. B19.Read More
Safe raving
The Montreal Gazette. February 27, 2000 C1.Read More
REPORTAGES DE RADIO:
"El impacto del nuevo gobierno español en latinoamérica," sur l'émission FORO, Radio France International. April 2, 2004.
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