I cover Colombia, Venezuela, Bolivia, Ecuador and Peru. Most recently I have been focused on migration, specifically the record number of people making the trek through a dangerous jungle called the Darién in an effort to make it to the United States. With my photographer colleague Federico Rios I have crossed this jungle twice, documenting the journey for The Times.
My Background
I have been working for The Times in South America since 2019, writing often about the effects of an ongoing economic and humanitarian crisis in Venezuela. In particular, my work has focused on the way this crisis has stripped women of access to contraceptives and meaningful care during pregnancy. Prior to moving to Colombia, I was a national reporter, covering the Rocky Mountain region of the U.S., based in Denver. I often wrote about indigenous voter rights, public lands, gun culture and the opioid crisis. I began my career with The Times in 2012 in New York, where I was a freelancer, reporting on breaking news around the city. I also wrote about the city’s immigrant communities and worked as a Spanish-speaking reporter on a major investigation into the city’s nail salon industry. I studied journalism at the University of North Carolina, and I was born in Silver Spring, Maryland.
Journalistic Ethics
Journalistic independence is essential to my work, and as a Times journalist I adhere to the standards of integrity outlined in The Times’s Ethical Journalism handbook. This means that it is my role to explore and document multiple points of view and present them to our readers. It is not my role to advocate for one particular idea, party or policy. Because my work brings me to many parts of the world that are often difficult for readers and policymakers to access, I often view myself as a conduit through which different groups of people, who might never meet, are exposed to a common set of facts.
After facing down the general who tried to oust him, President Luis Arce is battling a more formidable figure, Evo Morales, a former president who wants to reclaim power.
By Julie Turkewitz, María Silvia Trigo and Genevieve Glatsky
The general declared he was leading an effort to “re-establish democracy,” but he and other members of the armed forces later pulled back after trying to storm the presidential palace.
By Julie Turkewitz, Genevieve Glatsky and María Silvia Trigo
Four former officials in the government of President Nicolás Maduro describe his options between now and an election that could remove him from power — or solidify his grip.
The former vice president, Jorge Glas, had taken pills, the police said, and was taken to a hospital. He had taken refuge at the embassy after being accused of corruption.
Jorge Glas, a former vice president, had taken refuge at the Mexican Embassy in Ecuador’s capital. Mexico’s president called his arrest a violation of international law.
Robbery and rape have long been a risk for migrants crossing the Darién Gap, but recently, there has been a sharp rise in sexual violence directed at women and girls. Julie Turkewitz and Federico Rios of The New York Times captured a snapshot of that violence, speaking with 14 women who said they had experienced sexual violence, ranging from forcible touching to rape.
By Julie Turkewitz, Nikolay Nikolov and Federico Rios