Fellows & Editors
Whitney Eulich
- Trip:
- Fellows 2015
- Affiliation:
- The Christian Science Monitor
- Country:
- Honduras
- Year:
- 2015
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Whitney Eulich is the Latin America correspondent for The Christian Science Monitor and a freelance print and radio reporter based in Mexico City. She previously served as the Latin America editor for the Monitor, overseeing regional coverage for the website and weekly magazine. She holds a master's in international affairs from Columbia University.
Eulich was awarded a prior fellowship with IRP, reporting from Brazil in 2014.
Stories
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In Honduras, Battle to Help Sex Assault Victims Spotlights ‘Missing Tool’
Dr. Cinthia Gómez is on a mission to help victims of sexual assault. It's a major undertaking in Honduras, where domestic violence and murders targeting women occur with impunity ...
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Time to Leave Honduras? For Many Youths, the Answer Is Easy
Juan Ángel Pineda was almost 16 years old when his father finally agreed: It was time for him to leave Honduras. “The gangs hadn’t come looking for me. Originally,...
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WorldBrief: Honduras Tackling ‘Taboo’ Topic of Sex
Israeli President Reuven Rivlin criticizes Netanyahu on Iran deal rhetoric, North Korea switches to a new time zone and Honduras is starting to tackle 'taboo' topic of sex. Whitney Eulich reported from...
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Time to Talk About Sex? Why Honduras Is Starting to Tackle ‘Taboo’ Topic
Irene is curled up at the end of a yellow, plastic mattress, tapping her hand lightly on the cooing baby by her side. The 14-year-old new mother is so petite, she barely...
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In Honduras, a Wellspring of New Tools to Tackle Drought
Gumersindo Rodriguez has become accustomed to measuring his family's well-being in inches: of rainfall, of crop growth, and the height of his grandchildren. And by that gauge, the drought that&rsquo...;
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Honduras: As Protests Over Corruption Swell, Many See ‘Positive Moment’
Friday night in Tegucigalpa felt more like a neighborhood block party than part of one of the biggest protests in recent Honduran history, with Tiki torches alight, live music blasting, and families...
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In Latin America, New Urgency to Educate Stirs Up Outdated System
At the Sor Juana Inés de la Cruz high school in rural Puebla State, some classrooms are so cramped that students take their exams out on the front lawn. That...
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Taking ‘Manic Mondays’ to a New Level: A Day in the Life of a Rio Public School Teacher
{image-1} A teacher poses with a blackboard reading 'Brazil School' as children sitting in front of desks with signs reading 'FIFA standard schools' hold official 2014 FIFA World Cup soccer balls, as they...
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Brazil’s Long-Impoverished Northeast Rides Into the Middle Class
Surviving as a farmer in the semi-arid northeast of Brazil has never been easy – drought is perennial, poverty is highly concentrated, and for decades the region was known best known for...
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From Gunfights to ‘Mansions’: Inside Rio de Janeiro’s Smorgasbord of Favelas
Just 50 days before Brazil hosts the World Cup, authorities beefed up security Wednesday in Rio de Janeiro after a violent clash between residents and police in a slum near the tourist haven...
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With Brazil’s Petrobras Under Fire for Corruption, Have Brazilians Had Enough?
Brazil's leading Worker's Party is under intense scrutiny this week amid Senate hearings and mounting allegations of corruption at Petrobras, the state-run oil company. This is the second high-profile corruption...
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Foreign Doctors Help Poor Brazilians Get a Leg Up
Just three months ago, the public clinic near Maria Selma Dos Santos’s home didn’t have a single doctor on staff. Prior to that, she could schedule an appointment...
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Trading Wellness Tips, Brazil’s Community Workers Plug Primary Health Gaps
Marcia Cristina Bonfante and Adriana Siqueira Lima live in the same neighborhood in western São Paulo and have daughters around the same age. But when Ms. Bonfante drops by her...
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