May 28th, 2008
By Miren Gutierrez and Aldo Ciummo*
A scene from “Gomorra”.
ROME, May 27 (IPS) – The room is packed, the film ends with pounding music, and the word “Gomorra” is shown in an uncomfortable fuchsia over black. The audience applauds and leaves quietly while the music continues to hammer home the message.
“Gomorra” an inside look [...]
May 22nd, 2008
Interview with Sylvia Borren, former executive director, Oxfam Novib
Sylvia Borren
Credit:Sabina Zaccaro/IPS
ROME, May 22 (IPS) – Sylvia Borren was executive director at Oxfam Novib from 1999 until Feb 2008. Before that she was programme director.
Oxfam Novib is the “elephant”, in her words, at Oxfam International, a confederation of 13 organisations working with over 3,000 [...]
From 1990 until 1996, Miren Gutiérrez was based in Hong Kong as an EFE correspondent, covering the South East Asia, Korea and Pacific region, in charge of a group of contributors. She then spent five years in Panama in charge of the business section of La Prensa, the Panamanian newspaper of record. Miren coordinated or edited investigative business stories. Several of these stories were award-winners. A year of free-lancing in New York followed, writing for different media, such as El País, The Nation, UPI, Gatopardo and Offshore Alert. She covered the Sep. 11 attacks for El País. She joined IPS as Editor in chief in January 2003. She published her first novel in 2007.