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Ingrid Arnesen

Ingrid Arnesen has covered major political and humanitarian crises worldwide for CBS News, ABC News and CNN, including the wars in Kosovo, Iraq and Afghanistan. She received the Columbia-Alfred I. Dupont Gold Award and Edward Murrow Award for her coverage of Haiti in 1994.

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BACK HOME

Haiti’s First Lady Makes Surprise Return

Martine Moise was spotted emerging from a private jet with a cast on her arm from the gunshot wound she suffered in the attack on her late husband.

Ingrid Arnesen

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DEAD OF NIGHT

Haiti Says Suspected Assassins Caught Amid ‘State of Siege’

The capital city of Port-au-Prince was paralyzed in the wake of President Jovenel Moïse’s assassination.

Ingrid Arnesen

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FAREWELL TO AN ICON

Daily Beast Reporters Remember the Legendary Chris Dickey

‘Chris was simultaneously the most glamorous and adventurous person who’d ever walked among us.’

Anna Nemtsova

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SHIPS IN THE NIGHT

Iranian Tankers Arrive in Venezuela Despite the U.S. Navy

Maduro has built a byzantine network of allies—notably Iran and Russia, but also shady gold traders and sympathetic shipping tycoons—to come to his rescue.

Ingrid Arnesen

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TWO-HEADED MONSTER

Trump Backs a Venezuelan Coup With Strong Words and... What?

Endorsing the young parliamentarian who just declared himself president is one thing. Getting rid of Nicolás Maduro is quite another.

Ingrid Arnesen

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AT THE RAZOR WIRE’S EDGE

Everything Trump Does Makes the Border Crisis Worse

The most dangerous criminals in Latin America are in government offices and posh suburbs. They don’t walk across the border. The people who do are the ones fleeing them.

Ingrid Arnesen

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BAD HOMBRE

Behind the Narco-Terror Forcing Caravan Refugees to Flee

So far the DEA has put 39 top drug traffickers behind bars, but the whole fabric of society has been torn apart by corruption, narcotics, and carnage.

Ingrid Arnesen

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MOMENTUM

Trump’s Army Threats Fail to Stop Caravan

A crazy rumor and a little brawl almost halted the momentum of the migrants and refugees headed for the U.S. border. But they are on the road again—Trump’s threats be damned.

Ingrid Arnesen

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NOBODY'S PINATA

Mexico Is Taunting Trump With the Migrant Caravan

As Trump orders the regular army to the border warning of an ‘onslaught’ the caravan of migrants keeps marching.

Ingrid Arnesen

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LIKE A GRAVEYARD

At Hurricane Michael’s Ground Zero, Even Streets Are Gone

Help finally arrived after days of waiting, but residents can barely tell where they live anymore and have no idea where their friends are.

Ingrid Arnesen

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