With lawrence right wright and Nicholas Kris staff. Kristof. Want to thank you for being here and supporting us through these everchanging times. Were happy to keep in touch with you and keep wang what we said. Want to welcome Lawrence Wright, staff write are for the knockerrer, and the author of ten books including the looming tower, going clear and god save texas and one previous novel, gods favorite. His books have received many honors including a Pulitzer Prize for looming power. He is and if wore longtime residents of austin, texas. Nicholas kristof has coauthored several books with his wife, including a path of here and half the sky. Together they were awarded a Pulitzer Prize in 1990 for the coverage of china. They also received the literary peace prize for the Lifetime Achievement in 2009. Now a column nist for the New York Times bureau chief in beijing, tokyo, won a second pull litter in 2006 and with that id like to welcome Lawrence Wright and Nicholas Kristof. Thank you, kri
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Eastern on cspans q a. The numbers courtesy of Johns Hopkins university. Million cases of coronavirus, and the global death toll now in excess of 312000 in 188 countries and regions. Fromorter joining us wellington, new zealand. Good sunday evening to you, where you are at this morning. Thank you for joining us. Guest thank you for having me. Host can you give us a sense of what has happened in new zealand . I know the country was quick to respond and quick to reopen. Guest thats right. No country can say conclusively that they have [inaudible] thewe have contained Community Transmission of the virus. In march, when they realized there was a spread, there was a plan to lock down the country and new zealand was put into a onemonth strict lockdown. Some of the toughest measures globally, really, people locked in their homes for a month. It is a few factors, basically. It was decisive leadership by the Prime Minister, the geographic advantage new zealand has of being one of the southernmo
Tonight, we have tremendous honor of hearing one of the most veteran world reporters feels a little silly he has an incredible, incredible record and id like to share of Stephen Kinzers background with you. He joined the New York Times in january of 83 after serving several years as latin american correspondent for the boston globe. From 1983 to 89, stephen was firsttime bureau chief in nicaragua. He covered war and social upheaval in central america. He next spent six years in germany as chief of the New York Times bureau in bonn and in berlin. He covered german unification and events in other parts of europe including wars in the former yugoslavia. In 1996, the New York Times opened a new bureau in istanbul in order to provide readers with insight into turkey, a country which as you well know has become increasingly important in world affairs. Times named Stephen Kinzer as the first Istanbul Bureau chief. Prior to moving, stephen spent four years in istanbul for the New York Times. F
America and is written on a broad range of issues including river pirates in the amazon, paraguays guerilla insurgency and the shifting politics of antarctica. He was nyt Andean Bureau chief based in caracas, venezuela for the New York Times as bureau chief where he covered hugo chavez, the colombian war and politics in bolivia. Give a warm welcome to simon romero. Thanks for the kind introduction. I will introduce this wonderful panel i have the pleasure of moderating. Cecilia bailli is a journalist and cultural anthropologist and writer at texas monthly. Her work focuses on the u. S. Mexico border in the history and culture of south texas. Her writing has also appeared in harpers magazine and the New York Times. Angela kocherga is a multimedia journalist who has covered the u. S. Mexico border in mexicos interior for television, newspapers and radio and was mexico border chief for a major broadcasting group. She is currently the Southern New Mexico reporter for the albuquerque journa