Jon Lee Anderson
Jon Lee Anderson, a staff writer, began contributing to The New Yorker in 1998. Since then, he has covered conflicts in numerous places for the magazine, including Syria, Lebanon, Libya, Iraq, Afghanistan, Angola, Somalia, Sudan, Mali, and Liberia. He has also reported frequently from Latin America, writing about Rio de Janeiro’s gangs, the 2010 earthquake in Haiti, an isolated tribe in Peru’s Amazon, and a Caracas slum, among other subjects, and has written Profiles of Augusto Pinochet, Fidel Castro, Hugo Chávez, and Gabriel García Márquez. He is the author of several books, including “Che Guevara: A Revolutionary Life,” “Guerrillas: Journeys in the Insurgent World,” “The Fall of Baghdad,” and “The Lion’s Grave: Dispatches from Afghanistan.” He is the co-author, with Scott Anderson, of two books, “War Zones: Voices from the World’s Killing Grounds” and “Inside the League.” He has been honored by the Overseas Press Club, and in 2013 he was awarded a Maria Moors Cabot Prize for outstanding reporting on Latin America and the Caribbean. He began his reporting career in 1979, in Peru, followed by several years in Central America, and has maintained a close relationship to the region ever since, reporting from there frequently and giving journalism workshops to Latin-American reporters.
The Brazilian Special-Forces Unit Fighting to Save the Amazon
As miners ravage Yanomami lands, combat-trained environmentalists work to root them out.
Are Gangs About to Take Over Haiti?
The nation remains in chaos after the unelected Prime Minister said that he would step down, as violence and famine threaten the population.
Adventures of a Teen-Age Wharf Rat
After a peripatetic childhood, a young traveller finds his way on an ambitious journey gone badly awry.
The Death of a Ukrainian Writer
Victoria Amelina was a gifted novelist who put fiction aside to devote herself to documenting the atrocities of Putin’s war.
Haiti Held Hostage
Gangs control the capital. Foreign help is scarce. Can the embattled island nation save itself?
Who Can Save the Amazon?
Brazil’s President, Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva, promises to keep miners and loggers from destroying the rain forest. On the ground, the fight is complicated.
How Do Ukrainians Think About Russians Now?
After a year of war, the struggle for cultural sovereignty has triggered complex sentiments.
After Bolsonaro, Can Lula Remake Brazil?
Following a prison term, a fraught election, and a near-coup, the third-time President takes charge of a fractured country.
The Future of the Amazon, and Maybe the Planet, Depends on Brazil’s President-Elect Lula
Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva speaks out about deforestation and the weakness of global institutions before his speech at the COP27 climate summit.
After Two Tense Days in Brazil, the Path Is Clearing for Lula’s Comeback
The once and future President ekes out a win, but now has to repair the damage of the Bolsonaro years.
Did a Nobel Peace Laureate Stoke a Civil War?
After Ethiopia’s Prime Minister, Abiy Ahmed, ended a decades-long border conflict, he was heralded as a unifier. Now critics accuse him of tearing the country apart.
Two Murders in the Amazon
The disappearance of Dom Phillips and Bruno Araújo Pereira, and the crisis created by Jair Bolsonaro’s policies.
¿Puede el joven presidente de Chile reimaginar la izquierda latinoamericana?
Gabriel Boric promete un cambio social radical. En un país de extremos políticos enfrentados, tendrá que vender su visión no solo a sus oponentes sino también a sus aliados.
Can Chile’s Young President Reimagine the Latin American Left?
Gabriel Boric promises sweeping social change. In a nation of duelling political extremes, he’ll need to sell his vision not just to his opponents but also to his allies.
The Taliban Confront the Realities of Power
They fought for decades to retake Afghanistan, but promises of a new start are already colliding with internal divisions and external opposition.
Richard Leakey’s Life in the Wild
In the fight to preserve Kenya’s animals, he combined an uncompromising sense of purpose and a keen instinct for publicity.
Is the President of Honduras a Narco-Trafficker?
For decades, the U.S. has accommodated corruption in Central America. Now it is contending with the results.
Why Spain Was Long in Denial About Franco—and Still Stands By Columbus
When President Biden proclaimed that Columbus Day would also be Indigenous Peoples’ Day, the right reacted as if the country’s national identity were at stake.
Is the U.S. Withdrawal from Afghanistan the End of the American Empire?
Only time will tell whether the old adage about Afghanistan’s being the graveyard of empires proves as true for the United States as it did for the Soviet Union.
The Return of the Taliban
Their comeback has taken twenty years, but it is a classic example of a successful guerrilla war of attrition.
The Brazilian Special-Forces Unit Fighting to Save the Amazon
As miners ravage Yanomami lands, combat-trained environmentalists work to root them out.
Are Gangs About to Take Over Haiti?
The nation remains in chaos after the unelected Prime Minister said that he would step down, as violence and famine threaten the population.
Adventures of a Teen-Age Wharf Rat
After a peripatetic childhood, a young traveller finds his way on an ambitious journey gone badly awry.
The Death of a Ukrainian Writer
Victoria Amelina was a gifted novelist who put fiction aside to devote herself to documenting the atrocities of Putin’s war.
Haiti Held Hostage
Gangs control the capital. Foreign help is scarce. Can the embattled island nation save itself?
Who Can Save the Amazon?
Brazil’s President, Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva, promises to keep miners and loggers from destroying the rain forest. On the ground, the fight is complicated.
How Do Ukrainians Think About Russians Now?
After a year of war, the struggle for cultural sovereignty has triggered complex sentiments.
After Bolsonaro, Can Lula Remake Brazil?
Following a prison term, a fraught election, and a near-coup, the third-time President takes charge of a fractured country.
The Future of the Amazon, and Maybe the Planet, Depends on Brazil’s President-Elect Lula
Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva speaks out about deforestation and the weakness of global institutions before his speech at the COP27 climate summit.
After Two Tense Days in Brazil, the Path Is Clearing for Lula’s Comeback
The once and future President ekes out a win, but now has to repair the damage of the Bolsonaro years.
Did a Nobel Peace Laureate Stoke a Civil War?
After Ethiopia’s Prime Minister, Abiy Ahmed, ended a decades-long border conflict, he was heralded as a unifier. Now critics accuse him of tearing the country apart.
Two Murders in the Amazon
The disappearance of Dom Phillips and Bruno Araújo Pereira, and the crisis created by Jair Bolsonaro’s policies.
¿Puede el joven presidente de Chile reimaginar la izquierda latinoamericana?
Gabriel Boric promete un cambio social radical. En un país de extremos políticos enfrentados, tendrá que vender su visión no solo a sus oponentes sino también a sus aliados.
Can Chile’s Young President Reimagine the Latin American Left?
Gabriel Boric promises sweeping social change. In a nation of duelling political extremes, he’ll need to sell his vision not just to his opponents but also to his allies.
The Taliban Confront the Realities of Power
They fought for decades to retake Afghanistan, but promises of a new start are already colliding with internal divisions and external opposition.
Richard Leakey’s Life in the Wild
In the fight to preserve Kenya’s animals, he combined an uncompromising sense of purpose and a keen instinct for publicity.
Is the President of Honduras a Narco-Trafficker?
For decades, the U.S. has accommodated corruption in Central America. Now it is contending with the results.
Why Spain Was Long in Denial About Franco—and Still Stands By Columbus
When President Biden proclaimed that Columbus Day would also be Indigenous Peoples’ Day, the right reacted as if the country’s national identity were at stake.
Is the U.S. Withdrawal from Afghanistan the End of the American Empire?
Only time will tell whether the old adage about Afghanistan’s being the graveyard of empires proves as true for the United States as it did for the Soviet Union.
The Return of the Taliban
Their comeback has taken twenty years, but it is a classic example of a successful guerrilla war of attrition.