The foreign country in this episode is the United States. Guga Chacra, a Brazilian journalist based in New York City, is one of the most recognizable faces of Brazilian TV news. With his signature shaggy hair and a legion of Twitter followers, he is known for his work with Globo TV, the 24 hour news channel Globo News, his column for newspaper O Globo and his radio show on CBN. Before he was a one-man media empire, Guga was a newspaper reporter covering the Middle East, Haiti and Argentina.


Countries featured: Syria, Lebanon, Turkey, Israel, Palestine, USA, Brazil, Argentine


Publications featured: Folha de S.Paulo, O Estado de S.Paulo, O Globo, Globo News, Globo TV, CBN


 


Here are links to some of the things we talked about:


Guga’s column for O Globo - https://glo.bo/3vBxScY


His CBN radio show - https://glo.bo/3hA04Vh


His interview with Bashar Al-Assad - https://bit.ly/35PmKOH


L’Orient-Le Jour - https://bit.ly/35MD6YG


Haaretz - https://bit.ly/3K9DvmA


The Times of Israel - https://bit.ly/3MihFiO


Jerusalem post - https://bit.ly/3vCQcCK


Al Monitor - https://bit.ly/3hzHRaD


Inside the Fall of Kabul by Matthieu Aikins - https://nyti.ms/3vAW6UC


Robert Fisk’s book Pity the Nation - https://amzn.to/3IIZtfY


House of Stone by Anthony Shadid - https://amzn.to/3ibyMWy


 


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