Have Hugo Chavez and Barack Obama read your book? Jon Lee Anderson of The New Yorker can say that they have. Jon Lee tells us about his early years chronicling rebel groups and insurgents from Latin America to Asia, culminating in writing a book about the quintessential guerrilla Che Guavara. Working for The New Yorker, he has gotten to know many world leaders more intimately than most any living journalist.


Countries featured: Peru, El Salvador, Afghanistan, Sri Lanka, Brazil, Chile, Venezuela, Cuba, Haiti, Colombia


Publications featured: Time magazine, New York Times, New Yorker


 


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


Jon Lee’s work for The New Yorker - https://bit.ly/3R5pJpz


His book about guerrillas - https://amzn.to/3yfGrtC


His book about Che Guavara - https://amzn.to/3OH52hY


His first story for The New Yorker on Cuba - https://bit.ly/3P0JT20


His story about Hugo Chavez - https://bit.ly/2VVD0Zu


NYTimes story on Haiti reparations - https://nyti.ms/3NHRXng


 


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