Talking to Latino citizens in Florida

by | Oct 23, 2020 | America

Motoring through the US of A I try to talk to Americans about the upcoming elections. As I am old, sick and vulnerable to Covid, I am careful. I do not go inside of restaurants (which moves the McDonald’s with outdoor seating quite a bit up on the list), I wear a mask...

“It is what it is”

by | Aug 13, 2020 | America

A family affair made it possible to travel from Switzerland to the US, and the plan was to stay until the elections to do some reporting, but another family affair demanded a fast return to Switzerland. Reporting was not in the cards anyway as the I-Visa apparently is...

Corona call: Sable Makonnen

by | Jun 23, 2020 | letters

Sable Makonnen (62) came to the United States in the late seventies as an immigrant from Ethiopia. After losing her job in New York, she is about to move back to the D.C. area. She is moved to tears about what happens to America and she participated in a Black Lives...

Corona Call: Mary Regan

by | Jun 7, 2020 | letters

Mary Regan (60) is an English teacher at the United Nations in New York City. After two months, she is back at her Manhattan apartment.   Hi Mary, what’s going on in your neck of the woods?  Today, I went to the UN for the first time in three months, my computer...

Corona Call: Philippe Mottaz

by | May 8, 2020 | Corona Calls

Philippe Mottaz (66) is the founder and editorial director of Geneva Observer, an online-platform for analysis and reporting on International Geneva. He was US correspondent and editor-in-chief of French-speaking Swiss Television and director of the English-speaking...