Erik German

GlobalPost

Erik German is one of GlobalPost’s senior correspondents in Brazil, based in Rio de Janeiro.

He has also reported from North Africa and South Asia for GlobalPost. Before signing on with GlobalPost, German spent four years as a staff writer for the New York newspaper Newsday, reporting on local, state and national politics. He was assigned to the Albany statehouse during the resignation of Gov. Eliot Spitzer and covered Hillary Clinton during the 2008 presidential primary.

Working alongside his wife and fellow correspondent Solana Pyne, he wrote a series of stories on the economic collapse of Zimbabwe in 2006 and the aftermath of Hurricane Katrina in 2005.

German lived in Prague and wrote for the Prague Post, covering news and politics, as well as the riots during the IMF/World Bank meetings in September 2000.

He has a master’s degree in Journalism from Columbia University. Before becoming a journalist, he was employed variously as a bartender, construction laborer and high school teacher. He studied at the Sorbonne in Paris as an exchange student and graduated from Yale with a philosophy degree, about which he has no illusions.


The World

Is Morocco a model for the Muslim world?

Agence France-Presse

Family law reforms gave women the right to divorce. A look at the effects five years later.

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A voice, or just a seat?

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Play it again, Sam, and again, and again

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Big harvest boosts Moroccan economy

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Thrown into a Moroccan jail

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Morocco loving the McArabia

Agence France-Presse

McDonald’s is part of trend to localize recipes in international franchises.

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How popular is Morocco’s king? Don’t ask.

Agence France-Presse

Over the last 10 years, King M6 has made many reforms. But he retains absolute rule.

The World

Morocco’s online dissent

Government critics go online to express their opinions.

The World

Stalemate in Western Sahara negotiations

Agence France-Presse

Standoff as both Morocco and Polisario claim resource-rich desert territory.

The World

Where a picnic is against the law

Agence France-Presse

Moroccan protests against the Ramadan fast provoke arrests and angry threats.