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Thomas Manning

Thomas Manning is a former Buenos Aires Herald columnist (2015 - 2017). He also writes about Latin American culture and commerce for New Zealand's BusinessPlus magazine.

Coronavirus pandemic

Covid-19: The Good, the Bad and the Ugly

08-05-2020 16:06 In the depths of quarantine tedium, this writer unearthed two movies whose titles have an uncanny pertinence in these surreal times.

by Thomas Manning

Mourners lay flowers on a wall outside the Al Noor mosque in Christchurch, New Zealand.

CHRISTCHURCH ATTACKS

New Zealand and the loss of innocence

20-03-2019 16:25 We New Zealanders held the mistaken belief that our nation’s remoteness, deep the Southern Ocean, would keep us safe from the hate-driven terrorist carnage that has bedevilled the rest of the world in recent years.

by Thomas Manning

Members of police forces and investigators guard a crime scene where six people were machine-gunned by unknown men at a business in Ciudad Juárez, Chihuahua state on December 6, 2017.

LONG READ - Dark days in Mexico

Mexico continues to bear the scars of drug violence and corruption

11-12-2017 13:30 A repugnant tsunami of corruption, extortion, disappearances and barbarous murder continues to roil Mexico and the United States' 'War on Drugs' only exacerbates the problem.

by Thomas Manning