Category: Eyewitness
The Impolite American Consul: A Memoir of the 1966 Buddhist Struggle Movement in Hué
August 2020
by James R. Bullington
Filming Manhole Covers in Chile
February 2020
by Susan Clyde
American speaker programs were long a staple of US Information Agency (USIA) programs overseas. Not all went as planned.
Trauma in Togo
February 2020
by Mark Wentling In April 1991, while I was serving in Lomé, Togo as the USAID Representative for Togo and Benin, protests in Lomé against the dictatorial regime of President Eyadéma reached the boiling point. One night, President Eyadéma’s barbaric … Continued
Reporting on the Spread of HIV in China
November 2019
by David Cowhig Chinese physician Dr. Wang Shuping predicted the HIV epidemic among Henan peasant blood sellers and eventually raised the alarm all the way to Beijing when local and provincial authorities ignored the rapid spread of HIV among the … Continued