Michael McDonald

Bloomberg Businessweek

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Reporter covering Latin America for Bloomberg Businessweek

Michael McDonald on KCRW

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Looking for clues in early voting

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Extraordinary events occurred in Guatemala over the weekend. Today, despite pressure to do so, President Otto Perez Molina is refusing to step down.

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We’ve been hearing about the surge of children from Central America making the dangerous journey north to try to cross the US border.

Central American Violence

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