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Rory Carroll-Maher is an Irish journalist for The Guardian. Born in Dublin, Carroll is a graduate of Blackrock College, Trinity College and Dublin City University. He reported for the paper from Rome (1999 - 2002) and Johannesburg (2002 - 2005), before volunteering to work in Baghdad from January 2005.

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Brazilian protests greet Ahmadinejad at start of South American tour

Protesting against the visit of Mahmoud Ahmadinejad in Brasilia. Photograph: Andre Penner/AP Protests greeted Mahmoud Ahmadinejad in Brazil at the start of a South American tour intended to bolster the Iranian president's legitimacy and ease his ...

From RORY CARROLL, Guardian Unlimited,  23 Nov 2009

Related Topics: Mahmoud Ahmadinejad,  Luiz Inacio Lula Da Silva,  Shimon Peres,  Jose Serra

Rory Carroll on Hugo Chavez praising Carlos, Amin & Mugabe

Please activate cookies in order to turn autoplay off Your IP address will be logged If you need help using the site: userhelp@guardian.co.uk Call the main Guardian and Observer switchboard: +44 (0)20 3353 2000 The design classic. ...

From RORY CARROLL, Guardian Unlimited,  23 Nov 2009

Related Topics: Hugo Chávez

Hugo Chávez defends Carlos the Jackal as a freedom fighter

'I defend him. I don't care what they say tomorrow in Europe,' Chavez said of the jailed Venezuelan terrorist. Photograph: Howard Yanes/AP Hugo Chávez has defended the jailed Venezuelan terrorist Carlos the Jackal as a freedom fighter and said his life ...

From RORY CARROLL, Guardian Unlimited,  22 Nov 2009

Related Topics: Robert Mugabe,  Mahmoud Ahmadinejad,  Idi Amin,  Yoweri Museveni

Venezuela blows up border bridges with Colombia

Colombians walk next to a bridge that crosses into Colombia which was blown up by Venezuelan soldiers Photograph: Stringer/colombia/Reuters Venezuela has blown up two pedestrian bridges on its border with Colombia in the latest sign of deteriorating ...

From RORY CARROLL, Guardian Unlimited,  20 Nov 2009

Related Topics: United Nations

Gang 'killed victims to extract their fat'

Peruvian police have arrested a gang which allegedly killed scores of peasants, drained their bodies of fat and sold the liquid abroad as an anti-wrinkle cosmetic. Three suspects have confessed to killing five people for their fat, said Colonel Jorge ...

From RORY CARROLL, Guardian Unlimited,  19 Nov 2009

Related Topics: University of Virginia

Charting the Cuban blogosphere

Old Havana, Cuba: Bloggers are few but the government has decided it does not like independent blogs. Photograph: Robert Wallis/Corbis They are new, number just a few dozen and hardly anyone can read them – but Cuba's government has already decided it ...

From RORY CARROLL, Guardian Unlimited,  18 Nov 2009

Related Topics: Human Rights Watch

Cuban repression has increased under Raúl Castro, says watchdog

Cuban president Raúl Castro, who took over from his brother Fidel in July 2006. Photograph: ADALBERTO ROQUE/AFP/Getty Images President Raúl Castro has crushed dissent and intensified repression in Cuba since taking over from his brother Fidel, ...

From RORY CARROLL, Guardian Unlimited,  18 Nov 2009

Related Topics: Human Rights Watch

Hugo Chávez calls for dieting in streets of Caracas

A stall selling arepas, the kind of snack Hugo Chávez has urged Venezuelans to cut out. Photograph: Natacha Pisarenko/AP American imperialism remains an issue but Hugo Chávez has identified a new threat to Venezuela's socialist revolution: obesity. The ...

From RORY CARROLL, Guardian Unlimited,  15 Nov 2009

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Cuban blogger claims she was roughed up by state agents

Cuba's most prominent dissident blogger, Yoani Sánchez, said she was abducted, beaten and threatened by state security agents in Havana. Three men forced her and another blogger, Orlando Luis Pardo, into an unmarked car, roughed them up and warned they ...

From RORY CARROLL, Guardian Unlimited,  8 Nov 2009

Related Topics: Human Rights Watch

Book depicting 'Queen of Paraguay' Eliza Lynch prompts calls for Brazilian penitence

Eliza Lynch in her 'Queen of Paraguay' years. Photograph from the book The Lives of Eliza Lynch: Scandal and Courage When Brazil won the bloodiest war in South America's history it cast itself as the victim and Eliza Lynch as one of the chief villains. ...

From RORY CARROLL, Guardian Unlimited,  8 Nov 2009

Related Topics: Lucrezia Borgia,  University College Dublin,  Tony Blair

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