Frida Ghitis entered the news business in 1981, when she joined CNN only a few months after the launch of the first 24-hour news network. She was unit manager, producer and correspondent, traveling to major news events all over the globe. She has worked in more than 50 countries in virtually every region of the world. During her time at CNN she was part of the teams that covered the collapse of the Soviet Union from Russia, the 1991 Gulf War from Jordan and Saudi Arabia, the U.S. intervention in Haiti, the hostage crisis in Peru, multiple developments in Cuba, political conventions in the United States and a dozen presidential trips, from Ronald Reagan in Mexico and Madrid, to George HW Bush in Singapore and Somalia.
After leaving CNN in 2000 she authored "The End of Revolution: a Changing World in the Age of Live Television." She writes about world affairs for a variety of publications, and travels all over the world -- from Baghdad to Buenos Aires -- as an independent journalist.
In addition to The Miami Herald, her articles have appeared in The Washington Post, The Chicago Tribune, The International Herald Tribune, The Jerusalem Report and dozens of publications in the United States, Europe and the Middle East.
She grew up in Colombia and later moved to the United States, where she attended Emory University in Atlanta. She holds a bachelor's degree in economics and a master's degree in political science.
RAMALLAH, West Bank -- A trip to this Palestinian town can shatter preconceptions and compel the mind to dream about the possibilities of peace -- and then awaken to the cold realities of a complicated conflict.
JERUSALEM -- A few hours before the start of Yom Kippur, the holiest day in Judaism, Iranian television showed Iranian missiles blasting from land-based batteries. The next day, after a mystical hush engulfed Israel, with much of the population deep in prayer, Tehran said it fired medium-range missiles, capable of hitting Israel, as well as longer range ones, able to strike American positions in the Gulf.
JERUSALEM -- On Sept. 11, 2009 -- just a few days ago -- Israel was attacked with Katyusha rockets fired across its northern border from Lebanon. The episode did not make a lot of headlines. Nobody died. Israelis breathed a little faster but continued life without any perceivable change.
TEL AVIV -- It's official. Iran has delivered its response to Washington's open-minded, well-intentioned efforts to find a diplomatic solution to the nuclear crisis. Tehran's five-page letter amounts to a joke, a mockery of the West, a nose-thumbing at Barack Obama, the United States and the international community.
How can a malicious piece of incompetent journalism morph into a diplomatic confrontation between two nations? It happens when the sloppy piece of work awakens memories of crimes committed across the centuries.
The entire world has long enjoyed kicking back and watching what goes on in America. This year, those condemned to stay at home for their summer vacation have found much entertainment in the healthcare follies playing out in a land many see as alternating between inspirational, infuriating and just plain baffling.
Icould tell you stories.
I could tell you stories of what I saw in Burma; stories of women holding their emaciated dying babies in their arms; stories of armed soldiers standing guard over teenage slave laborers building a highway under the broiling sun in 100-degree weather; stories of entire villages ordered to pack their bags and immediately move from their ancestral homes to desolated pieces of land.President Barack Obama deserves credit for keeping his promise to work for peace in the Middle East from the earliest days of his administration. Unfortunately, the results so far have proven less than encouraging. In fact, some recent trends look downright ominous.
How will the story of Barack Obama's presidency end? Obama may leave audiences cheering and go down in history as one of the most successful presidents this country has ever had. But he may well end his time in office as one of the most disappointing leaders the world has seen.
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