EDITORIAL CONTRIBUTOR

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.

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MIDDLE EAST

Where does Egypt go from here?

Supporters of ousted Egyptian president Mohamed Morsi evacuate a man who was shot.

Egypt’s fast-moving 21st-century brand of Arab revolutionary politics has once again enthralled the world and produced an outcome that does not fit neatly into any category.

IRAN

What happened in Iran election?

Is Iran about to change? Is there a chance that the conflict with the West over Iran’s nuclear program will now end?
EGYPT

U.S. mishandling relations with Egypt

Last summer, then-Secretary of State Hillary Clinton was received in Egypt with a barrage of rotten tomatoes. Protesters, mostly pro-democracy activists, shouted their rage for a very troubling reason: They believed, as many still do, that Washington wants the Muslim Brotherhood in power.
HOLOCAUST

When the imams went to Auschwitz

We pay a great deal of attention to the actions of Muslim radicals, and when an extremist does something terrible, we always hear the complaints of those who want to hear more loudly from Muslim moderates. So, it’s important that everyone — Muslims, Jews, Christians and people who hold other beliefs — hear about an event that unfolded a few weeks ago at Auschwitz.
HEZBOLLAH

Frida Ghitis: Nasrallah’s deceit revealed

Once upon a time, there was a man who enjoyed great admiration in much of the Middle East. Hassan Nasrallah was said to be the most popular man in the region.
MIDDLE EAST

Frida Ghitis: Iran’s democracy charade

Keep an eye on Iran over the coming weeks. The country is in the process of shedding the final vestiges of democracy as it heads to a new presidential election on June 14. It is a sad unraveling of an experiment that began more than 30 years ago.
ECONOMIC CRISIS

Amid crisis, Europe resists lure of extremism

It hardly qualifies as breaking news that Europe is in the middle of a deep and protracted economic contraction. When a story, no matter how shocking, goes on for years, the natural inclination is to let it fade to the background of our awareness. But a visit to Spain — even to one of the cities where the economic tragedy does a good job of hiding behind hordes of tourists and beautiful architecture — is a reminder of the extent of the disaster that has befallen Europe, until recently one of the world’s most prosperous regions.
MIDDLE EAST

Hypocrisy over Israel’s Syria bombing

It didn’t take long after news that Israel had bombed military facilities inside Syria for the Arab League to demand that the U.N. Security Council “act immediately to end Israeli attacks on Syria” over what the League called a “dangerous violation of an Arab state’s sovereignty.”
MIDEAST WOMEN

For Mideast women, achieving equality won’t be easy

The road ahead for women in the Middle East is not just long and winding. It is breathtakingly steep.
WORLD EVENTS

A world of trouble: North Korea, Venezuela, Syria

The Boston Marathon bombings understandably captured the country’s attention. Americans want to know everything they can about the plot, the perpetrators and their victims, and the news industryhas gone to great lengths to provide answers to any and all questions.
TERRORISM

Boston bombing should make us more aware, but not fearful

On Monday afternoon, as the Boston Marathon bombings brought back that sense of dread that hung in the air just after the 9/11 attacks, I received a message from a friend in Baghdad, also watching the carnage on television from the Middle East. “Sad,” she said, with succinct poignancy.