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Worldcrunch » Benjamin Witte

Benjamin Witte

Benjamin Witte is a professional journalist and translator based in Montpellier, France. He spent a decade living and working in Latin America and continues to write about the region for an online journal published by the University of New Mexico, in the US. He also works part time as an editor with Worldcrunch.

Pandemic Forces French To Buy Their Frogs From Vending Machine
Societyfood

Pandemic Forces French To Buy Their Frogs From Vending Machine

by Benjamin Witte March 12, 2021May 19, 2025
El Vesuvio has an important place in the entire history of ice cream in Argentina
In The Newsargentina

How An Iconic Buenos Aires Ice Cream Shop Melted Away With COVID

by Benjamin Witte March 12, 2021May 19, 2025
Potty-Mouthed Grandma Strikes A Chord In Paraguay Protests
Societyparaguay

Potty-Mouthed Grandma Strikes A Chord In Paraguay Protests

by Benjamin Witte March 11, 2021May 22, 2025
Huge Haul Of Whale Vomit Worth Millions For Fishermen In Yemen
Weirdworld

Huge Haul Of Whale Vomit Worth Millions For Fishermen In Yemen

by Benjamin Witte February 19, 2021May 12, 2025
Powering Through Appendicitis For Perfect Score On Chile's National Exam
Societychile

Powering Through Appendicitis For Perfect Score On Chile’s National Exam

by Benjamin Witte February 13, 2021May 23, 2025
Pollo Vaccine? Chicken Truck Delivers COVID-19 Jabs To Bolivian City
In The Newsrussia

Pollo Vaccine? Chicken Truck Delivers COVID-19 Jabs To Bolivian City

by Benjamin Witte February 2, 2021May 23, 2025
Cafe Florian reopened in June, but it's future is very much in doubt
In The Newsunited states

Six Iconic Landmarks That May Be Shuttered By COVID-19

by Benjamin Witte and Hannah Steinkopf-Frank January 20, 2021May 21, 2025
Celebrations in Santiago in Oct. 2020 when the country voted to replace its constitution
Eyes on the U.S.united states

From Pinochet To Trump, When Democracy Is Under Attack

by Benjamin Witte January 8, 2021May 21, 2025
Street in Beirut after the deadly Aug. 4 explosion that killed at least 100
Geopoliticslebanon

Beirut Blast: Mayhem In A Nation Already On Its Knees

by Benjamin Witte August 5, 2020May 20, 2025
Coronavirus And The Global Cost Of Chinese Secrecy
In The Newschina

Coronavirus And The Global Cost Of Chinese Secrecy

by Benjamin Witte February 19, 2020May 22, 2025
Macron's telephone diplomacy
Geopoliticsdonald trump

U.S.-Iran: France May Be Last Best Hope To Prevent All-Out War

by Benjamin Witte January 8, 2020May 20, 2025
Chessboxing bout in London
In The Newsfrance

Chessboxing: How A French Novelist Invented The Strangest Sport

by Benjamin Witte January 2, 2020May 23, 2025
Bearing over the Pyrenees
Food / Travelspain

On The Trail Of Invisible Bears Wreaking Havoc In The Pyrenees

by Benjamin Witte October 2, 2019May 20, 2025
Alberto Fernández, virtually Argentina's president-elect?
In The Newsargentina

Argentina’s Prohibitive Presidential Front-Runner, In His Own Words

by Benjamin Witte August 21, 2019May 20, 2025
Venezuela's Larry Infante practicing in Montpellier
Ideasfrance

A Yankee Journalist’s Unexpected Foray Into French Baseball

by Benjamin Witte July 4, 2019May 24, 2025
Demonstrators throwing stones in clashes in Colombia
In The Newscolombia

The Hidden War On The Colombian-Venezuelan Border

by Benjamin Witte June 24, 2019May 20, 2025
Colombian soldiers in May in Icononzo, Colombia
In The Newscolombia

In Colombia, Turning FARC Fighters Into Ecological Warriors

by Benjamin Witte June 7, 2019May 20, 2025
Juan Alberto Schiaffino of Uruguay score in the 66th minute of the infamous 'Maracanazo' match
In The Newsbrazil

Why The Brazilian Soccer Team Wouldn’t Wear White – Until Now

by Benjamin Witte May 15, 2019May 20, 2025
Ancient moai sculptures such as these will hopefully be returned to Easter Island in a swap
In The Newschile

Easter Island’s Faux Offer To Get Its Moai Monuments Back

by Benjamin Witte February 26, 2019May 23, 2025
Two security cameras on a French street corner
In The Newsfrance

Video Surveillance: How Far Will France Go In Face Of Terror?

by Benjamin Witte February 5, 2019May 22, 2025
Still around ... for now?
Ideasworld

Is This The Final Chapter For World’s Iconic Bookshops?

by Benjamin Witte February 1, 2019May 20, 2025
A (first-time) bride in Chile
Societycouples

In Chile, Where Remarrying Your Ex Is A Thing

by Benjamin Witte January 10, 2019May 20, 2025
Getting rid of rude French (and Chilean) graffiti
Societymacron

‘Pico Pa’ Arc de Triomphe! Defacing Other Countries’ Monuments

by Benjamin Witte December 7, 2018May 20, 2025
100 days of resistance
Geopoliticscorruption

Heat Is On In Central America (It’s Not Just Nicaragua)

by Benjamin Witte August 17, 2018May 20, 2025
Tears And Smiles: A Divided Argentina Reacts To Abortion Ruling
Geopoliticsbuenos aires

Tears And Smiles: A Divided Argentina Reacts To Abortion Ruling

by Benjamin Witte August 9, 2018May 20, 2025
'Green bandanas' at a pro-abortion protest in Buenos Aires
Geopoliticsdemocracy

Historic Abortion Vote Puts All Eyes On Argentina

by Benjamin Witte August 8, 2018May 20, 2025
Artist's impression of the upcoming Alzheimer Village in Dax
In The Newsfrance

The ‘Alzheimer Village’ Treatment Model Starts To Take Root

by Benjamin Witte July 23, 2018May 22, 2025
Colombian soccer fans after their team's July 3 defeat
In The Newscolombia

Latin America Deserves World Cup For Conspiracy Theories

by Benjamin Witte July 4, 2018May 20, 2025
Anti-bear demonstration in Pau
In The Newsfrance

When A California Boy Discovers Bear Bashing In Rural France

by Benjamin Witte May 6, 2018May 20, 2025
April 20 protests in Managua
In The Newsanalysis

Nicaragua, A Death Toll And Daniel Ortega’s Destiny

by Benjamin Witte May 4, 2018May 20, 2025
A hippo in Escobar's former private zoo.
In The Newsanimals

Pablo Escobar’s Hungry Hippos, Still Wreaking Havoc

by Benjamin Witte February 8, 2018May 20, 2025
In The Newsevo morales

Extra! Bolivia’s Morales Gets Green Light To Run Again (And Again)

by Benjamin Witte November 29, 2017May 20, 2025
2,400 tweets later
In The Newsdonald trump

The World Marks One Year Since Trump Elected

by Stuart Richardson and Benjamin Witte November 8, 2017May 21, 2025
Approaching runway at Geneva airport
In The Newsswitzerland

Fear Of Flying? There’s A Special Flight School Just For You

by Benjamin Witte October 24, 2017May 20, 2025
An empanada thief? A national hero!
In The Newschile

Why Empanada Dog Is The Perfect Metaphor For Chile

by Benjamin Witte September 13, 2017May 23, 2025
In The Newsecuador

‘Big Day’ For Ecuador’s Lenin Moreno

by Benjamin Witte May 24, 2017May 20, 2025
A woman walking through a bus station in Buenos Aires
In The Newsmacho

First ‘Catcalling Case’ Goes To Court In Buenos Aires

by Benjamin Witte May 19, 2017May 20, 2025
Calderon in 2014
In The Newslanguage

‘Grandma’ Cristina, Lone Surviving Voice Of Yaghan Language

by Benjamin Witte May 17, 2017May 20, 2025
Coin flip
In The Newsemmanuel macron

Macron v. Le Pen, A 200-Year-Old War Over Economic Philosophy

by Benjamin Witte April 28, 2017May 20, 2025
In The Newsworld war ii

Extra! Remembering Guernica In Basque Newspaper

by Benjamin Witte April 26, 2017May 20, 2025

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