Luke Taylor

Journalist reporting on Latin America from Bogotá, Colombia, mostly for the @guardian.

[Luke Taylor @LukeStTaylor]

My latest for @newscientist on how Colombia's peace accord has been a boon for those recording the country's mega biodiversity but also threatens to wipe out many of the unique species scientists are rushing to document. With some spectacular photos from @inst_humboldt.

[New Scientist @newscientist]

Colombia is home to more birds, amphibians and butterflies than anywhere else – but they're now under threat https://t.co/ymaFbv6mQO

[Kaveh Madani @KavehMadani]

‘Critical minerals are the oil of the 21st century.’

Read about our latest report.

https://t.co/jKwyLPtlaG

[🌻 Go Wild With Annette @writethewrongs2]

'A dream come true’: Brazil’s blue-and-yellow macaws return to Rio after 200 years 💚

Images of the iconic blue-and-yellow macaw can be spotted all over Rio de Janeiro. Yet the real thing has been seen so rarely in the Brazilian city that some wondered if it ever really existed there at all.

The French explorer Jean de Léry first describedan abundance of the giant, colourful parrots around Indigenous tribes in the 16th century, and the Austrian naturalist Johann Natterer sighted the Ara ararauna in the city in 1818.

After that, the record goes blank. Experts say the species was almost certainly wiped out by deforestation, along with the tapirs, jaguars and peccaries that once roamed the forests surrounding the city.

Now, 200 years later, flashes of blue and gold are once again peppering the forest canopy as biologists bring the species – and the forest – back to life.

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[Ash Paul @pash22]

Meta and Google are found liable for harm to child’s mental health in landmark California Supreme Court ruling
https://t.co/z9zbX3owrn via @LukeStTaylor

[Maia @maiamindel]

Many years later, as he faced the firing squad, Colonel Aureliano Buendia was to remember that distant afternoon when his father took him to see Taylor Swift

[Organized Crime and Corruption Reporting Project @OCCRP]

Venezuelan gold worth more than $2.2 billion was funnelled through the Caribbean island of Curaçao and a Swiss middleman company before making its way into the global supply chain, OCCRP, @IrpiMedia, and @ArmandoInfo found.

https://t.co/5WTpeldqvP

[Luke Taylor @LukeStTaylor]

@peachmate @nathanmarzulo Que alivio 😂

[Luke Taylor @LukeStTaylor]

@peachmate @nathanmarzulo Eu também! Acabei de me mudar para o bairro e fiquei bem confuso. Que merda foi essa!?!?

[Johnattan García-Ruiz @GarciaRuizJo]

Qué vergüenza un MinCiencias que no distingue entre opinión y periodismo, ni que sepa que varias revistas académicas tienen secciones de noticias en donde trabajan periodistas científicos con editores. ¿Ahora le van a pedir revisión de pares a las noticias de BMJ, NEJM y Nature?

[Kamran Abbasi @KamranAbbasi]

Some people question our editorial independence related to this article. For the avoidance of doubt: The BMJ is editorially independent, including of its owner. We certainly do not have competing interests in relation to this article ⁦@bmj_latest⁩ https://t.co/zUWzoAql4D

[The BMJ @bmj_latest]

US immigration agents are using an app developed by Palantir that draws on the health records of millions of Americans to find and detain illegal immigrants
https://t.co/VBoHvCmSgZ

[Luke Taylor @LukeStTaylor]

El análisis de @andresvecino demuestra que eso no es cierto. Y aun si fuera correcto, no tiene mucho que ver. No responde a lo que documenta mi artículo: crisis de pagos, escasez de medicamentos, cierres hospitalarios y fallas graves de acceso al sistema de salud.

[Gustavo Petro @petrogustavo]

Dicen que he destruido el sistema de salud. Ignorantes, el sistema de salud no son malas EPS.

Mi política preventiva, ya configurada y en acción, ha logrado rebajar a la mitad, y en apenas dos años, la tasa de mortalidad por desnutrición infantil en Colombia.

¿Qué sistema de salud fracasa si reducimos el número de niños y niñas que mueren por hambre?

Es todo un éxito histórico, lo que hemos logrado con el sistema de salud de Colombia.

[Bram Ebus @BramEbus]

“International crime networks trafficking cocaine and laundering profits through illegal gold mining are combined with a government in Lima that has not been a serious obstacle against organised crime,” I told @LukeStTaylor for @guardian

https://t.co/Rvviv8XiPY @CrisisGroup

[Peripecia Audio Storytelling @PeripeciaBCN]

Thanks @LukeStTaylor for this fantastic piece in The Guardian @guardian featuring our podcast “El Capitán y el Brazalete de Esmeraldas.”⚽️💎🇨🇴🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿🇲🇽
@fdbedout @lanoficcion @juanserranosoto
https://t.co/YL9myY3fep

[Luke Taylor @LukeStTaylor]

@katieangelx @awolffr Dm me plz :)

[Cristina Burelli @cburelli]

ARTICLE by @LukeStTaylor on the Maduro-ELN partnership that is wreaking havoc in Colombia & helping the ELN to become richer & stronger in Venezuela:
“It’s not just that the government is turning a blind eye. They are partners” says @cburelli @SOSOrinoco
https://t.co/AyOG1mY5rR

[Ricardo Silva Romero @RSilvaRomero]

More than 80 people killed in Colombia as truce between rebel groups collapses https://t.co/33znkr15JW

[Luke Taylor @LukeStTaylor]

@JuanDGranados Me escribes por fa

[Luke Taylor @LukeStTaylor]

@Rojita_SF Me escribes por interno por fa

[Sergio Silva Numa @SergioSilva03]

Esto es el Parque Nacional Natural Serranía de la Macarena, en nuestra Amazonia.

(La foto y las siguientes son de @catalina_sanabr)

[Luke Taylor @LukeStTaylor]

@inrainbowssss Sabrías algo de lo que pasó hoy? Se fue a las 3.30pm y no ha vuelto