Michael Deibert
{{Short description|American journalist (born 1973)}}
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| name = Michael Deibert
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| caption = Michael Deibert at SOAS University of London in 2013.
| birthname = Michael Caleb Deibert
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| birth_place = Lancaster, Pennsylvania
| education = Bard College
| occupation = Journalist
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Michael Deibert (born July 25, 1973) is an American journalist, author and researcher at the Centro de Estudos Internacionais at the Instituto Universitário de Lisboa.
Biography
Deibert was born in Lancaster, Pennsylvania, and is a graduate of Bard College. His first book, Notes from the Last Testament: The Struggle for Haiti, with an introduction by the Haitian filmmaker Raoul Peck, was published by Seven Stories Press in November 2005.{{cite news|url=http://catalog.sevenstories.com/products/notes-from-the-last|title=Notes from the Last Testament: The Struggle for Haiti|publisher=Seven Stories Press | access-date=July 27, 2011}} Deibert's second book, The Democratic Republic of Congo: Between Hope and Despair, was published as part of the Zed Books African Arguments series in cooperation with the Royal African Society, the International African Institute and the World Peace Foundation in 2013.{{cite news|url=http://www.zedbooks.co.uk/paperback/the-democratic-republic-of-congo|title=The Democratic Republic of Congo: Between Hope and Despair|publisher=Zed Books|access-date=April 16, 2011}} A third book, In the Shadow of Saint Death: The Gulf Cartel and the Price of America's Drug War in Mexico, was published by Lyons Press in June 2014.{{cite news|url=http://wolflit.com/authors/michael-deibert/|title=Michael Deibert Bio, Wolf Literary|publisher=Wolf Literary|access-date=April 16, 2011}} A new work, Haiti Will Not Perish: A Recent History, was published by Zed Books in summer 2017.{{cite news|url=https://www.zedbooks.net/shop/book/haiti-will-not-perish/forthcoming//|title=Haiti Will Not Perish: A Recent History|publisher=Zed Books|access-date=January 10, 2017}}
Deibert's writing has appeared in The Washington Post, The Wall Street Journal, The Miami Herald, The Guardian, Folha de Sao Paulo, Le Monde diplomatique and the World Policy Journal, among other publications. From 2001 until 2003, he served as the Reuters correspondent in Port-au-Prince, Haiti. He has been featured as a commentator on international affairs on the BBC, Al Jazeera, Channel 4, National Public Radio, WNYC New York Public Radio and KPFK Pacifica Radio.
Deibert has reported extensively from Haiti,{{cite news|last=Deibert |first=Michael |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110604202134/http://www.salon.com/news/haiti/index.html?story=%2Fnews%2Ffeature%2F2010%2F01%2F22%2Fhaiti |archive-date=4 June 2011 |url=http://www.salon.com/news/haiti/index.html?story=/news/feature/2010/01/22/haiti |title=The Haiti I love is still there |work=Salon |date=January 22, 2010 |url-status=dead }}{{cite news | last = Deibert | first = Michael | title = The international community's responsibility to Haiti | url = https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/cifamerica/2010/jul/12/haiti-earthquake-redevelopment | work =The Guardian | location = London | date = July 12, 2010}} the Democratic Republic of Congo,{{cite news | last = Deibert | first = Michael |url=http://michaeldeibert.blogspot.com/2008/09/congo-between-hope-and-despair.html|title=Democratic Republic of Congo: Between Hope and Despair (blog) |publisher=World Policy Journal|date=Summer 2008}}{{cite news | last = Deibert | first = Michael|url=http://www.corpwatch.org/article.php?id=15118|title=A Glittering Demon: Mining, Poverty and Politics in the Democratic Republic of Congo|publisher=CorpWatch|date=June 26, 2008}} France,{{cite news|last=Deibert|first=Michael|url=http://ipsnews.net/news.asp?idnews=39372|title=Two Years After Riots, Little Has Changed|publisher=Inter Press Service|date=September 24, 2007|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20091206023414/http://www.ipsnews.net/news.asp?idnews=39372|archive-date=December 6, 2009}}{{cite news| last = Deibert | first = Michael|url=http://www.ipsnews.net/news.asp?idnews=40275|title=France: Troubled Suburbs Erupt Again|publisher=Inter Press Service|date=November 29, 2007}}{{cite AV media | people = Robert Siegel (host) and Michael Deibert (guest) | url = https://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=16665687 | title = Riots Rage in Paris Suburb After Police Collision|publisher=National Public Radio|date=November 27, 2007}} Guatemala,{{cite news |last = Deibert | first = Michael | url = http://michaeldeibert.blogspot.com/2009/01/drugs-vs-democracy-in-guatemala.html | title = Drugs vs. Democracy in Guatemala (blog) | publisher = World Policy Journal |date = Winter 2008–2009}}{{cite news |last = Deibert |first = Michael |title = Guatemala's lonely battle against corruption | url = https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/cifamerica/2010/nov/11/guatemala-mexico |work =The Guardian |location = London |date = November 12, 2010}} and Mexico.{{cite news | last = Deibert | first = Michael | title = Why Arrest of Zetas Leader Does Not Mean End to Mexico's Drug War | url =http://www.huffingtonpost.com/michael-deibert/why-arrest-of-zetas-leader_b_3607462.html |work = The Huffington Post | publisher = AOL | date = July 16, 2013}}
While Deibert's work on Haiti has been praised by Haitian scholars{{cite news | last = Dupuy | first = Alex | title = Indefensible: On Aristide, Violence, and Democracy |url = http://deiberthaiti.blogspot.com/2009/12/indefensible-on-aristide-violence-and.html |work =Small Axe |date = November 2009 |access-date= July 6, 2011}}{{cite news | last = Bajeux |first=Jean-Claude |url=http://www.alterpresse.org/spip.php?article4420|title=L'aventure onusienne en Haiti |publisher=AlterPresse|date=April 2, 2006|access-date=July 6, 2011}} and others,{{cite news |last = Miller |first = Char |title = Author gives insight into Haitian politics |url = http://www.webster.edu/~corbetre/haiti-archive-new/msg28091.html |work = San Antonio Express News |date = February 19, 2006 |access-date = July 6, 2011 |url-status = dead |archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20120315165155/http://www.webster.edu/~corbetre/haiti-archive-new/msg28091.html |archive-date = March 15, 2012 }}{{cite news | last = Bohning | first = Don |url=http://www.wehaitians.com/the%20rise%20and%20fall%20of%20haiti%20savior.html|title=The rise and fall of Haiti's 'savior' |work=The Miami Herald|date=November 25, 2005|access-date=July 11, 2011}} it has also been criticized by partisans of former Haitian president Jean-Bertrand Aristide.{{Cite journal |last= Podur | first = Justin |title = Kofi Annan's Haiti | journal = New Left Review |volume = II | issue = 37 |date = January–February 2006 |url = http://newleftreview.org/II/37/justin-podur-kofi-annan-s-haiti }}{{Cite journal |last = Taylor |first = Jeremy |title = Apocalypse Now |journal = Caribbean Review of Books |volume = 8 | date = May 2006 | url = http://www.meppublishers.com/online/crb/past_issues/index.php?pid=3000&id=cb8-1-4 }} Deibert's book on the Democratic Republic of Congo was called "mandatory reading for anyone interested in building lasting peace in the heart of Africa" by the Institute of Development Studies, "a comprehensive first-rate account of the tragedy of Congo...Riveting and brutally honest" by the Free Africa Foundation{{cite web|url=http://www.zedbooks.co.uk/node/11823|title= Details from the publisher about The Democratic Republic of Congo: Between Hope and Despair | website = zedbooks.co.uk |publisher=Zed Books|access-date=December 5, 2013}} and "a scrupulously researched reminder of how this corner of the world became so wretched, and of the multiple actors responsible" by The Guardian.{{cite news |last = Carroll |first = Rory | title = The Democratic Republic of Congo: Between Hope and Despair by Michael Deibert – review | url = https://www.theguardian.com/books/2014/jan/02/democratic-republic-congo-michael-deibert-review | work = The Guardian |location = London | date =January 10, 2014}} Latin American Politics and Society called In the Shadow of Saint Death "a superb piece of reporting on U.S. drug policy and its devastating effects on drug-producing and transit countries in the Western Hemisphere."
In 2012, he was awarded a Small Peace Research Grant by International Peace Research Association in recognition of his work in the Democratic Republic of Congo.{{cite news|url=http://iprafoundation.org/michael-deibert/|title=Grant Awardee Michael Deibert (USA)|publisher= International Peace Research Association|year=2012}}
Since 2017, Deibert has worked extensively in the U.S. territory of Puerto Rico, and has been highly critical of the approach of the U.S. federal government to the island.{{cite news |last = Pérez|first = José Javier| title =Es claro que tenemos a un presidente que ve de forma diferente a las personas que no son blancas | url = https://www.elnuevodia.com/corresponsalias/florida/notas/es-claro-que-tenemos-a-un-presidente-que-ve-de-forma-diferente-a-las-personas-que-no-son-blancas/| work = El Nuevo Día|location = San Juan | date =September 28, 2019}}
Deibert's 2019 book, When the Sky Fell: Hurricane Maria and the United States in Puerto Rico, was characterized by Publishers Weekly as “an impassioned analysis [that] explores the role of the U.S.'s territorial relationship with Puerto Rico,"{{cite web|url=https://www.publishersweekly.com/978-1-948062-36-7/11823|title=When the Sky Fell: Hurricane Maria and the United States in Puerto Rico | website=www.publishersweekly.com|publisher=Publishers Weekly|access-date=September 1, 2019}} and by Library Journal as "a thoroughly researched history of Puerto Rico, presented with the goal of helping readers better understand the ongoing impact of colonialism, and how the U.S. mainland responded to the hurricane's impact."{{cite web|url=https://www.libraryjournal.com/?detailStory=puerto-rico-past-and-present|title=Puerto Rico Past and Present|website=www.libraryjournal.com|publisher=Library Journal|access-date=September 6, 2019}}
Bibliography
- {{Cite book | title=Notes from the Last Testament: The Struggle for Haiti | publisher=Seven Stories Press | place=New York | year=2005 | isbn=978-1-58322-697-1 | url-access=registration | url=https://archive.org/details/notesfromlasttes00deib }}
- {{Cite book | title=The Democratic Republic of Congo: Between Hope and Despair| publisher= Zed Books| place=London | year=2013 | isbn=978-1780323459 }}
- {{Cite book | title=In the Shadow of Saint Death: The Gulf Cartel and the Price of America's Drug War in Mexico | publisher= Lyons Press| place=New York | year=2014 | isbn=978-0762791255 }}
- {{Cite book | title=Haiti Will Not Perish: A Recent History | publisher= Zed Books| place=London | year=2017 | isbn=978-1783607983 }}
- {{Cite book | title=When the Sky Fell: Hurricane Maria and the United States in Puerto Rico | publisher= Apollo Publishers| place=New York | year=2019 | isbn=978-1948062367 }}
References
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External links
- [http://www.michaeldeibert.com Michael Deibert’s homepage]
- [https://michaeldeibert.substack.com Michael Deibert's blog]
- [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cwEqvFuRZ8o Panel Discussion on DRC's 2016 Elections with author Jason Stearns, activist Kambale Musavuli and UN official Alain Seckler (video)]
- [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MrVGWanXVwE Michael Deibert lecture at the Arnold A. Saltzman Institute of War and Peace Studies at Columbia University's School of International and Public Affairs (video)]
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