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Maria Murriel

I'm interested in stories about migration and identity, as well as journalism that causes people to engage with one another.I was a reporter and editor at The World and previously built the digital department at WLRN in Miami, my hometown.I grew up in Peru, and like to tell stories about the Andean region, its culture and diaspora.I prefer Instagram over Twitter, and I travel every chance I get. Craft beer, cats and single malts are a few of my weaknesses.
Thousands of candlelights lit in front of Poland's presidential palace in memory of the victims of a fatal plane crash. Warsaw, April 2010.
Books
Read this book about writing. About death. (By a gifted novelist.)
An attendee leaves flowers for Nabra Hassanen, a teenage Muslim girl killed by a bat-wielding motorist near a Virginia mosque, during a vigil in New York City, U.S. June 20, 2017.
Global Politics
Nabra Hassanen’s murder feeds anti-immigrant rhetoric on the conservative internet
Afro-Cuban jazz singer Daymé Arocena performs during the New Era concert in Havana, 2016.
Music
Cuba’s Daymé Arocena found her religion through music
Men walk by a mural that reads "Get the hell of Liberia, Ebola! And don't come back" in Monrovia, Liberia, April 1, 2016.
Justice
Ebola is over. Now the US wants a group of West African immigrants to go home.
Children fly kites in a neighborhood of Port-au-Prince, Haiti, February 8, 2017.
Economics
DHS extension of protected status for Haitian immigrants might be the last
Women run under a Puerto Rican flag before the National Puerto Rican Day Parade on Fifth Avenue in Manhattan
Culture
New York’s Puerto Rican Day Parade stirs tensions between the island and the mainland
This is a rally in support of TPS for Haitian immigrants back in 2009, during a visit by former US President Barack Obama to Miami, Florida.
Conflict
Haitian immigrants get extension of protected status, worry it might not be long enough
The Nordic Resistance Movement (Nordiska motstandsrorelsens), a Nordic National Socialist organisation, demonstrates in central Stockholm November 12, 2016.
Global Politics
White nationalism in Sweden has a long history. Now it also has partners in America.
How many pengos can you spot?
Environment
It’s World Penguin Day! Help scientists count penguins.
Workers who have been fired gather at the management office for Sid Wainer & Son in New Bedford, Mass. on March 10, 2017. Most of the workers are undocumented, and felt their termination was unfair.
Justice
Undocumented workers demand rights in a city scarred by a massive raid
Bianco factory raid family reacts
Justice
A massive ICE raid in this town didn’t stop undocumented labor — or illegal immigration
A security guard looks out of the U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services offices in New York, U.S. on August 15, 2012.
Justice
Immigration lawyers: Trump crackdown tactics will see fierce legal challenges
Americans started drawing parallels between Orwell's realities and the Trump Administration as early as his first day in office, when Press Secretary Sean Spicer berated and lied to the media in his first briefing.
Media
In our Orwellian reality, reach for ‘Animal Farm’ with your ‘1984’
women's march
Global Politics
Portraits of the march: Illustrating the Women’s March on Washington
Jen Marley was at Donald Trump's presidential inauguration protesting against abuses of Native American resources.
Conflict
Native activists focus on protests — not so much the ballot box
For Christmas, Gavin Miller (right) asked his mom to take him to the presidential inauguration. Here, he stands in front of the US Capitol with the friend he brought along.
Global Politics
All this kid wanted for Christmas was to be at Trump’s inauguration
Activists seeking to legalize abortion protest against Peruvian presidential candidate Keiko Fujimori in front of the Congress in Lima, Peru, May 19, 2016. The text on the activists read: "No Keiko."
Culture
Staunchly Catholic Peru sees a surge in gender activism and progressive policies
About 23 giant pandas born in 2016 are seen on a display at the Chengdu Research Base of Giant Panda Breeding in Chengdu, Sichuan province, China, September 29, 2016.
Economics
Maybe you had a bad 2016 but pandas didn’t
People carry their belongings as they flee deeper into the remaining rebel-held areas of Aleppo, Syria December 13, 2016. The Arabic words read, "No to monopolizing commodities and raising prices under the siege."
Conflict
‘I’m leaving my soul,’ says White Helmet evacuating Aleppo in latest ceasefire
Pope Francis (L) and former Cuban President Fidel Castro (in a tracksuit) share a laugh in Havana, Cuba, September 20, 2015.
Culture
Fidel Castro’s capitalist legacy: the tracksuit
The meme "Pepe the Frog" has become a symbol for the alt-right on the internet.
Culture
The ‘alt-right’ and white outrage around the world: An explainer
Violet wins! She's president of Mr. Mike's second grade class (and has sick hair).
Election 2016
These kiddos in San Antonio are having the realest mock election
Actress Lisa Edelstein posted this photo snapped in San Francisco's Castro district. Clinton supporters across the country have been donning pantsuits in homage to the Democratic candidate for days prior to the election.
Election 2016
‘Pantsuit Nation’ pops up, voters salute Susan B. Anthony on historic Election Day
Peruvian shamans with poster of US Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump perform a ritual of predictions ahead of the US presidential elections, in Lima, Peru November 7, 2016.
Culture
Here are some surprising voting day practices from around the world
Chief Arvol Looking Horse, spiritual leader of the Sioux Nation, leads his people to peacefully pray near a law enforcement barricade just outside of a Dakota Access pipeline construction site north of Cannon Ball, North Dakota, on Oct. 29, 2016.
Conflict
#NoDAPL has momentum, but will it drive Native Americans to vote?
A La Carreta restaurant, a popular Cuban cuisine franchise in the Miami area.
Culture
Some people are ashamed of Spanish in Miami. Wait, what?
afghanistan model un
Education
What’s the best way to spend $1 billion on women? These teens have some thoughts
Lasse Quvang and Mai Jensen in Atlanta during their interview with The World.
Global Politics
Even Danes are trying to stop Donald Trump from becoming president
Samoa-based US Army reservists brush up on their combat skills during weapons qualification.
Election 2016
Millions of Americans can’t vote for president because of where they live
Mohammed Badran was 19 when he was forced to flee Syria. He's the co-founder of Syrian Volunteers in the Netherlands.
Conflict
UN speaker: Being a refugee is an experience, not an identity
Courtney Ball, 19, of Sommerville, New Jersey, cries at the Flight 93 Temporary Memorial just outside Shanksville, Pennsylvania, September 11, 2005.
Conflict
We were just kids on 9/11. And no one really explained it to us.
Marco Gutierrez has gotten a barrage of media attention since he appeared on CNN saying there would be "taco trucks on every corner" if Donald Trump didn't win the election.
Election 2016
What assimilation means to the ‘taco trucks on every corner’ Trump supporter
"I don't wanna be a princess. Princesses can't climb trees." — Girl of about 5 to a young woman, Barrio Atlaya, Isidro Casanova. Saturday.
Culture
Oh, the phrases you’ll hear on the streets of Buenos Aires!
Politics
Venezuelans in the US say their country is worse than 1960s Cuba
Puerto Ricans from across the country march near Philadelphia's city hall during the Democratic National Convention, July 25, 2016.
Global Politics
What it means to be ‘American’ is different for Puerto Ricans
Philadelphia councilwoman at-large Helen Gym is a progressive leader who believes in grassroots efforts.
Election 2016
Here’s what progressive politics looks like in the city that ‘invented democracy’
Bernie Sanders fans show their support during the Democratic National Convention in Philadelphia, July 25, 2016.
Global Politics
‘Bernie or Bust’ is a risk many Americans with undocumented relatives can’t take
American flag fight
Election 2016
What is an American? People at the political conventions weigh in.
Tsai Ing-wen arrives at the Presidential Office to swear in as Taiwan's President in Taipei, Taiwan on May 20, 2016.
Global Politics
Women from female-led countries react to Hillary Clinton’s nomination
People cheer in the Quicken Loans Arena during the Republican National Convention
Culture
‘Lock her up!’: A guide to some of the RNC’s most popular chants
Kid drawing from the RNC
Arts
You have to see these kids’ drawings that were displayed at the RNC
Chris Christie RNC
Global Politics
We asked Chris Christie what it means to be an American. Here’s what he said.
A delegate holds a sign during first-night speeches at the Republican National Convention in Cleveland, Ohio.
Justice
Trump crowd was wild for anti-undocumented rhetoric on the first night of the RNC
Cleveland Indians flags on display at a downtown Cleveland sports bar near the Republican National Convention.
Justice
The RNC is right next to the Indians’ field in Cleveland. But Native American issues aren’t getting attention.
Regis from Ohio wearing a pro-Trump leather jacket
Conflict
Meet some of the bikers backing Donald Trump
Anti-Trump protesters (R) clash with Donald Trump supporters (L) outside the Anaheim Convention Center during a rally for Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump on May 25, 2016 in Anaheim, California.
Conflict
Journalists got trained like war correspondents to cover the US conventions
A tourist looks down at the Machu Picchu archeological site in Cuzco, Peru.
Lifestyle
Your Machu Picchu Tinder photo makes me angry. But I’ll get over it.
Climate Central's Risk Zone map shows possible coastal flooding throughout the world.
Environment
How will rising seas affect your city?
Supporters of Pedro Pablo Kuczynski, pictured, and supporters of Keiko Fujimori marched toward each other near Cuzco's main square last month. Both candidates for Peru's presidency are neck to neck in a heated race.
Global Politics
Peru’s presidential race is kinda crazy. These photos give you an idea.
A group of indigenous mayors, historians and activists gather for a candlelight vigil in Cuzco's main square to commemorate the 235th anniversary of freedom fighter Tupac Amaru{s death, who was dismembered by Spanish colonists on the square.
Conflict
In Peru’s Inca capital, indigenous leaders struggle for recognition of their heritage
Havana's city center in January 2016.
Development
These Cuban Americans are spending their own money to send others to Cuba
Valeria Dovale crossed the border into the US, and qualified for Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals, which allows undocumented immigrants to work and attend college. But she still had to work through hurdles to get her application through.
Education
Why the path to college is not clear for some immigrant students
Part of a flyer from Inclusión México.
Justice
These images say a lot about the state of violence against women in Mexico
Yolanda Navas says awaiting the Supreme Court decision on DACA causes her fear and anxiety.
Global Politics
DACA allowed her to drive, go to school and get a job. Even if it’s temporary.
A few men pray in an open room
Global Politics
What’s it like to be a Muslim voter in polite, largely Christian Wisconsin?
immigration rally
Global Politics
This election has given greater resonance to an eternal truth: There is no one ‘Latino vote’
A pregnant woman
Global Politics
Here’s what happens in a country where women are punished for having abortions
Guatemalan rapper Rebeca Lane is on a Central American tour designed to showcase women's hip-hop in the area.
Music
This Guatemalan rapper thinks hip-hop can unite all women
US President Barack Obama and Cuban President Raúl Castro gesture after a news conference as part of President Obama's three-day visit to Cuba. In Havana March 21, 2016.
Media
Freedom of the press ‘rattled’ Raúl Castro, causing him to answer a question with a lie
Air Force One carrying US President Barack Obama and his family flies over a neighborhood of Havana as it approaches the runway to land at Havana's international airport, March 20, 2016.
Global Politics
Forget your stereotypes. Here’s a young Cuban American who opposes rapprochement, and an older one who supports it.