Never the Hope Itself : Love and Ghosts in Latin America and Haiti

A Former Npr Correspondent Takes You Into His Own Ghost-filled Life As He Reports On A Region In Turmoil. Gerry Hadden Was Training To Become A Buddhist Monk When Opportunity Came Knocking: The Offer Of A Dream Job As Npr's Correspondent For Latin America. Arriving In Mexico In 2000 During The Nation's First Democratic Transition Of Power, He Witnesses Both Hope And Uncertainty. But After 9/11, He Finds Himself Documenting Overlooked Yet Extraordinary Events In A Forgotten Political Landscape. As He Reports On Colombia's Drug Wars, Guatemala's Deleterious Emigration, And Haiti's Bloody Rebellion, Hadden Must Also Make A Home For Himself In Mexico City, Coming To Terms With Its Ghosts And Chasing Down The Love Of His Life, In A Riveting Narrative That Reveals The Human Heart At The Center Of International Affairs. -- Cover, P. [4]. Gerry Hadden. "A former NPR correspondent takes you into his own ghost-filled life as he reports on a region in turmoil. Gerry Hadden was training to become a Buddhist monk when opportunity came knocking: the offer of a dream job as NPR's correspondent for Latin America. Arriving in Mexico in 2000 during the nation's first democratic transition of power, he witnesses both hope and uncertainty. But after 9/11, he finds himself documenting overlooked yet extraordinary events in a forgotten political landscape. As he reports on Colombia's drug wars, Guatemala's deleterious emigration, and Haiti's bloody rebellion, Hadden must also make a home for himself in Mexico City, coming to terms with its ghosts and chasing down the love of his life, in a riveting narrative that reveals the human heart at the center of international affairs."--Page 4 of cover