Scott Mc Kiernan Presents zReportage.com Story of the Week #811:’GUATEMALA Bleeds’ by ZUMA Press award winning photographer David Tesinsky who rode along with Guatemala’s Policia Nacional Civil.

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zReportage.com Story of the Week #811: TUESDAY October 26, 2021: ‘GUATEMALA Bleeds’ by ZUMA Press award winning photographer David Tesinsky who rode along with Guatemala’s Policia Nacional Civil: Guatemala’s criminal organizations are among the most sophisticated and dangerous in Central America. Some of them have been in operation for decades. They include former members of the military, intelligence agencies and active members of the police. Poverty and violent crime continue to plague Guatemala over twenty years after its last left-wing guerrillas laid down their arms. An average of 101 murders per week were reported in 2018. 95% of murders remain unsolved and the ultra-violent maras (gangs) manage drug trafficking, prostitution and racketeering. The police who try and control the gangs are woefully under-equipped. Sometimes, they even have to buy their own ammunition. More than half the population lives on less than per day. After spiking in 2009, crime rates had fallen due partly to a UN-sponsored investigative commission. But the government has terminated that body’s mandate early in response to a series of corruption probes, imperiling the fight against criminal impunity. Meanwhile thousands of Guatemalans risk being robbed or assaulted every day. Welcome to: ‘GUATEMALA Bleeds’

Scott Mc Kiernan, Founder & Editor-in-Chief, ZUMA Press

VIDEOS NEEDED IT!

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  1. Christmas
  • People putting their decorations up early
  • Family reunions
  • Emotional gifts – adoption papers etc
  1. Post-Halloween content – (very short window for this after Halloween)
  • Parents pranking their kids ‘eating their candy’
  • Parties full of the same costumes
  1. Thanksgiving (Nov 25) & Black Friday
  • Turkey
  • Football reactions/ re-enactment
  • Macy’s Thanksgiving Day Parade
  • Black Friday chaos

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ZUMA’s  Daniel Ceng Shou-Yi/ZUMA featured on WSJ.com

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September 14, 2021, Tainan, Taipei, Taiwan: Taiwanese soldiers are seen organizing grenade launchers and machine guns during an operation as part of the 37th edition of the Han Kuang military exercise. Training including risks assessment and monitoring of enemies have been conducted in the face of the intensifying threats from China, with the US offering arms sale to the self-ruled island.

Scott Mc Kiernan, Founder & Editor-in-Chief, ZUMA Press

Scott Mc Kiernan Presents zReportage.com Story of the Week #810: TUESDAY October 19, 2021: ‘The Secret Culture’ by ZUMA Press award winning photographer Jack Kurtz who was given rare access to the lives of an FLDS family 10 years ago.

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zReportage.com Story of the Week #810: TUESDAY October 19, 2021: ‘The Secret Culture’ by ZUMA Press award winning photographer Jack Kurtz who was given rare access to the lives of an FLDS family 10 years ago – These images are now part of the history of this now changed corner of Arizona: For generations, the dramatic and isolated landscape on the Utah-Arizona border has been a refuge for people who practice polygamy. Ten years ago, FLDS leader Warren Jeffs was sentenced to life in prison in Texas for sexual assault. Things changed quickly after that. Once the stronghold of the FLDS Church, Hildale and Colorado City area overturned its entire political leadership including electing its first woman and ex-FLDS mayor, Donia Jessop. The communities remain a patchwork of devout members of the FLDS Church, ex-FLDS and non-FLDS. But both communities have seen significant cultural shifts in recent years away from the once-rigid controls of the FLDS (fundamentalist Mormonism is a belief system that is an offshoot of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints). Colorado City opened its first bar. This Fall, the town will have its first wine tour in a recently opened modest vineyard. Welcome to ‘The Secret Culture’.

Scott Mc Kiernan, Founder & Editor-in-Chief, ZUMA Press

ZUMA’s David Barak featured on Pravada.sk

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September 29, 2021, San Diego, California, USA: Doubles partners FILIP POLASEK (left) of Poland and JOHN PEERS of Australia discuss strategy while keeping the opposing team of Hubert Hurkacz of Poland and Marcelo Melo of Brazil from reading their lips. The two teams competed at the San Diego Open tennis tournament. 

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ZUMA’s Daniel Ceng Shou-Yi featured on The Guardian.com

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October 5, 2021, New Taipei, Taipei, Taiwan: A military helicopter carrying a tremendous Taiwan flag conducts a flyby rehearsal ahead of the Double-tenth national day celebration, near Taipei 101, amid China’s growing military threats. China has been sending record number of warplanes to the ADIZ of the self ruled island, whilst Taiwan has been building better relations with the US, Australia, Japan, and other European countries including Lithuania, Poland, Czech Republic.

The Guardian Print 6, October 2021

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ZUMA’s Daniel Ceng Shou-Yi featured in German Publication ” Fuldaer Zeitung”.

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September 14, 2021, Tainan, Taipei, Taiwan: Taiwanese soldiers with machine guns on standby during an operation as part of the 37th edition of the Han Kuang military exercise, in the face of increasing military threats from China. There has been an increasing number of China PLA fighter jets sent by China to cruise around the island of Taiwan, with the US, Japan, and other European countries building better relations with Taiwan.

Scott Mc Kiernan, Founder & Editor-in-Chief, ZUMA Press

ZUMA’s Daniel Ceng Shou-Yi featured on WSJ.com

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September 28, 2021, Taoyuan, Taipei, Taiwan: A Chinook Helicopter carrying a tremendous Taiwan flag flies over a military camp, as part of a rehearsal for the flyby performance for Taiwan’s Double-Ten National Day Celebration, amid rising tensions between Beijing and Taipei and threats from China. The 18-meter wide and 12-meter long Taiwan flag, according to state media Central News Agency, will be carried by two CH-47 Chinook helicopters flag flying over the Presidential Building on October 10, whilst the island has been developing better ties with the US, UK, Australia, and other European countries such as Lithuania, Czech Republic and Poland. 

Scott Mc Kiernan, Founder & Editor-in-Chief, ZUMA Press