Alessandro Ford
@alessandroford.bsky.social
Brazil correspondent. Formerly in Medellín and Brussels.
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The Mediterranean diet is a lie
Italy’s food is supposed to be the world’s healthiest. So why are so many of its kids obese?
www.politico.eu
Like most people, I love 🇮🇹 cuisine. My nonna was a patriotic foodie who raised me on 🍝, 🧀, and 🥩. But she also raised me to tell the truth. And the truth is the Mediterranean diet has become a multi-billion euro lie. Read my latest for @politico.eu
www.politico.eu/article/medi...
www.politico.eu/article/medi...
In 5 years writing about organised crime, I've almost never seen such a body count.
Police in Rio killed over 120 people yesterday during a raid against the Red Command, Brazil's 2nd biggest drug gang.
My latest for The Economist
www.economist.com/topics/the-a...
Police in Rio killed over 120 people yesterday during a raid against the Red Command, Brazil's 2nd biggest drug gang.
My latest for The Economist
www.economist.com/topics/the-a...
October 29, 2025 at 8:14 PM
In 5 years writing about organised crime, I've almost never seen such a body count.
Police in Rio killed over 120 people yesterday during a raid against the Red Command, Brazil's 2nd biggest drug gang.
My latest for The Economist
www.economist.com/topics/the-a...
Police in Rio killed over 120 people yesterday during a raid against the Red Command, Brazil's 2nd biggest drug gang.
My latest for The Economist
www.economist.com/topics/the-a...
They say no one wins a trade war. But tell that to Brazil's soybean farmers.
As China boycotts US grains, Brazil has become the world's soybean superpower.
For Brazilians, it's a source of pride. Foreigners fret over deforestation risk.
Either way, Brazil's agri dominance is only increasing.
As China boycotts US grains, Brazil has become the world's soybean superpower.
For Brazilians, it's a source of pride. Foreigners fret over deforestation risk.
Either way, Brazil's agri dominance is only increasing.
American soya farmers are miserable. Brazil’s are ebullient
Donald Trump’s trade war has cemented Brazil’s place as the soyabean superpower
www.economist.com
October 9, 2025 at 2:40 PM
They say no one wins a trade war. But tell that to Brazil's soybean farmers.
As China boycotts US grains, Brazil has become the world's soybean superpower.
For Brazilians, it's a source of pride. Foreigners fret over deforestation risk.
Either way, Brazil's agri dominance is only increasing.
As China boycotts US grains, Brazil has become the world's soybean superpower.
For Brazilians, it's a source of pride. Foreigners fret over deforestation risk.
Either way, Brazil's agri dominance is only increasing.
What a week for Brazil. Happy to be writing for The Economist again.
www.economist.com/the-americas...
www.economist.com/the-americas...
America calls Jair Bolsonaro’s conviction a “witch hunt”
Brazil’s ex-president plans to wield political power from prison
www.economist.com
September 15, 2025 at 7:16 AM
What a week for Brazil. Happy to be writing for The Economist again.
www.economist.com/the-americas...
www.economist.com/the-americas...
As a crime reporter-turned-EU 🌾 policy nerd, I never thought I'd get to combine my passions. Then Giuseppe Antoci arrived in Brussels...
My latest 📝 with the marvellous @elenagiordano.bsky.social.
My latest 📝 with the marvellous @elenagiordano.bsky.social.
Politician Giuseppe Antoci is a folk hero in Italy for his anti-mob activism.
Now, he's set his sights on a loftier goal: enacting the checks at the EU level and driving the bloc’s crackdown on organized crime and money laundering. 👉 ow.ly/reBK50VnTOy
Now, he's set his sights on a loftier goal: enacting the checks at the EU level and driving the bloc’s crackdown on organized crime and money laundering. 👉 ow.ly/reBK50VnTOy
March 25, 2025 at 11:25 AM
As a crime reporter-turned-EU 🌾 policy nerd, I never thought I'd get to combine my passions. Then Giuseppe Antoci arrived in Brussels...
My latest 📝 with the marvellous @elenagiordano.bsky.social.
My latest 📝 with the marvellous @elenagiordano.bsky.social.
Trump is pestering the EU to buy more American soybeans. Here's why that won't work. My latest with @thisisbartosz.bsky.social
www.politico.eu/article/dona...
www.politico.eu/article/dona...
Trump wants Europe to buy more US farm goods. It can’t.
There are insuperable market, phytosanitary and political obstacles — and it could get worse.
www.politico.eu
February 26, 2025 at 11:10 AM
Trump is pestering the EU to buy more American soybeans. Here's why that won't work. My latest with @thisisbartosz.bsky.social
www.politico.eu/article/dona...
www.politico.eu/article/dona...
Like most people, I love 🇮🇹 cuisine. My nonna was a patriotic foodie who raised me on 🍝, 🧀, and 🥩. But she also raised me to tell the truth. And the truth is the Mediterranean diet has become a multi-billion euro lie. Read my latest for @politico.eu
www.politico.eu/article/medi...
www.politico.eu/article/medi...
The Mediterranean diet is a lie
Italy’s food is supposed to be the world’s healthiest. So why are so many of its kids obese?
www.politico.eu
February 2, 2025 at 4:42 PM
Like most people, I love 🇮🇹 cuisine. My nonna was a patriotic foodie who raised me on 🍝, 🧀, and 🥩. But she also raised me to tell the truth. And the truth is the Mediterranean diet has become a multi-billion euro lie. Read my latest for @politico.eu
www.politico.eu/article/medi...
www.politico.eu/article/medi...
Reposted by Alessandro Ford
The far-right is trying to use "blood and soil" rhetoric to win over farmers. In Romania, it's working.
Romania’s presidential front-runner is all about farmers
Far-right independent Călin Georgescu is trying to capture rural voters with fascist tropes.
www.politico.eu
November 28, 2024 at 9:57 AM
The far-right is trying to use "blood and soil" rhetoric to win over farmers. In Romania, it's working.