Gideon Long
@gideon_long
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Journalist, formerly @Reuters, @BBCNews, @TheEconomist, @FinancialTimes, Views are my own
MediaCity UK, Salford
Joined January 2009
Fed up with what they see as poor-quality and expensive care in their own countries, a growing number of Westerners are retiring to care homes and resorts in Thailand. For BBC Business Daily I talk to them and find out what life's like for them there:
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Elderly expats are going to Thailand to retire - but the decision to move can be complex.
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As part of our week-long series of programmes from Thailand, I look at the country's battle against a growing tide of electronic waste:
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The country has seen a huge influx of old computers, circuit boards and mobile phones
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"In this country social leaders and trade union leaders are killed every day." My look for the BBC at the challenges facing organized labour in Colombia:
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More trade union members are murdered in the South American nation than anywhere else.
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Colombia is the second biggest exporter of cut flowers in the world and the largest seller to the US. It faces the threat of Donald Trump's tariffs and questions over sustainability. I went to take a look at the industry:
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The country is a major exporter of cut flowers - but suppliers face uncertainty
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Part three of our shipwreck series. I speak to Carl Allen, who spends his time searching for sunken treasure and a long-lost Spanish galleon in the waters of the Bahamas:
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Carl Allen is a former businessman who now spends his time searching the seabed
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Part two of our series on shipwrecks and their sunken treasure. There are around 3 million wrecks on the world's sea-beds. Who owns them and what should be done with them?
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There are more than three million vessels on the world's sea beds
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"The holy grail of shipwrecks". My BBC radio programme on the San José, one of the most valuable wrecks in the world. Spain, Colombia, a US salvage company and indigenous groups in South America have all staked claims to it.
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The treasure is worth an estimated $18bn - but who actually owns it?
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In the final part of our Latin American series on BBC Business Daily, I talk to the former president of Costa Rica, Laura Chinchilla @Laura_Ch :
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We talk to the former Costa Rican president, one of Latin America's first female leaders
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In the fourth part of our Latin American series on BBC Business Daily, we look at some of the economic bright spots around the region: fruit production in Peru, wind power in Uruguay and manufacturing in Mexico:
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We look at the regions and sectors where the economy is doing well
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Part 3 of our Latin American series on BBC Business Daily takes us to the biggest economy in the region, Brazil. Growth has been driven by a sophisticated agricultural sector, but it's grappling with extreme weather events:
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From soybean to coffee exports - we look at what is behind the country's growth
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With thanks to Shahid Yusuf, @bollemdb, Monica Miller, @shadabtaiyabi, @VRubioMarquez and @DiegoPerezBHB
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In the second part of our Latin American series on BBC Business Daily, I compare the region's economies with the "Asian Tigers" that have driven recent global growth:
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What can the region learn from the rapid economic growth seen in East Asia?
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With special thanks to @mj_stott, @VRubioMarquez, @mmlagoscc and @nataliocosoy for their contributions
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All this week on BBC Business Daily I'm looking at the economies of Latin America. On today's first programme I look at the things that have held the region's economic development back.
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We look at why the region has never fulfilled its huge economic potential
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Three months after the first Houthi attack on commercial shipping in the Red Sea, has the re-routing of ships round the bottom of Africa become the new normal?
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The Red Sea attacks: how international trade is navigating choppy waters
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Another politically motivated arrest in Venezuela. @rociosanmiguel is a respected commentator on military matters and hasn't been heard from since her detention #DondeEstaRocio
Rocio San Miguel ha sido víctima de acoso, persecución y discriminación por parte del Estado venezolano. Su detención constituye un hecho MUY GRAVE que pone en evidencia el progresivo cierre del espacio cívico y el empeño de quienes gobiernan por reprimir a las voces críticas
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Remember all that fuss last year over the sale of Taylor Swift tickets? Dynamic pricing is a retail strategy that should iron out such problems by seamlessly matching supply with demand. But should it be regulated more strictly? The BBC’s Business Daily:
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We look at whether the retail strategy is fair on consumers
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Ever wondered why the price of flights changes so dramatically depending on the time of day or day of the week? It’s due to “dynamic pricing”, a retail strategy seeping into all aspects of our shopping experience. I look at on BBC Business Daily.
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How the strategy is transforming the retail landscape
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My episode of BBC Witness History on the still unsolved mystery surrounding the death of Pablo Neruda:
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In 1973, the poet and prominent communist tried to flee persecution in Chile
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