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Maria Abi-Habib is an investigative correspondent reporting on Latin America and is based in Mexico City..
From Concordia journalism student to New York Times foreign correspondent
New York Times foreign correspondent Maria Abi-Habib, BA 06, has a nose for corruption.
“Corrupt governments make things complicated. When you see a government where multiple agencies are involved in basic things like building roads, and there are multiple contracts for the work, it’s a sign.”
Since graduating from Concordia with a bachelor’s degree in journalism and political science, Abi-Habib has pursued a career finding — and exposing — misuses of power in Afghanistan, India and Haiti among others.
The United States has a team on the ground to try to secure the release of 17 people taken by a gang in the latest example of the violence.
“I’m from an incredibly corrupt country, Lebanon, so government corruption really gets under my skin in a very personal way. It’s very visceral to me.”
As the New York Times’ investigative correspondent for Latin America, based in Mexico City, Abi-Habib heads a small staff of reporters and researchers who cover Mexico, Central America and the Caribbean.
In 2021, she won the