Jonathan Steele

Jonathan Steele is a Guardian columnist, roving foreign correspondent and author. His latest book is Ghosts of Afghanistan: The Haunted Battleground.

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Most Syrians back President Assad, but you’d never know from western media

by Jonathan Steele

21 January 2012

The Guardian’s former international affairs correspondent debunks the Western media and their governments’ distorted view on Syria. If the Arab League mission in the country is challenged, it is not because it lacks objectivity, but because it is likely to reveal the extent of the deception: (…)

The World According to Chávez

by Duncan Campbell , Jonathan Steele

London (United Kingdom) | 25 May 2006

Hugo Chávez, Venezuela’s socialist president, remembers "with great affection" the day he went to see Queen Elizabeth II in 2001. "There’s something I’ll never forget. When I got out of the car at the entrance to the palace, I spotted a coin lying on the ground and picked it up, and saw it had (…)

Chávez With Amigo Ken Gets a Hero’s Welcome in London

by Duncan Campbell , Jonathan Steele

London (United Kingdom) | 20 May 2006

He has been called a terrorist by Washington but for three and a half hours yesterday in London he could do no wrong. An adoring audience of British left-wingers and the Latin American diaspora cheered, clapped, sang and laughed as Venezuelan president Hugo Chávez denounced President Bush and (…)

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