Mauricio Ruiz is a writer and journalist who has lived in the US, Belgium, Mexico and Norway. His work has appeared in Words Without Borders, Catapult, The Common, The Rumpus, Electric Literature, JMWW, River Teeth, Literal Magazine, among others. He's been shortlisted for the Bridport Prize and Myriad Editions Competition in the UK, as well as the Fish Short Story Prize in Ireland. He has received fellowships from OMI writers (NY), Société des auteurs (Belgium), Jakob Sande (Norway), Can Serrat (Spain), and the Three Seas' Council (Rhodes). His second book, Silencios al sur, was published in early 2017, and his work has partially been translated into Dutch and French. Mauricio Ruiz can be followed on Twitter and Instagram.
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On Thursday June 1st, the Municipality of Florence announced that it will ban the use of residential properties for short-term rental services, such as Airbnb, in […]
Lufthansa Group has confirmed reaching an agreement with the Italian Ministry of Economy and Finance (MEF) to acquire a minority stake in the Italian national carrier […]
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Venice is one of those destinations that keeps surprising you. Even if you’ve been to the city of doges many times before, you’ll keep on stumbling […]
The Italian Ministry of Tourism has released a promotion video that has sparked countless backlash in a little over a week. The €9 million ad campaign […]
Talks between Lufthansa and Italy’s treasury about a partial ITA Airways takeover have been extended after the two parties failed to reach agreement within the original […]
Italy‘s Province of South Tyrol has announced a proposal to limit on overnight visitors, as well as a ban on any new accommodation openings unless another […]
Italy‘s government has announced that it is working on the construction of a high-speed train that will connect Rome and Pompeii. Local media reported that the […]
The Italian government has proposed a bill banning lab-grown meat and other synthetic foods, citing safety concerns and a threat to Italian food culture. 1. Banning […]