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.
A new set of Recommendations published on 2nd July outlines how the global tourism sector can fight against plastic pollution while effectively facing the public health […]
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Following the relaxation of travel restrictions by the Chinese government, KLM Royal Dutch Airlines decided to reopen the Amsterdam-Shanghai route. The flights to mainland China were […]
The responsible restart of tourism is now underway across Europe. The UN Tourism believes that it’s crucial to support Member States and the wider tourism sector […]
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1. Palace Square, Saint Petersburg , Russia With its beautiful and harmonious architecture, Palace Square is the main public space of Saint Petersburg. Like Red Square in […]
The Secretary-General of the United Nations, Antonio Guterres, has sent a landmark message to the world, highlighting the sector’s unique role in advancing the 2030 Agenda […]
The UN Tourism has announced the launch of a new Startup Competition to identify innovators who can boost tourism’s contribution to sustainable development. UN Tourism has […]
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Our senses can carry us to different places. Proust wrote famously about his trip down memory lane, triggered by the teatime aroma of madeleines. But music […]