Veronica Fernandes is a journalist for Rainews24; every week, she produces and hosts the podcast MappaMondi to explore the international issues she covers on the ground. In recent years, she has reported on the war in Ukraine from frontline villages under Russian attack, the genocide in Gaza (remotely, given Israel’s ban on entry for the international press) and its repercussions in the West Bank, Trump’s return to the United States, and the consequences in Greenland, Mexico, and Panama. Lately, she has been covering the stories of Russian and Belarusian conscientious objectors who, after refusing to fight in the war, are being rejected by the European Union. Her roots lie in Goa, Nairobi, and Mantua; she lives in Rome with her daughters Elsa and Dalia.
