Steve Fainaru
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Steve Fainaru is a correspondent for The Post’s foreign staff. He has covered the war in Iraq since 2004, and was a finalist for the Pulitzer Prize in international reporting in 2006. He has worked for The Post since 2000, previously covering civil liberties and the fight against terrorism and serving as an investigative reporter focusing on sports. Previously he worked at the Boston Globe for 11 years, covering the Boston Red Sox, Wall Street and Latin America. He served as that newspaper’s Latin America bureau chief.
Steve, who is based in the San Francisco Bay Area, is the co-author of “The Duke of Havana: Baseball, Cuba and the Search for the American Dream,” which chronicled the odyssey of pitcher Orlando “El Duque” Hernandez and his defection from post-Cold War Cuba.
Articles by Steve Fainaru
Mexican data contradict U.S. figures on military's human rights abuses (November 23, 2009)
U.S., Mexico align against common foe: brutal narcotics trade (November 22, 2009)
Mexican drug cartels increasingly recruit the young (November 3, 2009)
From Mexico to California, two men on the hunt for illicit marijuana (October 26, 2009)
Cartels Face an Economic Battle (October 7, 2009)
In Mexico's Drug War, Catholicism Endures a Test of Faith (August 11, 2009)
Anti-Drug Aid Delayed as Leahy Blocks Positive Report on Mexico's Rights Record (August 5, 2009)
New Strategy Urged in Mexico (July 28, 2009)
Mexican Army Using Torture to Battle Drug Traffickers, Rights Groups Say (July 9, 2009)
A Mexican Cartel's Swift and Grisly Climb (June 13, 2009)
American Killed in Baghdad's Green Zone Identified (May 23, 2009)
Shairon Martis Pitches Washington Nationals to Win Over San Francisco Giants (May 14, 2009)
Tuesday's Late Game: San Francisco Giants Defeat Washington Nationals, 9-7 (May 14, 2009)
Ryan Zimmerman's Hit Streak Ends, but Washington Nationals Defeat San Francisco Giants, 6-3 (May 14, 2009)
Zimmerman's Hit Streak Reaches 30, but Nats Give Away Lead (May 13, 2009)
Lastings Milledge Out 6 to 8 Weeks After Surgery on Broken Finger (May 13, 2009)
Sandoval's Three-Run Homer Ends Giants' Win Over Nats (May 13, 2009)
Mexicans Blame Industrial Hog Farms (May 10, 2009)
Mexican Drug Fight Nets 60,000 Suspects (May 1, 2009)
U.S. Contingency Plan Would Deploy National Guard Troops Along Mexican Border (April 25, 2009)
An Army Takeover Quells Violence in Mexico (April 21, 2009)
U.S. Aid Delays in Drug War Criticized (April 5, 2009)
As Mexico Battles Cartels, The Army Becomes the Law (April 2, 2009)
Soldier of Misfortune: Jonathon Coté's Life Counted, Even if He's Left Out of the Body Count in Iraq (December 1, 2008)
Body Identified As Contractor Missing in Iraq (April 24, 2008)
For Missing Guards' Kin, An Agonizing Conclusion (March 30, 2008)
Authorities Identify Remains Of Two American Contractors (March 25, 2008)
Five Severed Fingers Identified as Belonging To Guards Held in Iraq (March 13, 2008)
Warnings Unheeded On Guards In Iraq (December 24, 2007)
Iraqis Detail Shooting by Guard Firm (November 26, 2007)
Grand Jury to Probe Shootings by Guards (November 20, 2007)
How Blackwater Sniper Fire Felled 3 Iraqi Guards (November 8, 2007)
Private Guards Fire on Taxi; Three Iraqis Hurt, Police Say (October 19, 2007)
Guards in Iraq Cite Frequent Shootings (October 3, 2007)
Blackwater Faced Bedlam, Embassy Finds (September 28, 2007)
U.S. Repeatedly Rebuffed Iraq on Blackwater Complaints (September 23, 2007)
Where Military Rules Don't Apply (September 20, 2007)
U.S. Pays Millions In Cost Overruns For Security in Iraq (August 12, 2007)
For Abducted Guards, Iraq Wasn't Just About Money (July 30, 2007)
Cutting Costs, Bending Rules, And a Trail of Broken Lives (July 29, 2007)
In Iraq, a Private Realm Of Intelligence-Gathering (July 1, 2007)
Iraq Contractors Face Growing Parallel War (June 16, 2007)
Army to Reconsider Bids On Iraq Security Contract (June 9, 2007)
Contractor Says Army Unfairly Closed Bidding (June 7, 2007)
Judge Halts Award Of Iraq Contract (June 2, 2007)
U.S. Security Contractors Open Fire in Baghdad (May 27, 2007)
Second British Firm Bids for Iraq Security Contract (May 12, 2007)
Firms Protest Exclusion From Iraq Security Bid (May 5, 2007)
Four Hired Guns in an Armored Truck, Bullets Flying, and a Pickup and a Taxi Brought to a Halt. Who Did the Shooting and Why? (April 15, 2007)
Abduction of Americans Reflects Fraying Security in Iraqi South (November 18, 2006)
