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Daniel Deckers

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Daniel Deckers is a journalist and editor in the politics section of the Frankfurter Allgemeine Zeitung (FAZ), a leading German daily, where he directs the essay section “Die Gegenwart” (“The Present”). He writes widely on topics ranging from the Catholic Church, society and politics in Latin America, and national and international drug policy. Deckers studied Catholic theology at the University of Freiberg, Switzerland, and at the University of Bonn. He continued his theological studies in Bogota, Colombia, where he also worked on social development projects, and received his PhD from the Sankt Georgen Graduate School of Philosophy in Frankfurt in 1991. He has worked at the FAZ since 1993.
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