What happens when a multinational company that has been the bedrock of a small country's undiversified economy for years decides to leave? Pittsburgh Post-Gazette reporters Rich Lord and Len Boselovic, and photographer Stephanie Strasburg, spent a week in Suriname exploring the problems and issues created by Alcoa's decision to leave the South American nation of Suriname after 100 years. They found concern over whether the aluminum maker will live up to its obligations to clean up the environment, jungle clans that progress left behind, and an economy and country in turmoil.
This week, Stephanie Strasburg takes over the @PulitzerCenter Instagram account to share her work from the project.