Bio

I was born in Buenos Aires, Argentina and grew up in the United States, Mexico, and Venezuela. In 2001, I began working as a reporter and editor specializing in Latin American affairs. This work has taken me to 17 different countries in the hemisphere. 

In 2003, I became Associate Editor of the NACLA Report on the Americas, the most widely read English-language publication on Latin American affairs, which is published by the North American Congress on Latin America (NACLA). A year later, I was promoted to managing Editor of the magazine. I'm co-editor of the book, Dispatches From Latin America: On the Frontlines Against Neoliberalism.

In 2006, I began working in Colombia as a freelance journalist covering various aspects of the country's armed conflict – particularly, displacement – for US publications. My work has appeared in The Nation, The Progressive, NACLA, New America Media (formerly, Pacific News Service), Free Speech Radio News, Z Magazine, and over a dozen local newspapers.

I am temporarily based in New York.

Journalism Distinctions:

• Student of Alma Guillermoprieto's Narrative Journalism (Crónica) workshop held by the Fundación Nuevo Periodismo Iberoamericano (FNPI, founded by Gabriel García Márquez) in January 2009.

• Investigative Journalism Grant in 2008 from The Nation Institute for an investigation that resulted in the article, "The Dark Side of Plan Colombia" published by The Nation magazine (May 2009). The article reveals new evidence showing how paramilitary narcotraffickers may have benefited from US government grants for biofuel crop production (oil palms).

• Recipient of AVINA Foundation Journalism Grant in Sustainable Development in 2006.

Academic Distinctions:

• Fulbright Scholar in Colombia (2007-2008) for research on violent displacement by armed groups.

• NASDAQ Economic Policy Fellowship (2006-2007) at the New School's Graduate Program in International Affairs.