South America

Naira Hofmeister has worked as a freelance journalist based out of Porto Alegre, Brazil since 2006. Over the course of her career, she has covered the social, political, and economic dimensions of...

Fernando Eckstein has worked as a software engineer since 2017. Fernando specializes in the development of applications for the manufacturing industry and has studied river flow predictions for hydro...

Born and raised in the Amazon region, freelance reporter Hyury Potter writes about corruption and the environment from Brazil. He is the author of the Mined Amazon project, a real-time map published...

October 1, 2020

Eduardo Goulart de Andrade, journalist, is a contributor to The Intercept Brazil and conducts investigative reporting projects using a data approach that leverages open data and Open Source...

Jhannet Melvi Rico Vela, journalist, was born and currently lives in Cochabamba, Bolivia. Jhannet is passionate about text editing and the intersection of politics and society in her country. She...

Lise Josefsen Hermann is an independent journalist in Ecuador and Denmark. She has lived in Latin America for 10 years—she spent three years in Bolivia and now lives in Ecuador, a country from which...

Journalist Jhannet Melvi Rico Vela was born in and currently lives in Cochabamba, Bolivia. She is passionate about text editing and the intersection of politics and society in her country. She started...

Sara Aliaga Ticona, photographer and visual storyteller, is based in La Paz, Bolivia. Sara's work focuses on telling stories focused on cultural identity and gender, and how these two elements are...

Sara Aliaga Ticona, a photographer and visual storyteller, is based in La Paz, Bolivia. Her work focuses on telling stories focused on cultural identity and gender, and how these two elements are...

Helena Carpio is a Venezuelan multimedia journalist exploring the ever-changing relationship between society and the natural environment. She specializes in adapting scientific methodologies to...

September 18, 2020

Adriana Abreu is an anthropologist focused on environmental governance. She is also a freelance journalist, covering topics related to traditional communities, socio-environmental issues, and...