Trained as Economist; Master's degree, University of Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania; Graduate Certificate in Latin American Development. Formerly, more than 10 years with Semana magazine, including: Editor, Economy and Business; Correspondent, Paris and US. Former: Lecturer in Econometrics and Economic Journalism, Universidad Javeriana, Bogotá; Consultant, Andean Development Corporation, Caracas, Venezuela, and Organization of American States and Inter-American Development Bank, Washington DC; Former: Editor-in-Chief, Cambio, a Colombian weekly. Former, also Deputy Editor-in-Chief, Opinion, El Tiempo newspaper and Editor-in-Chief Portafolio newspaper. Currently: Senior Analyst, El Tiempo newspaper. Professor, Universidad de los Andes, Bogotá, Colombia. Author, Más Futuro que Presente: La Crisis Mundial y América Latina a la Luz de los Avances del Pasado Medio Siglo (2009); América Latina y el efecto dominó (2010). Recipient, Simon Bolivar National Prize for Journalism.