Simon Romero

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Simon Romero is an American journalist who has been the Andean bureau chief for The New York Times since 2006, based in Caracas, Venezuela. Previously, he had been a Times correspondent based in Houston, Texas.

1 Career
2 Criticism
3 External links
4 Notes

[edit] Career

Romero was born and raised in New Mexico^[1] and graduated from West Las Vegas High School^[2] in San Miguel County, N.M. He subsequently graduated with honors from Harvard College with a degree in History and Literature. He also studied for one year in the history department at the University of São Paulo in Brazil.

Prior to joining the Times, Romero worked in Brazil for Bloomberg News, having launched the company's news bureaus in Brasilia and Rio de Janeiro. He is also a former senior correspondent based in Rio de Janeiro for pan-regional business magazine America Economia.

In October 2007, intruders broke into Romero's home in Caracas, stealing his computer^[3]. The motive for the theft^[4] is unknown but common deliquency was ruled out as neither money nor other valuables were taken.

[edit] Criticism

Romero presents a conservative viewpoint of Latin America. In particular, Romero's writings consistently praises right-wing leadership such as Colombian president Álvaro Uribe, while criticizing Ecuadoran president Rafael Correa, and Hugo Chavez, president of Venezuela.