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Portrait of Simon Romero

Simon Romero

I travel widely across my region of coverage to write about issues including politics, economics, culture, climate change, human rights abuses and the drug trade. I’m especially interested in nuanced on-the-ground reporting, whether in major cities or far-flung locations, that provides fresh insight into this fascinating region.

I have worked at The Times for more than two decades after being hired in São Paulo to cover Brazil’s economy. Since then, I’ve been the newspaper’s bureau chief in Brazil and in Venezuela, covered the American Southwest from Albuquerque, N.M., and wrote about the international energy industry from Houston. I previously worked for Bloomberg News in Brasília and Rio de Janeiro.

My assignments have taken me around the world, including Algeria, Norway, Saudi Arabia and Antarctica, but I’ve spent most of my career in Latin America. I speak fluent Spanish and Portuguese and studied history at the University of São Paulo. I’m a recipient of the Maria Moors Cabot Prize for my reporting on Latin America and the Caribbean.

I was born in Albuquerque and raised in rural northern New Mexico, and attended public schools there before going to Harvard, where I graduated with honors with a degree in history and literature.

As a Times journalist, I adhere to the standards laid out in our Ethical Journalism Handbook. I don’t donate to political campaigns or candidates, nor do I own stock in companies I write about. I try to interact with sources with respect and sensitivity, and to be as fair and transparent as possible in my reporting. I’m proud to work at a company that makes its ethics policy a centerpiece of our journalism.

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