José Baig

José Baig is a journalist specializing in strategic communications, public affairs, and positioning for institutions, leaders, and issues. He has more than 20 years of experience as a correspondent for global media outlets (BBC World Service, El País) in Latin America, the United States, and Europe, as well as for international institutions (the World Bank, the IDB) and United Nations agencies (UNHCR, UNESCO, UN Women).

He is Spanish, born in Uruguay, and Venezuelan at heart. He holds a bachelor’s degree in journalism (UCAB – Caracas), a diploma in investigative journalism (Universidad Iberoamericana – Mexico City), and a master’s degree in Latin American Studies (cum laude) from Leiden Universiteit (Netherlands). He is bilingual in Spanish and English, with advanced proficiency in Portuguese and Catalan, and intermediate Italian.