About the Author

Harold Olmos, a Bolivian journalist,  has actively worked as a news correspondent for over four decades.  He first worked as a reporter, editor and Director Assistant at the daily Presencia, in La Paz, where he also worked as a correspondent for the Associated Press. Later he was appointed AP Chief of Bureau in Venezuela (1982-1993) and Brazil (1993-2006).  He is retired since 2007 and lives in Santa Cruz de la Sierra, eastern Bolivia. In December, 2007,  he was awarded with the National Prize of Journalism by the Association of  Journalists of La Paz for his life career achievement. In 2010, he received the Journalist of the Year Prize granted annually by BISA bank, one of the most prestigious awards  in the country.