Alexander Villegas

Author bio

Born in the United States, raised in Costa Rica, and educated in Canada, Alexander Villegas is a freelance journalist and photographer focusing on underreported issues across Latin America. His stories and photographs have appeared in The Guardian, CBC, The Tyee, Bluff, and others.

Alexander Villegas’s Contributions:

The Pandemic Poaching Pandemic

In Costa Rica, Panama, and elsewhere, COVID-19 lockdowns caused suddenly desperate people to begin poaching sea turtle eggs and meat, threatening hard-won conservation achievements.

Jul 21, 2021 | 1,400 words, about 7 minutes

People in a makeshift camp underneath an underpass in Honduras after Hurricane Eta

After Eta and Iota, Central America Braces for a COVID-19 Surge

With hundreds of thousands of people left homeless, and some healthcare infrastructure in shambles, the countries afflicted by these dual hurricanes are worried about what comes next.

Dec 2, 2020 | 1,100 words, about 5 minutes

Fish, Drugs, and Murder

For years, Costa Rica was synonymous with tourism, sustainability, and biodiversity. Now collapsing fisheries have led to turmoil.

Dec 12, 2017 | 2,800 words, about 14 minutes

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