Juan Forero
Staff Writer

Juan Forero is based in Bogota, Colombia, for The Washington Post and is responsible for covering South America. Before joining The Post in September 2006, he was the Bogota bureau chief for the New York Times, covering the Andean region for six years. A native of Bogota, he has also been a staff writer at the Star-Ledger of Newark, N.J., New York Newsday, the San Diego Union-Tribune and other papers. He has also reported from Mexico, Cuba, Nicaragua and other countries.

Latest by Juan Forero

Little control over prices at the pump

Little control over prices at the pump

The reality is there’s very little the United States can do to control gas prices.

Center of oil world shifts to Americas

Center of oil world shifts to Americas

From Canada to Colombia to Brazil, oil and gas production in the Western Hemisphere is booming, with the United States emerging less dependent on supplies from an unstable Middle East.

Argentina’s resource-rich province tries to develop gas fields

Argentina’s resource-rich province tries to develop gas fields

Argentine energy officials scramble to assure oil companies that their investments will pay off.

Argentina risky but lucrative for Big Oil

Argentina risky but lucrative for Big Oil

Argentina needs oil companies to help it unlock the bounty from an oil and gas formation, though its recent seizure of a Spanish oil affiliate has further tarnished its image among investors.