Atahualpa Amerise
Atahualpa Amerise reports on the fault lines where US power, Latin American politics and everyday life meet, with a focus on explaining complex conflicts and their human impact for Spanish-speaking audiences. He works as a multimedia journalist for the BBC’s Spanish-language service, covering politics through detailed explainer pieces and on-the-ground reporting. His recent work ranges from the US indictment of Raúl Castro to Florida’s shifting electoral map, housing crises and street protests in Latin America and Europe.
US–Cuba tensions and the Castro indictment
Amerise covers the US indictment of former Cuban leader Raúl Castro by returning to the 1996 downing of two planes operated by the exile group Brothers to the Rescue and spelling out why the case still matters three decades later. In his explainer on the deadly plane attack at the centre of the indictment, he reconstructs how Cuban fighter jets shot down two small civilian aircraft over waters between Cuba and Florida, killing four activists and triggering the most serious crisis in US–Cuba relations since the Cold War.
He shows how the incident led to tighter US sanctions, international condemnation and a long shadow over attempts at dialogue between Havana and Washington into the 21st Century. His treatment of the case is legal and historical at once, detailing the murder and aircraft-destruction charges while situating them in the longer story of exile politics and bilateral confrontation.
The work signals a reporter who uses high-profile indictments to unpack the mechanics of state violence and the way old conflicts are revived in contemporary US courts.
Florida politics and the Cuban exile vote
Amerise tracks how Florida, and Miami in particular, has become a proving ground for Republican strength and exile influence. In a recent piece, he explains Trump’s surprising victory in Miami and how it consolidates Republican hegemony in Florida, using that result to explore shifts within the Cuban-American and wider Latino electorate. The article looks beyond the headline outcome to the local political and demographic factors that make Miami distinct inside US politics. He also writes about how global trade has benefited the United States despite its large deficit, tying international economic structures back to domestic political debates and voter perceptions. Taken together, these stories show a reporter who links Florida campaigns and voting patterns to wider themes of trade, migration and ideological realignment, rather than treating elections as isolated events.
Latin American elections and opposition movements
Amerise covers Latin American politics with an emphasis on contested elections and the erosion of opposition space.
In his reporting on Daniel Noboa and Luisa González, he sets out the differences between Ecuador’s current election and the contest they fought in 2023, treating the repeat matchup as a way to examine changing political conditions, agendas and public mood in the country. He uses the comparison to highlight how candidate dynamics and institutional constraints evolve in a short time, rather than reducing the race to personalities.
His work on Nicaragua examines what remains of the opposition and why Daniel Ortega wants to eliminate elections altogether, following the story of how a sitting leader seeks to dismantle formal democratic mechanisms. That piece focuses on the structure of repression and the strategic logic behind cancelling competitive politics, positioning Nicaragua within a broader pattern of democratic backsliding in the region.
Across these stories, Amerise treats Latin American elections as part of longer arcs of power, resistance and institutional decay, not one-off political spectacles.
Housing crises and social protest
Alongside institutional politics, Amerise covers housing and protest as political stories in their own right.
His work on families fighting not to lose their homes amid a real estate bubble in Miami follows hundreds of households facing displacement, showing how speculative booms translate into insecurity for long-term residents. The piece connects market dynamics to political choices and local governance, framing the bubble as a question of rights and policy rather than only finance.
In another report, he covers mass protests in Madrid triggered by the eviction of an 87‑year‑old woman from her rented flat, following how a single case of displacement becomes a rallying point for broader social anger. That story focuses on demonstrators, the symbolism of the eviction and the way housing precarity mobilises people into the streets. These articles show a reporter who treats housing as a political fault line and uses individual cases to illuminate structural issues in cities on both sides of the Atlantic.
Across this body of work, Amerise’s distinctive thread is his focus on the intersection of high politics - indictments, elections, trade - and the lived experiences of those affected, particularly in Spanish-speaking and exile communities. He moves between courtroom proceedings, ballot boxes and city streets, using clear, explanatory reporting to connect decisions made by states and leaders to crises in homes, neighbourhoods and opposition movements.
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