Publications
Short fiction, literary nonfiction, academic writing, and journalism. Titles appear in their original language.
Short story in a collective anthology · 2026
In Vení, te leo (vol. 2): Vanguardias negras
An anthology of fifteen authors of vanguardias negras, published with Manos Visibles, Fundación Sura, and Artimaña Editorial. My contribution is the short story “El lugar del menos,” in the first chapter, “Revoluciones interiores.”
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Literary nonfiction · Online exclusive
A personal essay on braiding traditions, memory, and mourning in a village of the Colombian Pacific.
Trans-pasando Fronteras, no. 20 (December 2023): 200–214. Section “De primera mano.” Published in Spanish.
Conversations on education and global politics with the rector of Universidad Icesi and international relations scholar Evan Ellis, in an issue devoted to the bicentenary of Colombia–United States diplomatic relations.
Political and judicial journalist for EL TIEMPO, and one of the special correspondents for its coverage of COP16, the UN biodiversity conference held in Cali in October 2024. Headlines appear as published, in Spanish.
Special coverage · 2 September – 2 November 2024
EL TIEMPO’s multimedia special on the summit, directed by Ernesto Cortés. Credited among the special correspondents.
The day after the 7.4 earthquake of 10 August 2026, an account of how Colombia’s main port began to measure the damage: casualties, structural damage to homes and infrastructure, pressure on hospitals, and roads in and out of the city cut off.
The launch in Cali of an initiative on Afro-descendant, gender, and environmental justice.
River communities, local traditions, and the conservation of the Cauca.
Traditional midwives from the Pacific region bring their practice to the biodiversity summit.
Violence against environmental defenders in Colombia on the eve of the summit.
The last Senate session in which the government’s political reform collapsed.
A soldier who refused a bribe from armed dissident groups.
Rising violence against trans people in Colombia, based on official human rights reporting.
Afro-Colombian organizations gather in Bogotá to press for peace and territorial rights.