Correspondents

Alex Leff covers Costa Rica for GlobalPost, delving into the problems that threaten this small nation's peaceful and eco-friendly balance, while examining the issues that affect its neighbors throughout Central America. Leff is also Costa Rica stringer for Reuters. He has worked as The Tico Times online editor and contributed to such publications as Miami Herald, Voice of San Diego and Americas Quarterly as well as appeared as commentator on BBC radio and CBC television. Prior to relocating to Costa Rica, Leff lived for seven years in Barcelona, Spain, where he completed the University of Barcelona master's in journalism program organized with Columbia University, and reported at Catalonia Today newspaper. In Spain he also assisted CNN in its coverage of the Madrid bombings trial and contributed key reporting to the New York Post story that uncovered a fake 9/11 survivor, who rose to prominence based on false claims that she survived the crumbling Twin Towers during the 9/11 attacks. A Brooklyn, NY native, Leff obtained a bachelor's degree in social science at Sarah Lawrence College in New York.