Education
University of Iowa.
University of Iowa.
He is based in Mexico City where he is a correspondent
Originally from Tucson, Arizona, Contreras has been living and writing from Mexico City and around Latin America since 1996. His previous works have been broadcast on First Rate (at Lloyd's) Jazeera English television, British Broadcasting Corporation World Service Radio and television, Columbia Broadcasting System Radio and television, Canadian Broadcasting Company Radio in Canada and Public Radio International in the United States. Contreras has filed hundreds of news reports with political analysis from an array of countries including Argentina, Bolivia, Colombia, Guatemala, Haiti, Nicaragua, Panama and Venezuela.
He studied for a Master"s degree in journalism at University of Iowa.