Miles Alcantara is a Houston-based writer and former energy risk analyst who covered Latin American politics and oil markets for a decade. Born in San Antonio in 1983 to Venezuelan and Mexican parents, he studied political science at the University of Texas and earned a master's in public policy from the University of Chicago. His essays and reporting have appeared in regional newspapers and policy journals, and he teaches seminars on disinformation and resource politics at a community college in Harris County.
