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Gerold Schmidt

Head of the regional office for Mexico, Guatemala, Costa Rica, Nicaragua and Cuba in Mexico city, Rosa-Luxemburg-Stiftung, Regionalbüro Mexiko, Zentralamerika und Kuba, Mexiko-Stadt

Gerold Schmidt

Gerold Schmidt has a degree in economics and is a trained journalist. Since 1993, he has worked as a journalist, translator and editor (Südlink magazine), mainly from Mexico. Has been working as head of the RLS regional office in Mexico City since March 2024.

News

Claudia Sheinbaum Keeps On Winning

: Analysis 17.12.2025

Mexico’s president has done almost everything right in her first year in office

Trump’s Man in El Salvador

: Analysis 07.07.2025

Dictatorial President Nayib Bukele is letting his mask slip

Cuba’s Fight against Collapse

: Analysis 10.04.2025

As the socialist island republic struggles to survive, renewable energy offers new hope

A Labour Struggle for the Energy Transition in Mexico

: Analysis 01.04.2025

For the militant electricians’ union, 15 years of resistance are about to bear fruit

After the Revolution, the Dictatorship

: Analysis 18.03.2025

Daniel Ortega was once a leading figure of the Sandinista Revolution. Today, he is burying it.

The Turbo President

: Analysis 30.01.2025

Mexico’s new leader Claudia Sheinbaum is kicking off her term in office with a bang

Left-Wing Landslide in Mexico

: Analysis 05.06.2024

After Claudia Sheinbaum’s electoral victory, a woman is set to govern the country for the first time

Rivers for Life, Not for Death

: Feature 03.06.2021

Indigenous activists in Oaxaca are risking life and limb to defend their native land