Alex Leff

Senior Editor

GlobalPost

Alex Leff was a senior editor at PRI. He has worked at GlobalPost as a correspondent in Costa Rica and as Americas editor.

Alex Leff was a senior editor at PRI based in Washington, DC. He previously worked as GlobalPost's Americas editor and Costa Rica correspondent. 

While in Costa Rica, Alex also worked as a Reuters reporter and online editor for The Tico Times.

A Brooklyn native, Alex went global in 2000, living in Spain for seven years. In Barcelona is where he deepened his love for journalism, reporting at a local English-language paper and completing a Barcelona University master's in journalism organized with Columbia University.

A herd of endangered Przewalski's horses trot across the Takhin Tal National Park, part of the Great Gobi B Strictly Protected Area, in southwest Mongolia, on June 22.

Photos: Rare wild horses are making a stunning return to Mongolia

Decades after being driven to extinction in their homeland, Przewalski's horses are being reintroduced into Mongolia's desert and mountains.

Photos: Rare wild horses are making a stunning return to Mongolia
Save the Children workers rescue migrants on a boat in the Mediterranean off the coast of Libya

Aid groups rescue over 1,600 migrants in the Mediterranean in a single day

Aid groups rescue over 1,600 migrants in the Mediterranean in a single day
A Houthi armed man walks past destroyed houses in the old quarter of the northwestern city of Saada, Yemen, on Jan. 11.

Yemen: We support the US against terrorism. It’s not fair to punish entire countries like criminals.

Yemen: We support the US against terrorism. It’s not fair to punish entire countries like criminals.
Protesters gather outside Terminal 4 at John F. Kennedy airport in opposition to President Donald Trump's proposed ban on immigration in Queens, New York City, on Jan. 28.

These are the new instructions the State Department rushed to embassies worldwide

These are the new instructions the State Department rushed to embassies worldwide
Beirut garbage

A long river of trash runs through a Beirut suburb

A long river of trash runs through a Beirut suburb
Milky Way

See the Milky Way mapped out in stunning detail

Thank you, European Southern Observatory.

See the Milky Way mapped out in stunning detail
A waiter counts Venezuelan bolivar notes, corresponding to the bill for a lunch of 4 people.

What's it like under 1,000 percent inflation? Venezuela could be about to find out.

New jaw-dropping numbers are out that suggest just how badly things have become in the oil-rich South American nation.

What's it like under 1,000 percent inflation? Venezuela could be about to find out.
Venezuela currency

Venezuela’s inflation is forecast to jump up to 1,000 percent this year

This is exacting a tragic toll, says the IMF's regional director.

Venezuela’s inflation is forecast to jump up to 1,000 percent this year

Argentina’s election was a huge victory for frackers and capitalists

For fans of lefty populist ways, not so much. But there is one thing they agree on.

Argentina’s election was a huge victory for frackers and capitalists

One thousand officers are still hunting a single man in Belgium

Officials have put the city of Brussels on lockdown for a third day as authorities pursue one of the suspects in the Paris attacks.

One thousand officers are still hunting a single man in Belgium
Chile earthquake

Photos of Chile's powerful 8.3 earthquake

The powerful quake off Chile's coast killed at least eight people and triggered large waves, forcing a million to evacuate.

Photos of Chile's powerful 8.3 earthquake
Rousseff Obama

Two years after the NSA leaks, Brazilians actually like the US again

They were pretty upset after leaks about the US spying on their communications. Now Brazilians' outrage is targeting their own officials.

Two years after the NSA leaks, Brazilians actually like the US again
Oil drill sunset

Fossil fuels get a lot more global subsidies than public health does. Here's how much, in 4 charts

The IMF says this new data is 'shocking,' so we thought we'd check it out.

Fossil fuels get a lot more global subsidies than public health does. Here's how much, in 4 charts
Scottish National Party helicopter

Scottish secessionists could be the UK election's big winner

They used to have low turnouts. But on May 7 the Scots are set to vote in greater numbers than the English, Welsh or Northern Irish, and largely for their pro-independence party.

Scottish secessionists could be the UK election's big winner
David Cameron and Michael Bloomberg

Cameron's Conservatives have at least one New York billionaire's vote

But Mike Bloomberg also gave a couple of reasons some of the public won't be voting that way.

Cameron's Conservatives have at least one New York billionaire's vote