Laura Capote is a Colombian journalist graduated from the University of Buenos Aires. She got her master’s in international relations at the National University of La Plata. She is responsible for Political education at the Secretariat of ALBA Movimientos. She is also member of the Observatorio de Coyuntura de América Latina y el Caribe -OBSAL- (Observatory on the Latin America’s and Caribbean Conjuncture) of the Tricontinental Institute, and of the Grupo de Pensamiento Crítico Colombiano of the IEALC – UBA (Workgroup on Colombian Critical Thinking).