Michael Tangeman is a writer, journalist and author of the book, Mexico at the Crossroads: Politics, the Church, and the Poor.

A reporter, editor and foreign correspondent in the 1980s-90s, Mike began his career covering predominantly Latino communities in Los Angeles, California, then reported on politics, social issues, business and finance news from Mexico, Central and South America.

After several years developing and managing online content and media strategies for internet and mobile companies in Europe, Latin America and the U.S., he returned to journalism in 2015 as editor of ProgressiveSpain.com, an online portal with news and information about social issues and politics in contemporary Spain.

Mike has considerable experience writing about the Catholic church in Mexico, Central America and along the U.S.-Mexico border. His book, Mexico at the Crossroads, published to critical acclaim in 1995, focused on the role of religion, politics and the marginalization of indigenous peoples in relation to the 1994 Zapatista rebellion in Mexico’s southern state of Chiapas.

Born and educated in Los Angeles, he holds a Master’s degree in Latin American Studies from San Diego State University. A dual national of Ireland and the United States, Mike has lived most of his adult life between Mexico and Spain, where he currently resides. He is a member of the The Authors Guild and the National Writers Union, and is affiliated with the International Federation of Journalists (IFJ).

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