José is a researcher who has studied reflected on social movements and regional socio-political processes in Latin America. He regularly collaborates in training and educational activities with people’s movements and assists in various regional coordination efforts led by the movements. José is a sociologist, Doctorate in Social Sciences, and professor and researcher at the Faculty of Social Sciences at the University of Buenos Aires, where he is a part of the Group of Latin American and Caribbean Studies (GEAL) through the Institute of Latin American and Caribbean Studies (IEALC). He assists in the coordination of the José Carlos Mariátegui School of Political Education and has published, among others, the books “Extractivism, Looting, and Climate Change: Challenges for Social Movements and the Emancipatory Projects of Our America,” and “The Neoliberal (Re)configurations of Environmental Issues.