Dan started his career with Reuters in 1998, reporting on the birth of Hugo Chavez’s “Bolivarian Revolution” in Venezuela. Since then, he has had postings in Spain, Greece, Italy, France and twice in West Africa. He has been in charge of Reuters editorial operations in Latin America since May 2017, overseeing a series of stories from Venezuela, last year he won the Overseas Press Club of America's Robert Spiers Benjamin Award for coverage of Latin America. Before that, Dan ran Reuters reporting operations in Latin America’s largest economy, Brazil, during a turbulent period that saw Rio de Janeiro host the region’s first Olympic Games in the midst of a presidential impeachment.