Pedro Cardoso is a Portuguese-Angolan journalist who was born in Portugal in 1982. He studied Journalism at the University of Oporto, Portugal after which he started his professional career in 2005 in Cape Vert (West Africa). Between 2006 and 2010, he worked for magazines and newspapers in Angola, where he published reports on politics, corruption, and human rights, for which he was honored with the “Best New Generation Journalist” award in 2008. He has since reported from many countries including Senegal, Gambia, Guinea, Mozambique, South Africa, Italy, and Brazil. Pedro has participated in academic activities for the University of Coimbra (Portugal) and the Catholic University of Angola. He has lived in Mexico since 2011 and presently writes for media organizations in Portugal, Angola, and Brazil.