Ibsen Martínez (1951) is a Caracas-based Venezuelan freelance writer and regular contributor to a number of newspapers, magazines and websites in both Spanish and English. He writes a weekly column for the Caracas daily “Tal Cual”. Spanish language newspapers such as Madrid’s “El País" and "ABC" as well as Bogotà’s “El Espectador” and Buenos Aires’s “La Nación” run his articles on a regular basis.
His essays on literary and political subjects have appeared in The Washington Post’s “Outlook” magazine, “ Foreign Policy”, La Nouvelle Revue Française”, Mexico City’s “Letras Libres”, and Bogotá’s “El Malpensante”. He writes a monthly article on Latin American economic issues for the Liberty Fund’s website “Econlib Library” (www.econlib.org).