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Páramo Research is an independent research and advisory firm specializing in oil, mining, and bond market risk analysis in the Andes, with a primary focus on Ecuador. Founded in 2026 by Nathan Gill, PhD, a historian and former Ecuador bureau chief and emerging markets reporter for Bloomberg News, Páramo Research combines over two decades of academic research and award-winning investigative reporting to provide expert insight into the political, social, and environmental conflicts shaping natural resource markets in the Andes.
Nathan Gill, Director
Education
- PhD, History, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
- Latin American and Environmental History
- MA, History, Pontificia Universidad Católica de Valparaíso, Chile
- Politics and International Relations Theory
- BA, Philosophy and Anthropology, North Carolina State University
Professional Journalism (Bloomberg News)
- Former Ecuador bureau chief and news reporter in Latin American for Bloomberg News, covering governments, emerging market bonds, oil, mining, and daily life in Latin America
- Columnist, Andes Credit
- Editor, Andean Daybook
- OPEC team reporter
Academic Appointments
- Visiting Research Associate Professor at the Universidad San Francisco de Quito.
- Faculty appointments at Duke University, UNC-Chapel Hill, and North Carolina Central University in Latin American, environmental, and global history.
- Fulbright-Hays fellow in Ecuador
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