Gilberto Bonalumi is Senior Advisor at ISPI for the Latin America Programme. Between 1978 and 1989 he worked as Undersecretary of State for Foreign Affairs, under the government of Goria and De Mita. In 1992, he started his career in journalism and engaged with non-profit organisations working to promote international relations between Italy and Latin American. He was further appointed as general secretary of RIAL (Italy-Latin America Network) and President of IPALMO (Institute for relations between Italy and African, Latin American and the Middle and Far Eastern countries).