David Adams joined the Times in the summer of 1994 as Latin America correspondent. Based in Miami, he travels widely throughout the Caribbean and Central and South America. After more than 20 years working in Latin America, there are few active correspondents who have greater experience covering the region. He covered the U.S. invasion of Panama in 1989 and the rise of fall of President Jean-Bertrand Aristide in Haiti. He has covered Cuba for more than 20 years, making his first visit to the island in 1988.

David was born in Beirut, Lebanon, where his father was working as a correspondent for the Guardian, a British daily. He has an honors degree in modern history from the University of Oxford and a post-graduate degree in journalism from the City University of London. Before joining the Times, he was a freelance writer in Latin America. David is married, with a son. His twin brother, Paul Adams, is a foreign correspondent for the BBC.

In 2002, Columbia University's Graduate School of Journalism awarded David the Maria Moors Cabot Prize for outstanding reporting on Latin America and commitment to inter-American understanding. In 1999, he won the Paul Hansell Distinguished Journalism Award, presented by the Florida Society of Newspaper Editors.

David has appeared on local and national radio and television and is fluent in English, Spanish and French. In 2004, David wrote and co-edited a 56-minute documentary, titled Failing Haiti, on international efforts to build democracy in Haiti. He also covers alternative energy issues for the Times and for "The Fueling Station," a Times blog.

E-mail: dadams@sptimes.com