Michel Porcheron (Orthez, France, 1941) lives between the French Basque country and Cuba, where he contributes to Granma Internacional. He worked as a journalist for Agence France Presse from 1969 to 1998, then as a free author. He was a correspondent for AFP on Cuba (1974-1979) and then a specialized editor at the agency's Latinamerican desk (1995-1998).