ECFR Alumni · Visiting Fellow
Economic growth, digital regulation, public policy, Latin America
Spanish, French and English (fluent), Portuguese (conversational)
Ángel Melguizo was a visiting fellow at the European Council on Foreign Relations, based in Spain and Colombia.
He is an economist and specialises in public policy, economic growth, and digital regulation. Melguizo is founder and partner of Argia, a consulting firm on green tech and economics, a senior research advisor at Oxford University TIDE Centre, a consultant for multilateral organisations on digital and green tech policies, and a board member of the Centre for Latin America Convergence (CCLATAM) think-tank.
Melguizo has more than 25 years of experience in the public and private sectors, including as vice-president for external and regulatory affairs at AT&T VRIO Latin America, head for Latin America at the OECD Development Centre, and senior advisor at the economic bureau of the Spanish prime minister. He has participated in the reform of telecommunication and digital policy in countries across Latin America, and has advised UNESCO on AI, as well as the high representative and European Commission vice-president on digital diplomacy.
Melguizo holds a PhD in economics from the Universidad Complutense, Madrid.
As Europe rearms, the real vulnerability is not on tanks or missiles but the software and networks behind them. The union can import weapons. It cannot afford to outsource the digital systems that make modern military power possible
The US and China are racing to dominate artificial intelligence, while Europe remains a cautious spectator. If the bloc wants a future in tech, it must go big on industrial AI—or go home
As Beijing’s investment approach to Latin America focuses on industries of strategic importance, the EU and US will need to contend with growing Chinese competition
If the Global Gateway is to compete with the Belt and Road Initiative, it must go big, green, digital, and ethical. And it can prove it in Latin America
Angel Melguizo and Victor Muñoz on the importance of digital systems in the defence sector and what the EU should do to retain control over them
The region has a concrete window of opportunity: to establish itself as an attractive area for the development of green data centers
Víctor Muñoz and Ángel Melguizo highlight Latin America’s opportunity to become a technological Green Valley
China began investing in Latin America at the end of the last decade in the solar energy sector, particularly in panels, wind energy, batteries and electric vehicles
Ángel Melguizo analyzes the influence of Chinese investments in Latin America within the context of the global trade war