 Complete the following phrase:  Also described as a defender of democracy and a staunch critic of the populist and authoritarian regimes in Latin America, Ibarz was present at the 1992 Fujimori coup in Peru, the 1994 Zapatista uprising in Chiapas, and other major events in modern Latin American history. In 1991, owing to his coverage of the regime of Fidel Castro, he became the first Spaniard to be expelled from Cuba. He later recalled that after the 