Richard Willoughby Gott (born 28 October 1938,
Aston Tirrold, England) is a British journalist and historian. A former Latin America correspondent and features editor for the British newspaper
The Guardian, he is known for his radical politics and a connection to
Che Guevara. He resigned from
The Guardian in 1994 after claims that he had been a Soviet 'agent of influence', a tag Gott denied. Gott admitted taking money from the KGB.