Authors

Ross is an associate with McLarty Associates’ Brazil and Southern Cone practice, based in Washington, DC. He is a recipient of Fulbright and Boren fellowships to Paraguay. Views expressed are his own.

Sanders is Senior Fellow, Western Hemisphere at the Center for the National Interest. A former member of the Senior Foreign Service of the U.S. Department of State, he served as Economic Officer at the U.S. Embassy in Chile and in Washington as Director of the Office of Brazilian and Southern Cone Affairs. He writes from … Read more

Michael Albertus is a professor of political science at the University of Chicago and the author of Land Power: Who Has It, Who Doesn’t, and How That Determines the Fate of Societies. He has been publishing extensively on Latin America for over 15 years.

Bueno is the executive director of the Fórum Brasileiro de Segurança Pública

Miklos is a senior researcher at the Fórum Brasileiro de Segurança Pública

Maldonado is the founder and chief executive of Aequus Economics, based in Quito.

Berríos Riaño is a prize-winning Panamanian investigative reporter who covers politics, economics and key sectors including education and health care.

Nelson is the former Deputy Assistant Secretary of Defense for the Western Hemisphere at the U.S. Department of Defense.

Ruiz-Hernández is an international lawyer based in Washington, D.C., and a former Deputy Minister of Foreign Affairs of Panama who led the country’s representation before the UN Security Council and its relationship with the U.S.

Pacheco is based in London, where he is senior correspondent at Monocle Radio and hosts the podcast The Stack.

Young is a historian whose research focuses on Latin America, religion and migration. She is an associate professor of history at the Catholic University of America in Washington, D.C., and the author of Mexican Exodus: Emigrants, Exiles, and Refugees of the Cristero War (Oxford University Press, 2015).

Hallak is a professor at Universidad de Buenos Aires and researcher at the National Scientific and Technical Research Council.

Ruiz is a political strategist and former COO of the Securities and Exchange Commission. He has worked in business and politics throughout Latin America.

Illueca is an associate professor and researcher at Universidad Santa María La Antigua.