Politics, Business & Culture in the Americas
 

Eric A. Witte

Eric A. Witte manages the National Trials for Grave Crimes project at the Open Society Justice Initiative, which monitors grave crimes trials in Guatemala at www.ijmonitor.org.

 

Fabio Giambiagi

Fabio Giambiagi, chief economist at Brazil’s National Development Bank (BNDES), is also a columnist and author of 25 books about Brazil’s economy.

 

Elda Cantú

Elda Cantú is a journalist and a professor of politics and international relations at Universidad ESAN. She lives in Lima.

 

Antônio Sampaio

Antônio Sampaio is the Research Associate for Security and Development at the International Institute for Strategic Studies (IISS). He is a member of the Global Initiative against Transnational Organised Crime (GITOC) and writes frequently on urban security and organized crime.

 

Francisco Rodríguez

Francisco Rodríguez is Chief Economist at Torino Capital and a former Head of Research for the United Nations’ Human Development Report Office.

Benjamin N. Gedan

Gedan is a former South America director on the National Security Council staff.

 

Ben Raderstorf

Ben Raderstorf is a program associate in the Peter D. Bell Program at the Inter-American Dialogue

 

Michael J. Camilleri

Michael J. Camilleri is the director of the Peter D. Bell Rule of Law Program at the Inter-American Dialogue, and a former advisor on Latin America at the State Department and National Security Council.

Nicolas Villaume

Nicolas Villaume is an award-winning French photographer based in Peru who has covered cultural and environmental issues worldwide for over 25 years. He is a National Geographic Explorer currently documenting Andean glacier ecosystems, climate change impacts, and adaptation strategies using VR immersive storytelling.

 

Laura Alonso

Alonso is the head of Argentina’s national anti-corruption office

 

José Ugáz

Ugáz is a Peruvian lawyer and former global head of Transparency International

 

Carlos Messias

Carlos Messias is a journalist based in São Paulo

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