Authors

Falco is an Italian photographer based in Belém who documents the issues shaping the Amazon.

Abbud is a journalist based in São Paulo. He has written recently for Sumaúma, Ojo Público and Deutsche Welle, and was an O Globo correspondent.

Mendrala is a Senior Advisor at Dinámica Americas. She served as a Deputy Assistant to the President and Senior Advisor on Migration at the White House. She has experience in both the private and non-profit sectors and served as a professional staff member on the Senate Foreign Relations Committee. She writes from Washington, D.C.

 Jacobstein is Founder and Principal at Puentes Global Advisory and a Senior Fellow at the Inter-American Dialogue. He served at the State Department as Deputy Assistant Secretary for Western Hemisphere Affairs and at the White House. He writes from Washington, D.C.

Ribeiro is Partner and Director of Macroeconomics and Sectoral Analysis at Tendências Consultoria in São Paulo, Brazil.

Cobos is a journalist based in New York City. She was previously the Opinion International Fellow at The New York Times.

Veronica Yepez is a partner in Covington’s white collar practice and leads the firm’s investigations and compliance practice for Latin America. She writes from Washington.

Kimberly Breier is a former Assistant Secretary of State for Western Hemisphere Affairs at the U.S. Department of State. She writes from Washington.

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

Abbott Galvão is a writer based in New York.

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.