Politics, Business & Culture in the Americas
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John Parisella

John Parisella is the former Québec delegate general in New York and currently a visiting professor at the University of Montréal’s International Relations Center. He is also a Member of the Board of Directors of The Montreal Council on Foreign Relations.

 

João Pedro Azevedo and Louise J. Cord

João Pedro Azevedo is a Senior Economist in the Poverty Reduction and Economic Management Unit of the Latin America and the Caribbean Region at the World Bank. Louise J. Cord is Sector Manager of the Poverty Reduction and Gender Group in the Latin America and Caribbean Region at the World Bank.

 

Romina Hendlin

Romina Hendlin is a photographer in Venezuela for the October 7 presidential election.

 

Laura González

Laura González is studying at the Museum of Fine Arts and is in Venezuela for the October 7 election.

 

Luis Jiménez

Luis Jiménez is an assistant professor in political science at the University of Massachusetts Boston.  He’s currently writing a book on the impact that migrants have in their countries of origin looking specifically at Mexico, Colombia and Ecuador.

 

João Pedro Azevedo and Louise J. Cord

João Pedro Azevedo is a Senior Economist in the Poverty Reduction and Economic Management Unit of the Latin America and the Caribbean Region at the World Bank. Louise J. Cord is Sector Manager of the Poverty Reduction and Gender Group in the Latin America and Caribbean Region at the World Bank.

 

Nicolas Villaume

Nicolas Villaume is a freelance photographer based in Lima, Peru. His website is http://www.nicolasvillaume.com.

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John Otis

Otis is an author and journalist based in Colombia. Previously the South America bureau chief for the Houston Chronicle, Otis’ work has been featured in NPR, Time, The New York Times and The Wall Street Journal. In 2024, he was a gold medal winner of the Maria Moors Cabot Prize from the Journalism School at … Read more

 

Darryl McLeod

Darryl McLeod is an associate professor of economics at Fordham University and consultant to the United Nations Development Programme’s poverty group.

 

Carol Wise

Carol Wise is professor in the School of International Relations at the University of Southern California (USC).

 

Felipe Pena

Felipe Pena is a Catholic journalist, psychologist and a professor at the Universidade Federal do Rio de Janeiro.

 

Olivia Ruggles-Brise

Olivia Ruggles-Brise is director of policy and research at the World Travel & Tourism Council.

 

David Tebaldi

David Tebaldi is executive director of the Massachusetts Foundation for the Humanities. He led four Traveling Humanities Seminars to Cuba from March 2000 through June 2003 and four more from January 2011 through April 2012.

 

Mirte Postema

Mirte Postema is senior program officer of the Judicial Independence Program at the Due Process of Law Foundation.

 

Renata Avelar Giannini

Renata Giannini is a researcher for the Red de Seguridad y Defensa de América Latina (RESDAL), and a PhD candidate at Old Dominion University.

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