Politics, Business & Culture in the Americas
 

Mark Warschauer

Mark Warschauer is professor of education and informatics at the University of California, Irvine. His published books include Technology and Social Inclusion, Laptops and Literacy, and Learning in the Cloud.

 

José Raúl Perales

José Raúl Perales is executive director of the Association of American Chambers of Commerce in Latin America (AACCLA) and a lecturer at the Elliott School of International Affairs at The George Washington University. The expressions and opinions contained in the text are the author’s alone and do not represent the official position of AACCLA or … Read more

Rubén M. Perina

Rubén M. Perina, Ph.D., is a former OAS official and the author of The Organization of American States (OAS) as the Advocate and Guardian of Democracy. An Insider’s Critical Assessment of its Role in Promoting and Defending Democracy (The University Press of America, 2015).

 

Nora Lustig

Nora Lustig is the Samuel Z. Stone Professor of Latin American Economics at Tulane University.

 

Dani Rodrik

Dani Rodrik is Rafiq Hariri Professor of International Political Economy at the John F. Kennedy School of Government at Harvard University.

 

David Razú

David Razú is a deputy in the Legislative Assembly of the Federal District (Mexico City), where he chairs the commission on human rights.

 

Nelson Cruz

Nelson Cruz is executive director of Fundación Salvador del Mundo (FUSALMO), a nonprofit organization dedicated to working with at-risk youth in El Salvador.

 

Aura Dalia Caicedo

Aura Dalia Caicedo is head of the “Kambirí” National Network of Afro-Colombian Women.

 

Víctor Hugo Cárdenas

Víctor Hugo Cárdenas is a Bolivian politician who was one of the first representatives of Indigenous descent in the national congress, and was vice president of Bolivia from 1993 to 1997.

 

Marina Silva

Marina Silva served as Brazil’s minister of the environment between 2003 and 2008 and was the first rubber tapper elected to the Federal Senate.

 

Helen Rivas

Helen Rivas is an Alabama-based immigrant rights activist and founding member of Latinos Unidos de Alabama.

 

Benedita da Silva

Benedita da Silva is a Brazilian politician who from 2002 to 2003 was governor of the state of Rio de Janeiro, the first female or Afro-Brazilian to hold that position.

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