Authors

John Echeverri-Gent is an associate professor in the Department of Politics at the University of Virginia.

Abraham F. Lowenthal is the Robert F. Erburu Professor of Ethics, Globalization and Development at the University of Southern California and president emeritus of the Pacific Council on International Policy. Pablo Rojas Mejía is a junior at Brown University concentrating in Political Science and Economics.

Mariana Martínez Esténs is an independent multimedia journalist based in Tijuana, Mexico.

Ernesto Rois-Méndez is president of the Latin American Aeronautical Association.

Nicolás Entel is an Argentina-born, New York-based film director. Sins of My Father will be premiered at the Sundance Film Festival and will be aired by HBO next fall. Lucas Entel is a PhD student in political science at Yale University, also living in New York.

Mitchell A. Seligson is Centennial Professor of Political Science and Professor of Sociology at Vanderbilt University. He is director of the Latin American Public Opinion Project (LAPOP) that coordinates the AmericasBarometer surveys. His most recent book is The Legitimacy Puzzle in Latin America (Cambridge University Press, 2009). Daniel E. Moreno Morales holds a PhD in … Read more

David Barton Bray is a professor in the Department of Earth and Environment at Florida International University and board member of EcoLogic Development Fund, a Cambridge, MA, NGO that works on community-based conservation in Mexico and Central America.

Tamaryn Nelson is program coordinator for Latin America and the Carribbean at WITNESS, a New York-based human rights organization.

Félix Ulloa is President of the Instituto de Estudios Jurídicos de El Salvador (IEJES) and is a former member of the Electoral Supreme Tribunal of El Salvador. He was previously the National Democratic Institute’s (NDI) Senior Country Director in Haiti and Morocco.

Norberto (Tito) Loizeau and Alejandro Mashad are Endeavor Argentina entrepreneurs. Endeavor is an organization dedicated to assisting high-impact entrepreneurs globally.

José Antequera Guzmán is the founder of Hijos e hijas por la memoria y contra la impunidad, a movement in Colombia dedicated to preserving the memory of victims of political violence.

Tarkan Maner is the CEO of Wyse Technology, a manufacturer of thin client hardware and software based in San Jose, California.

Diego Valenzuela is senior vice president and general counsel at Meck, Ltd., based in Santiago, Chile.

This essay was jointly produced by 10 young members of Fondation Espoir and Samuel Bernard, project director. Fondation Espoir was established in 1995 to create and manage centers or programs that promote community development.