Authors

Ezequiel Nino is co-director of Asociación Civil por la Igualdad y la Justicia (ACIJ), a nonpartisan, nonprofit, Buenos Aires-based organization dedicated to strengthening democracy in Argentina.

Steven Guilbeault is a founding member of Équiterre, an environmental organization in Quebec, Canada.

Mónica Carrillo is the founder and director of Centro de Estudios y Promoción Afroperuanos (LUNDU) in Lima, Peru.

The Farragut Career Academy Debate Team is at a high school in Chicago, Ilinois.

Felix Maradiaga Blandón is the founder of the Instituto de Liderazgo de la Sociedad Civil in Managua, Nicaragua.

Megan Leslie is a Canadian Member of Parliament representing Halifax, Nova Scotia.

Karin Digbyana Baten Riquiac, born in Chichicastenango, Guatemala, is a student at the Universidad Autónoma de Barcelona.

Red de Seguridad y Defensa de América Latina is an organization dedicated to defense issues and democracy and is based in Buenos Aires, Argentina.

Ricardo Aaron Verona Badajoz is a researcher at the Instituto de Defensa Legal in Lima, Peru.

Claudia Cadelo de Nevi is writes for the Octavo Cerco blog. She lives in Havana, Cuba.

Paula Moreno Zapata is the minister of culture of Colombia.

Tom Perriello is the United States Representative for the 5th District of Virginia.

Sebastián Mendoza Garrido is the chief strategy officer for Container Consultants & Systems in Panama City, Panama.