Authors

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.

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.