Authors

Admiral Jim Stavridis is Commander of U.S. Southern Command. He holds a PhD from the Fletcher School of Law and Diplomacy at Tufts University as well as honors from the National War College.

Nancy Neiman Auerbach is an associate professor of international political economy at Scripps College.

Victor Leonel Juan Martinez is a lawyer and journalist and is currently deputy director of the magazine En Marcha, published in Oaxaca, Mexico.

H.E. Ana Vilma Albanez de Escobar is currently the vice president of El Salvador.

Marcos Galperin created MercadoLibre in 1999 and has served as CEO and director since the company started.

Jorge Luis Garcia Perez Antunez, one of Cuba’s longest-serving political prisoners, was released in April 2008 after serving 17 years.  Pictured here at a meeting of human rights and democracy activists in Cuba.

John Manley is currently counsel at McCarthy Tetrault LLP in Toronto and Ottawa. Between 1993 and 2003, he served as deputy prime minister, minister of foreign affairs, minister of industry, and minister of finance of Canada.

Maria Otero is president and CEO of ACCION International.

Felipe Bosch is director of Corporacion Multinversiones, a conglomerate comprising flour milling, poultry, construction, and restaurants.  Photographed in his backyard in Guatemala City, Guatemala.

Jorge “Tuto” Quiroga was president of Bolivia and currently leads the opposition party in Congress.

Maria Teresa Ronderos is editor-in-chief of Semana.com and author of Retratos del Poder (2002) and 5 en Humor (2007). Photographed at her offices in Bogota, Colombia, 2008.

Andronico Luksic Craig is the vice-chairman of the Board of Directors of Banco de Chile.

Rick Waugh has been president and CEO of Scotiabank since 2003.