Authors

Carlos Basombrio is a sociologist at the Instituto de Defensa in Lima, Peru, and a former vice-minister of the Interior Ministry. He is pictured here in the Barranco neighborhood in Lima.

Dr. Rick Renwick is an obstetrician-gynecologist with special interest in cancer treatment and prevention.  He is currently affiliated with Gundersen Lutheran Medical Center in La Crosse WI and the University of Wisconsin.

Steven Griner is a specialist in political parties at the Organization of American States (OAS).

Joshua Newton is a Ph.D. candidate at the Fletcher School of Law and Diplomacy at Tufts University and a consultant at the UNESCO Division of Water Sciences.

Luigi Manzetti is an associate professor of political science at Southern Methodist University.

Philip Oxhorn is the Director for the Centre for Developing-Area Studies at McGill University.  His latest book, Sustaining Civil Society: Economic Change, Democracy and the Social Construction of Citizenship in Latin America, is forthcoming.

Karen Smith Rotabi is an assistant professor at the Virgina Commonwealth University School of Social Work and a Hague Evaluator for the Council on Accreditation of inter-country adoption agencies.

Jorge Werthein is the Executive Director of LATIN and holds a Ph.D. from Stanford University.

Stephen Kurczy is a special correspondent for Americas Quarterly. Previously, he was Brazil correspondent for Monitor Global Outlook, a business publication of The Christian Science Monitor, where he was formerly desk editor. He also freelances for Fusion and has contributed to The New Yorker and VICE. He graduated from Calvin College in 2005.    

Sasha Chavkin is a Middlebury Fellow in Environmental Journalism.  A 2005-2006 U.S. Fullbright Fellow in Lima, Peru, he was a regular contributor to the Peruvian news magazine Caretas, and his work has appeared in The Nation, Latinamerica Press and Quehacer.

Regina Scharf is a Brazilian journalist and has worked on environmental issues for 20 years.  She has won numerous awards for her work, including the Reuters-IUCN Press award for Latin America and the Premio Ethos.

Sylvia Maxfield is associate professor of management at the Simmons School of Management and the author of numerous books and articles on political economy.

Bill Gates is chairman and co-founder of Microsoft Corporation.  Since 2000, he has been co-chair of the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation, dedicated to reducing inequities in health and education in the United States and around the world.

Lee Casey is a partner of Baker & Hostetler LLP and a former member of the U.N. Sub-Commission on the Promotion of Human Rights from 2004-2006.  The views expressed are his own.

Joanne Mariner is director of Human Rights Watch’s Terrorism and Counterterrorism Program. She is based in New York.