Monique Clesca
Monique Clesca is a Haitian journalist, member of civil society organizations, international development consultant and a retired United Nations official.
Ana Paula Ordorica
Ordorica is a Mexican journalist. She is a columnist at El Universal and hosts the program A las Tres on Forotv.
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Sebastián Hurtado
Hurtado is founder and president of PRóFITAS, a leading political risk consultancy based in Quito
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Cecilia Tornaghi
Tornaghi is a senior director for policy at Americas Society/Council of the Americas and a former managing editor of AQ.
Juliano J. Assunção
Assunção is associate professor of economics at the Pontifical Catholic University of Rio de Janeiro, executive director of the Climate Policy Initiative and co-coordinator, with Veríssimo, of the Amazônia 2030 initiative.
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Monica Prestes
Prestes is a journalist based in Manaus.
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Elza Fátima Rodrigues
Rodrigues is an activist at the Center for the Study and Defense of Afro-Brazilians of Pará – CEDENPA and the Network of Black Women. She is a journalist with a doctorate in media studies from the Complutense University in Madrid, Spain, and the coordinator of the City of Belém’s Anti-Racist Coordinating Committee.
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Teresa Vendramini
Vendramini is president of the Brazilian Rural Society.
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Flávio Dino
Dino is governor of Maranhão state and current leader of the Forum of Governors of the Legal Amazon.
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Gloria Porras
Porras has served as a Constitutional Court Justice in Guatemala since 2011. She was chief justice for the 2015-2016 and 2020-2021 sessions. She was previously the secretary general of the Public Ministry of Guatemala and occupied several positions within the country’s Institute for Public Criminal Defense.
Jorge González-Gallarza
González-Gallarza is a researcher at Fundación Civismo in Madrid.
Jacqueline Peschard
Jacqueline Peschard is a Mexican sociologist and professor at UNAM, where she specializes in political and electoral systems. She is a former counselor to the National Electoral Institute.