Politics, Business & Culture in the Americas

Vanessa Rubio

Rubio is professor of practice at the School of Public Policy at the London School of Economics (LSE) and senior advisor at McLarty Associates. Rubio is a former senator in Mexico and three times deputy minister: finance, foreign affairs and social development.

 

Maria-Noel Vaeza

Vaeza is the regional director of UN Women for the Americas and the Caribbean

 

Isabel Castillo

Castillo is a researcher at the Center for the Study of Political History at Adolfo Ibáñez University

 

Flavia Freidenberg

Freidenberg is a researcher at the Legal Research Institute of the National Autonomous University of Mexico

Betilde Muñoz-Pogossian

Muñoz-Pogossian is the director of the Department of Social Inclusion at the Organization of American States. She has written extensively on migration and democracy in Latin America and is a founding member and coordinator of Red de Politólogas No Sin Mujeres, a network of women in political science.

 

Ambassador Jean Manes

Amb. Jean Manes is the civilian deputy to the commander and foreign policy advisor at the U.S. Southern Command. Manes was the U.S. ambassador to El Salvador from 2016 to 2019.

 

Rosa Celorio

Celorio is the associate dean and a lecturer for International and Comparative Legal Studies at The George Washington University Law School

 

Ernesto Torres Cantú

Torres Cantú is CEO of Citi Latin America, responsible for all businesses in the 22 countries where Citi is present in the region. Cantú is a member of Citi’s Executive Management Team. Prior to his current role, he served as CEO of Citibanamex from 2014 to 2019.

 

Jennifer M. Piscopo

Piscopo is associate professor of politics and affiliate faculty of Latino/a and Latin American Studies at Occidental College and a leading expert on women and electoral politics.

 

Andrew Downie

Downie has lived and worked in Latin America for almost 30 years, reporting from more than a dozen countries, including Cuba. He is the author of Doctor Sócrates: Footballer, Philosopher, Legend, a biography of the Brazilian footballer and political activist. He currently divides his time between the UK and Brazil.

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