Authors

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.

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.

Volosin is an Argentine attorney. She holds an LL.M. and a J.S.D. from Yale Law School and is the author of Corruption in Argentina: Towards an Institutional Approach (Routledge 2019).

Rocha is the head of research of the Institute for Health Policy Studies (IEPS) and associate professor at Fundação Getúlio Vargas.

Fraga is the chair of the Institute for Health Policy Studies (IEPS) and a former president of Brazil’s central bank.

Álvarez is an associate professor and director of the economics PhD program at the Universidad de los Andes.

Zambrano is an associate professor of economics at the Universidad de los Andes.

Eslava is a professor and dean of economics at the Universidad de los Andes and a research affiliate of LACEA and the IPA’s SME program.

Hernández is an associate professor of economics and research director at Universidad Javeriana in Colombia.

Toro is a professor at the Universidad de los Andes in Colombia.

Parra is a research fellow in Academic Analytics at The Black Puma in Argentina.