Authors

Vikas Pota is chairman of the Varkey Foundation. 

Benjamin Roseth is a modernization of the state specialist at the IDB.

Carlos Santiso the division chief for Innovations in Citizen Services, Inter-American Development Bank (IDB). 

David Smolansky is the exiled former mayor of El Hatillo, Venezuela

Vincent Bevins worked for the Financial Times in London and São Paulo, then was Brazil Correspondent for the Los Angeles Times from 2011-2016, before moving to Jakarta. He’s now writing a book on Cold War violence based on his work in Southeast Asia for the Washington Post. You can follow him on Twitter @vinncent

Erika Guevara-Rosas is Americas Director at Amnesty International.

Holston is a longtime journalist who has written about Latin American and Caribbean topics for The Wall Street Journal, the journal of the Organization of American States, Hispanic Magazine and other publications.

Principal Economist and Research Coordinator of the Integration and Trade Sector of the Inter-American Development Bank (IDB) and Ph.D. in Economics from the University College London. He is the lead author of several research papers such as: “Connecting the Dots: A Road Map for Better Integration in Latin America and the Caribbean” (2018), “LAC Investment … Read more

Antoni Estevadeordal is the Manager of the Integration and Trade Sector at the Inter-American Development Bank (IDB). A Spanish citizen, he has expertise in trade policy, economic integration and regional cooperation policies in Latin America and the Caribbean, Asia and Europe. Since joining the Bank in 1993, he has contributed to multiple Bank strategies and … Read more

Ximena Enríquez is a journalist based in New York and an editorial intern for AQ

Matt Sandy is an independent journalist based in Rio de Janeiro who reports on politics and human rights in Brazil for Time Magazine, Al Jazeera, the BBC and other outlets. He tweets @mattsandy.