Authors

Dr. Theresa Williamson is an urban planner who has been working with Rio’s favela communities since 2000. She is founder and executive director of Catalytic Communities (CatComm), an empowerment, communications, think tank, and advocacy NGO founded in 2000 in support of Rio’s favelas. She is also editor-in-chief of RioOnWatch, Rio’s bilingual favela reporting news site.

Beryl Seiler is the development and external relations coordinator at the Inter-American Dialogue.

Eric A. Witte manages the National Trials for Grave Crimes project at the Open Society Justice Initiative, which monitors grave crimes trials in Guatemala at www.ijmonitor.org.

Fabio Giambiagi, chief economist at Brazil’s National Development Bank (BNDES), is also a columnist and author of 25 books about Brazil’s economy.

Elda Cantú is a journalist and a professor of politics and international relations at Universidad ESAN. She lives in Lima.

Antônio Sampaio is the Research Associate for Security and Development at the International Institute for Strategic Studies (IISS). He is a member of the Global Initiative against Transnational Organised Crime (GITOC) and writes frequently on urban security and organized crime.

Francisco Rodríguez is Chief Economist at Torino Capital and a former Head of Research for the United Nations’ Human Development Report Office.

Christopher Phalen is a research assistant at the Wilson Center.

Benjamin N. Gedan is the director of the Wilson Center’s Latin American Program

Ben Raderstorf is a program associate in the Peter D. Bell Program at the Inter-American Dialogue

Michael J. Camilleri is the director of the Peter D. Bell Rule of Law Program at the Inter-American Dialogue, and a former advisor on Latin America at the State Department and National Security Council.

Nicolas Villaume is a photographer based in Peru

Alonso is the head of Argentina’s national anti-corruption office