Authors

Ban Ki-moon is the Secretary General of the United Nations.  

Tanya Katerí Hernández is professor of law at Fordham University School of Law and author of Racial Subordination in Latin America: The Role of the State, Customary Law, and the New Civil Rights Response and “La Subordinación racial en Latinoamérica.”  

Noah Davis is deputy editor of American Soccer Now and writes about the U.S. national team for Grantland.  

José de Córdoba is a correspondent for The Wall Street Journal covering Latin America from Mexico City. He began his career in Caracas working for the Caracas Daily Journal.

Alejandro Eder Garcés was appointed director of the Colombian Agency for Reintegration (acr) by President Juan Manuel Santos in September 2010. Eder holds a MA in International Relations with a specialization in security policy and conflict resolution from Columbia University’s School of International and Public Affairs (SIPA).  

Steven Cohen is the executive director of Columbia University’s Earth Institute and a professor at Columbia University’s School of International and Public Affairs (SIPA). He is a consultant and former member of the Advisory Council on Environmental Policy and Technology for the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency.  

Claire Casey is managing director at Garten Rothkopf.  

Katherine Blumberg is the director of Climate and Health Programs and the Mexico country lead at the International Council for Clean Transportation (ICCT).  

Bruce McKenzie Everett is adjunct associate professor of international business at the Tufts University Fletcher School of Law and Diplomacy.  

Andrea Luecke is director of the Solar Foundation.  

Ramiro Fernández is director of energy and climate change for Latin America at Fundación Avina.  

Pedro Joaquín Coldwell is Mexico’s secretary of energy.  

Luis Pásara is a lawyer and law professor, and Senior Legal fellow in the Due process of Law Foundation (DPLF).    

Peter D’Amato lives in Brooklyn, New York, and is an MA student in New York University’s journalism and Latin American studies joint program. His Twitter account is @damatocorp.

Dwight Dyer is a senior analyst for Control Risks, a global risk and security consultancy.