Roberto Simon

Roberto Simon is the politics editor for Americas Quarterly and the senior director for policy at Americas Society/Council of the Americas. He is an expert in political risk and policy analysis in Latin America, and also oversees AS/COA’s Anti-Corruption Working Group.

• Brazil’s Election: A Looming Crisis for Washington
• What Washington’s CROOK Act Means for Latin America
• How to Transform Childcare in Latin America
• What Went Right (and Wrong) in Latin America’s Anti-Corruption Fight
• Why Uruguay Finished First in Our Anti-Corruption Ranking
• Latin America Is Losing Capacity to Fight Corruption at a Critical Time
• The Risky Politics of Anti-Money Laundering
• Why Latin America’s Bet on Local Government Is Ambitious – and Risky
• Odebrecht: LatAm’s Biggest Stories of the 2010s
• El persistente mito de los militares “no corruptos”
• The Enduring Myth of the “Non-Corrupt” Military
• Haiti’s Earthquake: LatAm’s Biggest Stories of the 2010s
• AQ Top 5 Humoristas Políticos: Gregorio Duvivier
• How Latin America Can Punish Corruption Without Killing Companies
• AQ Top 5 Political Satirists: Gregorio Duvivier
• Bolsonaro’s Siege Against Law Enforcement Agencies
• Should Latin America Abolish Immunity for Elected Officials?
• El fiscal solitario que intentó construir un “Lava Jato” en el Amazonas
• Del escándalo a la reforma: el avance inusual de Chile