Columnists - Latinoamérica 21

Abdel Padilla

Bolivia

Journalist. Bachelor of Communication and Journalism from the Univer. Mayor de San Andrés (La Paz). He received several awards, among them the King of Spain Journalism Award.

Political scientist, writer, professor and researcher at the Institute of Political Science, Faculty of Social Sciences, University of the Republic (Montevideo). He has specialized in the study of the dissemination of ideas and the role of technicians in politics.

Adolfo Martínez Valle

México

Professor and researcher at the Center for Research on Policy, Population and Health at the National Autonomous University of Mexico (UNAM). Specialized in public policy and health, with a long career in public administration.

Adoración Guamán

España - Ecuador

Political scientist and jurist. Professor at the U. of Valencia. She coordinates the CLACSO WG 'Lex Mercatoria, Human Rights and Democracy'. Former director of the Master in Electoral Law and founding member of CLAJUD (Consejo Lat. de Justicia y Democracia).

Adrián Albalá

Brasil - Argentina

Political scientist. Assistant professor at the Institute of Political Science of the University of Brasilia (UnB) abd coordinator of the MBA in Public Policy. PhD in Political Science, Sorbonne University (Paris).

Alberto Castillo

Colombia

Dean of the Faculty of Government and International Relations of the U. of Santo Tomás. Researcher of the Complutense Institute of International Studies (Madrid). Former Dir. of Government and Territorial Management, Ministry of Interior, Colombia.

Aldo A. Martinez-Hernandez

México

Postdoctoral Research Fellow at the Centro de Investigación y Docencia Económicas (CIDE) Central Region. D. in Political Science from the Univ. of Salamanca. Member of the Mexican National System of Researchers.

Alejandra Salado

México

Professor and researcher at the School of Economics and International Relations of the Universidad Autónoma de Baja California, Campus Tijuana. Master degree and candidate for PhD in Social Studies at Autonomus Metropolitan University (UAM).

Alejandro Frenkel

Argentina

Political scientist. Professor at the School of Politics and Government and Academic Coordinator of the Master Degree in International Relations of the Universidad Nacional de San Martín (UNSAM). PhD in Social Sciences from the Univ. of Buenos Aires (UBA).

Alejandro García Magos

Canadá - México

Professor of Political Science and PhD at the University of Toronto. M.A. in Political Science from the University of Calgary. Specialized in democracy and authoritarianism in Mexico. Senior Editor at Global Brief Magazine.

Alejandro Olivares

Chile

Political Scientist. Associate Professor of the Department of Sociology, Political Science and Public Administration of the Catholic University of Temuco. PhD. in Social Sciences and Master in Political Science from the Universidad de Chile.

Alexander Güvenel

Argentina

Political scientist. Columnist for media such as Clarín, La Nación, Perfil, Infobae and El Cronista. Degree in Political Science from the University of Belgrano (Buenos Aires). He is a member of the Argentine Political Club.

Álvaro Zapatel

Perú

Economist. Specialist in project evaluation at the Ministry of Education of Peru. Consultant in Global Education Practice of the World Bank and professor at the Univ. of Lima. Bachelor's degree from Boston College and Master's degree in Public Adm. from Princeton University.

Ana Paula Tostes

Brasil

Political scientist. Researcher and professor at the University of the State of Rio de Janeiro (UERJ). PhD in Political Science at IUPERJ (now IESP / UERJ). Senior Fellow at Brazilian Center of International Relations (CEBRI).

Ana Rivoir

Uruguay

Sociologist. Professor and researcher at the Department of Sociology at the University of the Republic (Montevideo), where she coordinates the ObervaTIC group. Former president of the Latin American Association of Sociology (ALAS).

André Luiz Coelho

Brasil

Professor at the School of Political Science of the Federal U. of the State of Rio de Janeiro (UNIRIO). PhD in Political Science from IESP/UERJ. He has experience in the area of Political Science and International Relations, with emphasis on Brazil and L.A.

Andréa Lopes da Costa

Brasil

Sociologist. Professor at the Federal University of Rio de Janeiro (UFRJ). Coordinator of the Laboratory of Studies and Research on Public Policies and Social Inequalities. Coordinator of Ethnic-Racial Relations of the Brazilian Society of Sociology (SBS).

Andrés Mejía

Reino Unido – Ecuador

Professor of Political Economy in Emerging Markets and Director of the Master's Degree in International Development of Kings College London. PhD in Political Science from the Univ. of Notre Dame. Studies the political management of public finances.

Andrés Rivarola Puntigliano

Suecia

Economic historian and lecturer in Latin American Studies. Director of the Nordic Institute for Latin American Studies of Stockholm University. Research in geopolitics and development.

Andrés Serbin

Argentina

Executive President of the Regional Economic and Social Investment Coordinator (CRIES). Full member of the Argentine Council for Int. Relations (CARI) and former Director of Caribbean Affairs of the Latin American Economic System (SELA).

Angelika Rettberg

Colombia

Political scientist. Professor at the Department of Political Science at the Universidad de los Andes (Bogotá). Founder of the Research Programme on Armed Conflict and Peacebuilding (ConPaz). She is a Global Fellow of the Peace Research Institute of Oslo (PRIO).

Aníbal Pérez-Liñán

Estados Unidos - Argentina

Professor of Political Science and Global Studies at the University of Notre Dame. He is editor of the Latin American Research Review / LASA. His works focuses political institutions, democratization and the rule of law in new democracies.

Belén Herrero

Argentina

Professor of International Relations at FLACSO and at the School of Social Sciences at the Univ. of Buenos Aires (UBA). PhD. in Social Sciences from the UBA. Co-coordinates the project Latin American Thought on Health and International Health (PeLSSI).

Benedicte Bull

Noruega

Political scientist. Professor at the Centre for Development and Environment at the Univ. of Oslo. Chair of the board of the Nordic Institute for Latin American Studies of the Unif. of Stockholm. She specializes in elite issues and political economy.

Bernabé Malacalza

Argentina

Professor at the National University of Quilmes and the Torcuato Di Tella University. Doctor in Social Sciences. Researcher in Strategic Subjects of the National Council of Scientific and Technical Research (CONICET).

Breno Bringel

Brasil

Sociologist and editor. Professor at the State Univ. of Rio de Janeiro (UERJ) and director of the Nucleus of Social Theory and Latin America (NETSAL). Doctor from the Complutense Univ. of Madrid. Member of the Board of the Latin American Association of Sociology (ALAS).

Bruno Nathansohn

Brasil

Sociologist and document manager, with a doctorate in Information Sciences, IBICT - UFRJ Researcher of the group Critical Studies in Information, Technology and Social Organization of the IBICT.

Camila De Mario

Brasil

Social Scientist. Professor of the Post-Graduate Program in Political Sociology at the University Research Institute of Rio de Janeiro of the Candido Mendes University (IUPERJ / UCAM). Doctor in Social Sciences from the State Univ. of Campinas (UNICAMP).

Camilo Filártiga

Paraguay

Lawyer and professor at the Public Policy Center of the Catholic Univ. of Asuncion. Researcher of CONACYT and member of the Group of Research in Parties and Party Systems GIPSAL-ALACIP. President of the Political Science Assoc. of Paraguay (ACIPP).

Carina Vance

Ecuador

Former Minister of Health of Ecuador and former Executive Director of the South American Institute of Government in Health of the Union of South American Nations (UNASUR). PhD student at the School of Public and Tropical Health at Tulane University.

Carlos A. Gadea

BRASIL - URUGUAY

Political scientist. Professor of the Graduate Program in Social Sciences at UNISINOS (Brazil.) Phd in Political Sociology from UFSC (Brazil). Post-Doctorate at the Center for Latin American Studies, Univ. of Miami. Visiting Professor at the Univ. of Leipzig (Germany).

Carlos Andrés Brando

Colombia

PhD in Economic History from London School of Economics & Pol. Science. Postdoc researcher at the Univ. of the Andes. He has been a visiting professor at the Pompeu Fabra Univ. (Barcelona) and Dean of the Faculty of Economics at the Tadeo Lozano Univ. (Bogotá)

Carlos Andrés Ramírez

Colombia

Philosopher and political scientist. Assistant Professor in the Department of Political Science of Universidad de los Andes (Bogotá). PhD in Philosophy from Ruprecht-Karls Heidelberg University (Germany). Specialized in Political Theory and Social Theory.

Carlos Barrachina

México - España

Professor at the Universidad Anáhuac-México and the Universidad de Quintana Roo. D. in Political Science and Sociology from the Univ. Nacional de Educación a Distancia (UNED). Member of the National System of Researchers of CONACYT.

Carlos Builes

Colombia

Professor and Director of the Faculty of Political Science at the Pontifical Bolivarian University (Medellín). PhD in Spanish from the Univ. Rennes 2, France. He is a junior researcher at Colciencias. President of the Colombian Association of Political Science (ACCPOL).

Carlos de la Torre

Estados Unidos - Ecuador

Professor and Director of the Center for Latin American Studies at the Univ. of Florida. Specializes in populism, democratization and authoritarianism. Recent books: "The Routledge Reader of Global Populism" (2019); "Populisms: a Quick Immersion" (2019).

Carlos Domínguez Avila

Brasil - Honduras

Researcher-Collaborator of the Department of Latin American Studies at the University of Brasilia. (UnB). Doutor in History. Specialized in issues about quality of democracy, international politics, human rights, citizenship and violence.

Carlos Fara

Argentina

Specialist in public opinion, electoral campaigns and government communication. He is a member of the International Association of Political Consultants (IAPC) and has received the Aristotle Award for Excellence (2010) and the EIKON Award (2009 and 2012).

Carlos Manuel Rodríguez

México - Cuba

Professor and researcher at the Iberoamericana University (Mexico City). PhD. in Political Science from FLACSO-Mexico. His main researche issues are the republican institutional history in Cuba, political transition and democratization.

Carlos Milani

Brasil

Professor at the State Univ. of Rio de Janeiro (UERJ). Director of the Laboratory of Political Analysis, Rio de Janeiro (LABMUNDO-Rio). Former Executive Secretary of the Brazilian Association of Political Science.

Carlos Moreira

México - Uruguay

Sociologist and political scientist. Former professor at the School of Economics and International Relations of the Autonomus University of Baja California (Mexico). Member of the National System of Researchers of Mexico (SNI/CONACYT). PhD from FLACSO-Mexico.

Carlos Ugo Santander

Brasil - Perú

Political Scientist, professor and associate researcher at the Federal University of Goiás (Brazil). PhD in Sociology from the Univ. of Brasilia (UnB). Post-doctorate at the Univ. of San Marcos (Peru). Specialized in comparative studies on Latin America.

Carmelo Mesa-Lago

Estados Unidos - Cuba

Professor Emeritus of Economics and Latin American Studies at the University of Pittsburgh. Former President of the Latin American Studies Association (LASA). He has been an advisor to various areas and UN agencies in all Latin American countries.

Cecilia Farfán

Estados Unidos - México

Political Scientist and head of security research programs at the Center for U.S.-Mexican Studies at the University of California-San Diego. PhD in Political Science from the Univ. of California. Specialized in issues about drug trafficking and crime in Latin America.

César Castro Fagoaga

El Salvador

Journalist. Editor-in-chief of Revista Factum, a digital media in El Salvador focused on the Northern Triangle of Central America. He was the first Chief Editor of El Faro, the first digital newspaper in Latin America. He is an analyst in security and organized crime.

César Niño

Colombia

Associate Professor and Director of Research at the School of Politics and International Relations at Sergio Arboleda Univ. (Bogotá). PhD in Int. Law from Alfonso X El Sabio Univ. (Spain). Master in Security and Defense, Esc. Sup de Guerra, Colombia.

César Ulloa

Ecuador

Political scientist and communicator. Professor at Univ. of the Americas (UDLA-Ecuador). PhD in Social Sciences from FLACSO-Ecuador. His latest books (2002): "In the eye of the hurricane. Communication Law in Ecuador" e "Chávez, Correa and Morales: discourse and power".

Charles Gomes

Brasil

Political scientist and senior researcher of the Casa de Rui Barbosa Foundation. PhD in Political Science from the IUPERJ (now IESP / UERJ). Visiting Professor at the Univ of Paris I and Northwestern University.

Christopher Martínez

Chile

Associate Professor in the Department of Sociology, Political Science and Public Administration of the Catholic University of Temuco. PhD in Political Science from Loyola University Chicago. Specialized in Executive and government stability.

Daniel Buquet

Uruguay

Secretary General of the Latin American Association of Political Science (ALACIP). Professor at the Univ. of the Republic. He was president of the Uruguayan Association of Political Science.

Daniela Delgado

Ecuador

Economist. Professor of Economics at the University of the Americas - UDLA (Ecuador), Director of the Energy and Mining Observatory of the UDLA. Doctoral candidate at the University of Salamanca, Rule of Law and Global Governance program.

Dardo Justino Rodríguez

Honduras - Argentina

Analyst, communicator and independent consultant to international organizations and agencies. Country Director of Presagio Consulting Honduras (headquarter in Guatemala).

David Altman

Chile - Uruguay

Political scientist. Professor and Director of the Institute of Political Science of the Pontifical Catholic University of Chile. PhD in Political Science from the University of Notre Dame. Author of Citizenship and Contemp. Direct Democracy (Cambridge University Press, 2019).

David Castells-Quintana

ESPAÑA - COLOMBIA

Professor at the Autonomous Univ. of Barcelona. PhD in Economics from the Univ. of Barcelona. Master in Dev. by the Barcelona Center for International Affairs (CIDOB). Specialized in international and urban economics.

Destiny Harrison-Griffin

TRADUCTORA / TRANSLATOR Estados Unidos

Rising senior at the Univ. of Pittsburgh where she is earning an undergraduate degree in Political Science and African Studies. She currently serves as a research assistant under Dr. Scott Morgenstern.

Detlef Nolte

Alemania

Political scientist. Associate res. at the German Institute for Global and Area Studies (GIGA) and the German Council on Foreign Relations (DGAP). He was Director of the Inst. for Latin American Studies and Vice President of the GIGA.

Diego M. Raus

Argentina

Director of the Degree in Political Science and Government of the National University of Lanús. Regular professor of the School of Social Sciences of the Univ. of Buenos Aires UBA. Degree in Sociology from the UBA and in Political Science from Flacso-Argentina.

Emilio Moya

Chile

Associate professor at the Dept. of Sociology, Political Science and Public Adm. of the Catholic Univ. of Temuco. Researcher at the Center for Public Policy (CPP/UCT). PhD in Latin American Studies, U. of Chile. Specialized in issues about corruption and clientelism.

Emmanuel Guerisoli

TRADUCTOR / TRANSLATOR ARGENTINA

Lawyer. PhD student in Sociology and History at the New School for Social Research (New York). Specialized in international criminal law, constitutional law and human rights. Master's degree in International Studies and Sociology.

Esteban Actis

Argentina

Professor at the National Univ. of Rosario and Doctor in International Relations from the same institution. Researcher at the Center for International Economic and Political Research (CIPEI/UNR). Former Doctoral and Postdoctoral Fellow by the CONICET.

Esteban Caballero

Paraguay

Political scientist. Researcher member of the Center for Latin American and Latino Studies (CLALS) of the American University (Washington, D.C.). Former regional director for Latin America and the Caribbean of the United Nations Population Fund (UNFPA).

Eugenio Hernández-Bretón

Venezuela

Dean of the Faculty of Legal and Political Sciences of the Univ. of Monteávila. Professor at the Central Univ. of Venezuela and the Catholic Univ. Andrés Bello. Doctor of the Univ. of Heidelberg. Magister of the Univ. of Tübingen and Columbia University.

Fabián Bosoer

Argentina

Political scientist and journalist. Editor-in-chief of Op-ed section at Clarín newspaper. Professor and researcher at the Univ. Nacional de Tres de Febrero Guest professor at UADE and FLACSO. Author of: "Braden or Perón. La historia oculta"(2011) and "Detrás de Perón" (2013).

Fabián Echegaray

Brasil - Argentina

Political scientist. Director of Market Analysis, a public opinion research company based in Brazil. PhD in Political Science from the Univ. of Connecticut. Co-author of Sustainable Lifestyles after Covid. Routledge Focus, 2021.

Fabricio Pereira da Silva

Brasil

Professor of political science at the Federal Univ. of the State of Rio de Janeiro (UNIRIO). Vice-Director of Wirapuru, Revista Latinoamericana de Estudio de las Ideas. Post-doctorate at the Inst. of Advanced Studies of the Univ. of Santiago de Chile.

Federico Finchelstein

Estados Unidos - Argentina

Professor of History at New School for Social Research (New York). Taught also at Brown University. PhD at Cornell Univ. He is the author of several books on fascism, populism, dictatorships and the Holocaust. His new book is "A Brief History of Fascist Lies" (2020).

Fernanda Wanderley

Bolivia - Brasil

Sociologist. Director of the Institute of Socio-Economic Research of Universidad Católica Boliviana San Pablo. Doctor in Sociology from Columbia University. Consultant for the International Labor Organization (ILO) and the United Nations Development Program (UNDP).

Fernando Barrientos

México

Political Scientist. Professor at the University of Guanajuato. PhD. in Political Science from the University of Florence. His areas of interest are politics and elections in Latin America and modern political theory.

Fernando Masi

Paraguay

Sociologist and economist. Co-founder and Senior Research of the Centro de Análisis y Difusión de la Economia Paraguaya (CADEP). Master in Economics and Int. Politics at Johns Hopkins Univ. Ex-advisor to Paraguayan ministers. He also worked for the WB, CEPAL and UNDP.

Flávia Biroli

Brasil

Political scientist. Professor at the Political Science Institute of the U. of Brasilia. Former President of the Brazilian Association of Political Science. Specialized in feminist political theory and author of several books on democracy, gender and the media.

Francisco Sánchez

España - Ecuador

Political scientist. Director of the Ibero American Institute of the University of Salamanca. Professor of Political Science with specialization in comparative politics of Latin America. Doctor and Master in Latin American Studies from the University of Salamanca.

Franklin Ramírez

Ecuador

Sociologist. Professor and researcher at the Department of Political Studies of the Latin American Faculty of Social Sciences (FLACSO-Ecuador). PhD in Political Science from the University Paris VIII-CSU.

Gaspard Estrada

Francia-México

Executive Director of the Political Observatory of Latin America and the Caribbean (OPALC) at Sciences Po (Paris). He is one of the coordinators of the working group on welfare state in the Americas of the United Nations Development Program (UNDP).

Giovanny Córdova

Ecuador

Political scientist. PhD student in Political Science at USAL (Argentina). Master in Comparative Politics from FLACSO-Ecuador and in Human Rights and Democratization for Latin America from UNSAM (Argentina).

Gregorio Vidal

México

Professor and researcher at the Department of Economics of the Univ. Autónoma Metropolitana (UAM), Iztapalapa Unit (Mexico City). Head of the Political Economy Research Area. PhD in Latin American Studies from UAM.

Guilherme Simões Reis

Brasil

Professor at the School of Political Science of the UNIRIO. PhD in Political Science at IESP/UERJ. Coordinator of the Center for Analysis of Institutions, Policies and Reflections of America, Africa, and Asia (CAIPORA). Union leader.

Gustavo Cuesta Rugel

Ecuador

Economist and professor at the Universidad de las Américas - UDLA (Ecuador). Master in Economics. PhD Candidate in Economics at Universidad Complutense de Madrid. Specialized in macroeconomics, foreign trade and public policy.

Gustavo Rojas

Paraguay

Researcher of the Center for the Analysis and Dissemination of the Paraguayan Economy (CADEP) and Professor at the Catholic Univ. of Asunción. Master in Int. Economic Relations by the joint program FLACSO-Argentina and Univ. of Barcelona.

Harry Brown

Panamá

Political scientist. Director of the International Center for Political and Social Studies - CIEPS (Panamá City). Researcher of the National Research System of Panama. PhD in Political Science and Sociology, Univ. Complutense de Madrid.

Hugo Borsani

BRASIL - URUGUAY

Political scientist. Professor at the North Fluminense State University - UENF (Brazil). PhD in Political Science from IUPERJ (currently IESP / UERJ). Post-doctorate at the Institute of Iberoamerica of the Univeristy of Salamanca.

Hugo Regalado

México

Professor at the Universidad Autónoma de Baja California. PhD in Global Development Studies and Master in International Relations from the Universidad Autónoma Metropolitana (UAM).

Ignacio Arana

Estados Unidos - Chile

Assistant Professor of Political Science at Carnegie Mellon University. PhDin Political Science from the University of Pittsburgh. Specialized in the comparative study political institutions in Latin America and presidential behaviour.

Ilka Treminio

Costa Rica

Political scientist. Associate Professor of Political Science and researcher at the University of Costa Rica. Director of FLACSO-Costa Rica. Doctor in Contemporary Political Processes from the University of Salamanca.

Iria Puyosa

Venezuela

Researcher in political communication. Member of the Research Institute on Communication of the Central Univ. of Venezuela. Chair of Venezuelan Studies Section of LASA (2018-2020). Visiting Professor at Brown University. PhD from Univ. of Michigan.

Isabel Castillo

Chile

Political scientist. Researcher at the Centro de Estudios de Historial Política, Univ. Adolfo Ibáñez (Santiago). Assistant researcher at the Centro de Estudios de Conflicto y Cohesión Social de Chile. PhD in Political Science from Northwestern University.

Iván Garzón Vallejo

Colombia

Political scientist. Associate professor at the University of La Sabana. Director of the Res Publica research group (Senior Researcher, Ministry of Science, Technology and Innovation). PhD in Political Science from the Pontificia Univ. Católica Argentina (UCA).

Jahir Dabroy

Guatemala

Professor and researcher at the School of Government of Guatemala. PhD in Public Administration and Public Policy from the National Institute of Public Administration (INAP). Specialized in socio-political issues in Guatemala and Latin America.

Jaime Arredondo

México

Professor and researcher in the Drug Policy Program on Central Region at CIDE (Mexico City). PhD in Global Public Health from the University of California at San Diego.

Jaime Tenjo

Colombia

Economist. Consultant of national and international organizations. Specialization in labor markets, discrimination and gender. Professor of several universities in Canada and Colombia. PhD from the University of Toronto.

Jerónimo Giorgi

COORDINADOR / COORDINATOR URUGUAY

Founder of Latinoamérica21. Journalist. Master in Journalism from the University of Barcelona and in Latin American Studies from the Complutense University of Madrid.

Jerónimo Ríos Sierra

España

Political scientist. Professor of the Univ. Complutense of Madrid. Postdoctoral researcher and main researcher of the project "Discourse and expectation on territorial peace in Colombia". PhD in Political Science from the Univ. Complutense de Madrid.

Jesús Tovar

México

Professor and researcher at the Universidad Autónoma del Estado de México. President of the Mexican Association of Political Science (AMECIP) and Coordinator of the Network of Studies on Quality of Democracy in Latin America. PhD from FLACSO-Mexico.

João Roberto Lopes

Brasil

Politicial Scientist. Professor at the Federal Univ. of the State of Rio de Janeiro (UNIRIO) and the Pontifical Catholic Univ. of Rio de Janeiro. Coordinator of the Mais Democracia Institute and of the project "State, economic groups and public policies in Brazil."

Joaquín Roy

España

Professor Jean Monnet "ad personam" and Director of the European Union Center at the University of Miami. Law degree from the University of Barcelona and Doctorate from Georgetown University.

Jonathan Rosen

Estados Unidos

Asssitant Professor of Criminal Justice at Holy Family University. PhD. in International Studies from the University of Miami and a Masters in Political Science from Columbia University. Specialized on organized crime, gangs, violence and security.

Jorge Dulon

Bolivia

Public Administrator and Political Scientist from the University of Chile. Master in Management and Public Policy from Bolivian Catholic University / Harvard University. Master in Negotiation and International Economic Relations.

Jorge Javier Romero

México

Political scientist, professor and researcher at the Dept. of Politics and Culture of the Autonomous Metropolitan Univ. of Xochimilco and the Faculty of Political and Social Science of UNAM. PhD. at the Complutense Univ. of Madrid.

José Antonio Sanahuja

España

Professor of Interantional Relations at the Complutense Univ. of Madrid. Director of the Carolina Foundation. Special advisor for Latin America and the Caribbean of the High Representative for Foreign Policy and Security of the European Union.

José Manuel Rivas Otero

COLOMBIA - ESPAÑA

Political scientist. Professor at Jorge Tadeo Lozano Univ. (Colombia). PhD in Rule of Law and Global Governance and Master in Latin American Studies from the University of Salamanca.

José Orlando Peralta

Bolivia

Political scientist. Member of the Political Research Center of the Law School of Autonomus Univeristy of Gabriel Rene Moreno (Santa Cruz de la Sierrra). Published the essay "Rebelión y Pandemia. Proceso político-electoral en Bolivia 2019-2020" Edited by Plural.

José Paulo Martins Junior

Brasil

Political scientist. Master and PhD in Political Science from the University of Sao Paulo (USP). Professor and Director at the School of Political Science at the Federal University of the State of Rio de Janeiro (UNIRIO).

José Ramón López Rubí

México

Political scientist, editor and consultant. He has worked at CIDE (Mexico City) and at the Autonomous University of Puebla.

Juan Daniel Elorza

España - Colombia

Professor and researcher at the University of Salamanca and Doctor of Philosophy at the same university. Master in Legal Argumentation from the University of Alicante. Specialized in constitutional law and axiology in an Ibero-American perspective.

Juan Francisco Camino

Ecuador

Assistant Professor of the Univ. of the Hemispheres (Quito). PhD student at the University of Salamanca (Spain). Master in Interantional Relations from the Instituto de Altos Estudios Nacionales (Ecuador) and in Political Science by the Univ. of Salamanca.

Juan Pablo Luna

Chile - Uruguay

Political Scientist. Professor at the Pontif. Catholic Univ. of Chile. Phd in Political Science from the University of North Carolina. Focuses on the effects of inequality on political representation.

Juan Vicente Bachiller

Brasil - España

Professor of Public Policy at the Univ. Federal Fluminense (UFF). He was a post-doctoral researcher at the Institute of Social and Political Studies of the State University of Rio de Janeiro (IESP/UERJ). PhD in Political Science from the Univ. of Salamanca.

Judith Teichman

Canadá

Professor of Political Science and International Development at the University of Toronto Member of the Royal Society of Canada. She is the author of books and articles on politics and policy making in Latin America, with a focus on Mexico, Argentina and Chile.

Julio Ascarrunz

Bolivia

Master in Electoral Studies from the National University of San Martín - UNSAM (Argentina). Currently he is Secretary of Academic Affairs of the Bolivian Association of Political Science.

Julio Echeverría

Ecuador

Sociologist. Professor at the Central University of Ecuador. Doctor in Sociology from Università degli Studi di Trento (Italy). Specialized in political and institutional analysis, sociology of culture and urbanism.

Kevin Parthenay

Francia

Full Professor of Political Science at the Univ. of Tours and researcher at the Political Observatory of Latin America (OPALC) at Sciences Po (Paris). PhD in Comparative Politics from Sciences Po. Specialized in comparative regionalisms and Latin American politics.

Lajos Kossuth

Perú

Economist. Doctorate in Behavioral Sciences from the University of Warwick. Master in Development Studies from the London School of Economics and Political Science (LSE). Specialist in behavioral sciences and analysis and implementation of public policies.

Laura Gamboa

Estados Unidos - Colombia

Assistant Professor of Political Science at the University of Utah. PhD in Political Science from the University of Notre Dame. Her main interst is on institutions and political regimes in Latin America.

Laura Palermo

Estados Unidos - Argentina

Professor of the Human Biology Program at Hunter College of the City University of New York. PhD in Virology from Cornell University. Former Scientific Research Associate at Columbia University Medical Center.

Leiza Brumat

Argentina

Political scientist. Research Fellow at the European University Institute, Florence, Italy. PhD in Political Science by FLACSO-Argentina. Main interest in regional integration and migration processes .

León Padilla

Ecuador

Economist. Professor and researcher at the Univ. of the Americas (Ecuador). PhD in Economics and Business from Autonomous Univ, of Madrid and Master in International Econ. from the same university. Specialized in macroeconomics and international economy.

Leonardo Magalhães

BRASIL - ITALIA

Specialist in public opinion, big data and electoral forecasting. Project Coordinator for Latin America of the company AtlasIntel. PhD student in Political Communication at the Pontifical Catholic University of Rio de Janeiro.

Leonardo Weller

Brasil

Economic Historian. Lecturer at São Paulo School of Economics of Fundação Getulio Vargas (EESP/FGV). Honorary Researcher at University College London. PhD in Economic History from the London School of Economics and Political Science.

Loris Zanatta

Italia

Professor of Latin American History at the University of Bologna at its headquarters in Italy and Argentina. Author, among others books, of: "Eva Perón. Una biografía política" (2011), "Historia de América Latina. De la colonia al siglo XXI" (2012).

Luciana Santana

Brasil

Political scientist. Professor at the Federal University of Alagoas (UFAL) and researcher at the Center for Legislative Studies (CEL) of the Federal University of Minas Gerais (UFMG). PhD in Political Science from UFMG.

Luciana Veiga

Brasil

Political Scientist. Professor at the Federal Univ. of the State of Rio de Janeiro (UNIRIO). PhD in Political Science from IUPERJ (currently IESP / UERJ). Post-Doctorate at the University of California in Irvine. President of the Brazilian Political Science Association (ABCP).

Lucila Nejamiks

Argentina

Profesora de la Univ. Nac. de San Martín (UNSAM). Doctora en C. Sociales por la Univ. de Buenos Aires (UBA). Máster por la Univ. Rey Juan Carlos (España). Investigadora CONICET en el IDAES/UNSAM. Especializada en migraciones, genero y derechos humanos.

Ludmila Quirós

Argentina

Political scientist. Researcher at the Center for the Study of Transnational Organized Crime of the National University of La Plata. Member of the Global Initiative Against Transnational Organised Crime (GITOC) of the European Consortium for Political Research (ECPR).

Luicy Perdoza

México

Political scientist. Pofessor and researcher at the Center for International Studies of El Colegio de México. Associate researcher of the German Institute for Global and Area Studies - GIGA (Germany). She specializes in migration policy.

Luis Pásara

España - Perú

Sociologist of law. He has studied the justice systems in Latin America, a subject on which he has published extensively. He has taught in Peru, Spain, Argentina and Mexico. He is a senior fellow of the Due Process of Law Foundation.

Luisa Feline Freier

Perú

Professor of the Department of Social and Political Sciences at the Universidad del Pacífico (Lima) and researcher at CIUP. Doctor in Political Science from the London School of Economics and Political Science (LSE),

Magdalena López

Estados Unidos - Venezuela

Political scientist. Researcher at the Kellogg Institute for International Studies of the University of Notre Dame and the Center for International Studies of the University Institute of Lisbon (CEI/IUL). PhD from the University of Pittsburgh.

Magna Inácio

Brasil

Professor at the Dep. of Political Science of the Federal Univ. of Minas Gerais (UFMG). Former director of the Center for Legislative Studies of UFMG. PhD in Pol. Science, UFMG. Specialized in Legislative studies, coalition governments and presidencialism.

Manuel Alcántara

España-Colombia

Professor of Political Science at the University of Salamanca and UPB (Medellín). Latest books (2020): "El oficio de político" (2nd. ed., Tecnos (Madrid) and in co-edition with Porfirio Cardona-Restrepo "Dilemas de la representación democrática" (Tirant lo Blanch, Colombia).

Marcelo Moriconi

Portugal-Argentina

Professor and researcher at the Center for International Studies of the Univ. Institute of Lisbon (CEI/IUL). PhD in Contemporary Political Processes from the Univ. of Salamanca. Specialist in corruption, illegal markets and criminality.

Marcus Oliveira

Coord. de Marketing - BRASIL

Marketing manager of Latinoamérica21. Journalist with specialization in strategic communication and digital marketing. Experience in content marketing, creation of advertising campaigns and events.

María Clara Medina

Suecia - Argentina

Associate Professor at the Dep. of Global Studies and Doctor at the Univ. of Gothenburg (Sweden). President of CEISAL, European Council of Social Research in Latin America (2019-2022). Member of the Board of Directors of the Nordic Institute for Latin American Studies.

Maria Isabel Santos Lima

TRADUCTORA / TRANSLATOR - BRASIL

Master's student in Political Science at the Federal University of the State of Rio de Janeiro (UNIRIO). Graduated in International Relations at Fedeal Fluminense University (Rio de Janeiro).

María Lois

España

Professor of Political Geography and Geopolitics at the Complutense Univ. of Madrid. Coordinator of the Political and Cultural Geography Research Committee of the International Political Science Association (IPSA). PhD. from the Univ. Complutense de Madrid.

Maria Regina Soares de Lima

Brasil

Professor and researcher at the Institute of Social and Political Studies of the State Universityt of Rio de Janeiro (IESP/UERJ). Coordinator of the South American Political Observatory (OPSA). PhD in Political Science from Vanderbilt University.

María Reneé Barrientos

Bolivia

Master in Latin American Studies and Doctoral candidate in Rule of Law and Global Governance from the University of Salamanca. Her main research área is on Latin America political systems.

María Teresa Zegada

Bolivia

Sociologist, member of the Center for the Study of Economic and Social Reality - CERES (Cochabamba). PhD in Social and Political Processes in Latin America, University of Arts and Social Sciences - ARCIS (Chile).

María Villarreal

BRASIL - ECUADOR

Political scientist. Researcher at Federal University of the State of Rio de Janeiro (UNIRIO). PhD in Political Science, Complutense Univ. of Madrid. Focused on international migration, cooperation, development and human rights.

Mariana Borges

Reino Unido - Brasil

Political scientist. Postdoctoral Fellowship in Politics at Nuffield College, University of Oxford. PhD from Northwestern University. Focuses on political behavior, political parties and elections.

Mariana Llanos

ALEMANIA - ARGENTINA

Political scientist. Senior researcher at the German Institute of Global and Area Studies - GIGA (Germany). Former Secretary General of the Latin American Association of Political Science - ALACIP. Specialized in comparative political institutions in L.A.

Marianna Albuquerque

Brasil

Assistant Coordinator of the South American Political Observatory (OPSA). Member of the Centro Brasil no Clima (CBC). PhD in Political Science from the Institute of Social and Political Studies of Political Science (IESP/UERJ).

Maribel Aponte-García

Puerto Rico

Economist. Professor and researcher at the Graduate School of Business and the Social Science Research Center of the University of Puerto Rico, Río Piedras Campus (San Juan); and Representative of the Caribbean region, CLACSO.

Marika Olijar

Traductora / Translator Estados Unidos

Graduate of the University of Pittsburgh. She holds a Bachelor’s degrees in Political Science and Slavic Studies and a Certificate in Russian, East European, and Eurasian Studies. Her main interest is in comparative politics.

Marta Fernández

Brasil

Professor and former director of the Institute of International Relations (IRI) of the Pontifical Catholic Univeristy of Rio de Janeiro. Researcher at the GlobalGrace project. Specializes in postcolonial and decolonial studies, violence and conflict resolution.

Martha Ardila

Colombia

Political Scientist. Research Professor at Universidad Externado de Colombia (Bogotá). Doctor in Political Science and International Relations. Editor of the OASIS magazine. Her main areas of interest is Latin American international relations.

Martha Jaramillo Cardona

México - Colombia

Professor and researcher at the Autonomous University of Baja California (UABC). Member of the National System of Researchers (SNI). Specialized in health and public policies. D. in Social Sciences from the Colegio de la Frontera Norte (Mexico).

Martha Singer

México

Professor at the Center for Political Studies at the National Autonomous University of Mexico (UNAM). Doctor in Political and Social Sciences from UNAM. Focuses on the Mexican political system, participation and political representation.

Martín Tanaka

Perú

Political scientist. Senior Lecturer at the Catholic University of Peru (PUCP) and researcher at the Peruvian Studies Institute (IEP). PhD in Political Science from FLACSO-Mexico.

Maryhen Jiménez Morales

Reino Unido - Venezuela

Political scienteist. Postdoctoral researcher at the Latin American Center of the Univ. of Oxford. PhD in Political Science from the University of Oxford. She studies democratization processes in comparative perspective and authoritarianism in Latin America.

Mateo Jarquín

Estados Unidos - Nicaragua

Historian and professor at Chapman University (California). PHd from Harvard University. His writings on Latin American politics have appeared in The New York Times and The Washington Post, among other international media.

Matías Bianchi

Argentina

Political scientist. Director of the think-tank Asuntos del Sur. PhD from the Institut d'Etudes Politiques at Paris (Sciences Po). He worked at the Woodrow Wilson Center, the OECD Development Center and directed the Federal Institute of Government in Argentina.

Mauricio Blanco Cossío

Bolivia

Political Scientist. Co-founder of the AFortiori Institute (Brazil). Former Research Director of the Inst. for Labor and Society Studies-IETS (Brazil). Master on Political Science from University Research Inst. of Rio de Janeiro -IUPERJ (now IESP/UERJ).

Melany Barragán

ESPAÑA

Political scientist. Professor at the University of Valencia and external lecturer at the Univ. of Frankfurt. Doctor in Rule of Law and Global Governance, Univ. of Salamanca. Specialized in political elites, representation, party systems and comparative politics.

Mercedes García Montero

España

Professor of Political Science and PhD in Political Science of the Administration and in the U. of Salamanca.Former director of the Institute of Ibero-America of the U. of Salamanca. Specialized in political institutions of Latin America.

Merike Blofield

Alemania - Finlandia

Director of the GIGA Institute for Latin America Studies, German Institute for Global and Area Studies (GIGA). Professor in the Department of Political Science at the University of Miami (until 2019). PhD in Political Science from the University of North Carolina.

Milagros Campos

Perú

Lawyer and political scientist. Professor at the Pontificia Univ. Católica del Perú (PUCP). Master and PhD in Political Sciene from the same university. Member of the High Level Commission for Political Reform.

Miriam Dowd

Estados Unidos

Marketing Manager of FocusEconomics, a macroeconomic research consultancy. Master in Marketing, Universitat Pompeu Fabra (Spain) and in Irish Literature, University College Dublin (Ireland). She has worked in NGOs and multinationals.

Miriam Gomes Saraiva

Brasil

Professor and researcher of the Post Graduate Program in International Relations at the Univ. of the State of Rio de Janeiro. PhD in Political Science from the Complutense Univ. of Madrid. Post-Doctorate at the European University Institute (Florence, Italy).

Mohammed ElHajji

Brasil

Professor and Doctor in Communication and Culture at the Federal University of Rio de Janeiro (UFRJ), with postdoctorate at UNISINOS (Media and Migrations). Specialized in transnational migration, identity, culture and ethnicity

Monica Bruckmann

BRASIL - PERÚ

Sociologist. Professor at the Department of Political Science of the Federal University of Rio de Janeiro. Coordinates the Working Group on Geopolitics, Regional Integration and the Global System of the Latin American Council of Social Sciences (CLACSO).

Monica Hirst

Argentina - Brasil

Professor at the Torcuato Di Tella University (UTDT) and visiting professor and at IESP/UERJ (Rio de Janeiro). PhD in International Strategic Studies from Univ. Federal do Rio Grando do Sul (Brazil).

Nastassja Rojas Silva

Colombia - Venezuela

Political Scientist. She teaches at the Pontifícia Universidad Javeriana (Colombia). Master in International Relations. PhD student at the National University of Colombia. Main interest in migrations, gender and Venezuela.

Nicolas Liendo

Colombia - Argentina

Political scientist. PhD Candidate in Political Science at the Univ. of Arizona. Former Dean of the School of Politics and International Relations of Sergio Arboleda Univ. (Colombia). Research on elections and right-wing parties in L.A., and conflict and human rights in Colombia.

Octavio Amorim Neto

Brasil

Political scientist. Professor at Brazilian School of Public and Business Administration of Getulio Vargas Foundation (EBAPE/FGV). PhD in Political Science, University of California-San Diego. Specialized in comparative politics and foreign policy, among other areas.

Pablo Vommaro

Argentina

Professor at the Univ. of Buenos Aires (UBA) and Associate Researcher of CONICET and the Research Institute Gino Germani (IIGG/UBA). Co-coordinates the Youth and Policy Studies Group do IIGG. Director of Research at CLACSO. PhD in Social Sciences from UBA.

Paulo M. Buss

Brasil

Professor Emeritus of the Oswaldo Cruz Foundation - Fiocruz (Rio de Janeiro) Director of the Center for International Health Relations (CRIS) at Fiocruz. Full Member of the National Academy of Medicine of Brazil.

Pedro Silva Barros

Brasil

Economist. He works at the Institute of Applied Economic Research -IPEA (Brasilia). He was Director of Economic Affairs of the Union of South American Nations (UNASUR). PhD in Latin American Integration from the University of Sao Paulo (USP).

Pedro Trujillo

Guatemala - España

Professor and former Dean of the Faculty of Political Studies, International Rel. and Journalism at Francisco Marroquín Univ. (Guatemala). Doctor in Peace and International Security (IUGGM-UNED, Guatemala). Founding partner of ConCriterio, a journalistic company.

Peter Siavelis

Estados Unidos

Associate Director of the Latin American Studies Program at Wake Forest University. He is a Fellow of Z. Smith Reynolds Foundation. He has been a visiting professor at the Catholic University of Chile. PhD from Georgetown University.

Philippe Raposo

Brasil-Itália

Diplomat. Volunteer professor at the Inst. of International Relations at the Univ. of Brasília (UnB). Master in History, Politics and Cultural Property by Fundação Getúlio Vargas (FGV / RIO). Specialist in International Relations from the UnB.

Pía Riggirozzi

Reino Unido - Argentina

Professor of International Politics at the University of Southampton (England). PhD in Politics and International Relations from the University of Warwick. Master in International Relations from the University of Miami and FLACSO-Argentina.

Rafael Capurro

Alemania - Uruguay

Philosopher and researcher in Information Science. Professor at the Stuttgart Media University. PhD of Philosophy from the University of Düsseldorf. Post-doctorate at the University of Stuttgart. He is dedicated to the ethics of information.

Raúl Delgado Wise

México

Research Professor of the PhD in Development Studies at the Autonomous Univers. of Zacatecas (UAZ). President of the International Network on Migration and Development. Coordinator of the UNESCO Chair on Migration, Development and Human Rights.

Raúl Sánchez Urribarri

Australia - Venezuela

Lawyer and political scientist. Professor of Socio-Legal Studies at La Trobe University (Melbourne, Australia). Secretary of the Venezuelan Studies Section of the Latin American Studies Association (LASA).

Ricardo Aceves

MÉXICO

Economist. Analyst of markets and sustainable investments at Dow Jones. Post-graduate degree in Economics and International Business from the Faculty of Economics of the Hochschule Schmalkalden (Germany).

Roberto Dias

Brasil

Editorial Secretary of the newspaper Folha de São Paulo. He holds a Master Degree in Journalism from the Univ. of Barcelona and Columbia University. He has a bachelor's degree in Journalism from the Univ. of Sao Paulo (USP).

Roberto Gargarella

Argentina

Sociologist. Professor at the University of Buenos Aires and the Torcuato di Tella University. PhD in Law from the University of Buenos Aires, L.L.M. University of Chicago Law School and J.S.D. University of Chicago. Post-Doctorate at Balliol College (Oxford).

Robson Dias da Silva

Brasil

Economist. Professor at the Federal Rural University of Rio de Janeiro (UFRRJ). PhD in Economic Development from the State University of Campinas (UNICAMP). He was a visiting professor at the Institute of Latin American Studies at Columbia University.

Rossana Castiglioni

Chile - Uruguay

Dean of the Faculty of Social Sciences and History of the Diego Portales Univ. (Chile). PhD in Political Science from the Univ. of Notre Dame. She has been a visiting professor at the univeristies of Harvard, Leiden and Oxford, and at the Kellogg Institute for International Studies.

Salvador Martí i Puig

España

Professor of Political Science at the Univ. of Girona and member of the Center for International Relations of Barcelona (CIDOB). PhD in Political Science and Administration. Master in Latin American Studies. He research about democratization processes in L. A.

Santiago Basabe

Ecuador

Political scientist. Dean of the Department of Political Studies of the Latin American Faculty of Social Sciences, FLACSO - Ecuador. Georg Foster Fellow at the Alexander von Humboldt Foundation. PhD in Political Science from FLACSO-Ecuador.

Scott Morgenstern

Estados Unidos

Political scientist, Associate Professor at the Univ. of Pittsburgh and former Director of the Center for Latin American Studies. He has been a professor at Duke University, CIDE (Mexico) and Univ. of Salamanca (Spain). Specialized in parties and electoral systems in L.A.

Sebastián Cutrona

Argentina

Assistant Professor in the Department of International Affairs at O.P. Jindal Global University (India). PhD in International Studies from the University of Miami. Specialized in organized crime and drug policy in Latin America.

Sérgio Abranches

Brasil

Sociologist and writer. CBN radio commentator. Latest books: "Presidencialismo de Coalizão: Raízes e Evolução do Modelo Político Brasileiro" (2018) and "O tempo dos governantes incidentais" (2020)". National Literary Award Pen Clube of Brasil, 2018.

Sergio Angel

Colombia

Professor and researcher of the Cuba Program of the Sergio Arboleda Univ. (Bogotá). PhD in Political Studies and International Relations from the National Univ. of Colombia. Editor of the Journal Foro Cubano. Coordinator of the Observatory of Academic Freedom of Cuba (OLA).

Silvia Otero

Colombia

Professor at the Universidad del Rosario (Bogotá). PhD in Political Science at Northwestern University. Researches issues related to social inequality, armed conflicts and sub-national politics.

Sofía Cavalcanti Zanforlin

Brasil

Professor at the Federal Univ. of Pernambuco (UFPE). She coordinates the Núcleo Migra-Migrations, Mobility and Contemporary Population Management/UFPE, of Diaspora and Media Working Group / IAMCR. PhD from ECO/UFRJ.

Soraia Marcelino Vieira

Brasil

Professor at the Universidad Federal Fluminense (UFF). PhD in Political Science from the Institute of Social and Political Studies of the State University of Rio de Janeiro (IESP/UERJ). Her lines of research are political parties, political elites and public policies.

Stéphanie López Villamil

Colombia

Political scientist. Professor at the National University of Colombia. PhD in Political Studies and International Relations at the Institut d'Études Politiques (Sciences-Po) of Strasbourg (France) Specialized in migration policies in L. A.

Tahina Ojeda

España - Venezuela

Professor and researcher associated to the Inst. for Development and Cooperation of the Complutense Univ. of Madrid (IUDC/UCM). Director of the Master Degree in Development and International Coop. at the Ortega y Gasset Institute. Doctor in Political Science from UCM.

Todd Eisenstadt

Estados Unidos

Political scientist. Professor at the American University (Washington, D.C.) and Director of Studies for the Center for Environmental Policy (CEP). Co-author of the book "Who Speaks for Nature?" (Oxford University Press 2019).

Tokichen Tricot

Chile

Political scientist. External professor at the University of Girona (Spain). Academic director of SIT Study Abroad. PhD in Contemporary Political Processes from the University of Salamanca. Specialized in social movements and indigenous movements in Latin America.

Ugo Pipitone

México - Italia

Professor and researcher at CIDE (Mexico). Author of "La salida del atraso" (2020); "Un eterno comienzo (2017)"; "La esperanza y el delirio. Una historia de la izquierda en América Latina" (2015).

Vicente Palermo

Argentina

Political scientist and essayist. Degree in Sociology from the University of Buenos Aires (UBA). Founder of the Argentine Political Club. Winner of the National Culture Award in 2012 and the Platinum Konex Award in 2016.

Víctor Báez Mosqueira

Paraguay

Trade unionist and Assistant General Secretary of the International Trade Union Confederation, based in Brussels. Former General Secretary of the Trade Union Confederation of the Americas.

Vladimir Rozón

República Dominicana

Coordinator of the Unit Political Parties and Electoral Systems of the Dominican Political Observatory (OPD) of Democracy and Development Global Found. (FUNGLODE). PhD student in Rule of Law and Global Governance at the Univ. of Salamanca.

Xavier Rodríguez-Franco

VENEZUELA

Politial Scientist. Producer of the podcast of Latinoamérica21. Graduated from the Univ. Central de Venezuela and the Univ. Autónoma de Barcelona. Master in Latina American Studies of the University of Salamanca. Editor of Parlamundi Venezuela.