Columnists

Abdel Padilla

Bolivia

Journalist and editor of "Lo que se cayó" Magazine. Bachelor of Communication and Journalism from the Univ. Mayor de San Andrés, Bolivia. He received several awards, among them the King of Spain Journalism Award.

Adolfo Garcé

Uruguay

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

Adolfo Martínez Valle

México

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

Adrián Albala

Argentina - Brasil

Assistant professor at the Institute of Political Science of the University of Brasilia (UnB). Coordinator of the MBA in Public Policy (UnB). PhD in Political Science (Sorbonne University, France). Member of the Research Laboratory (LAPCIPP, UnB).

Alberto Castillo

Colombia

Political scientist. Dean of the Faculty of Government and Int. Relations of the U. of Santo Tomás. Associated Res. of the Inst. Complutense of Int. Studies. Former Dir. of Government and Territorial Manag. of the Ministry of the Interior, Colombia.

Aldo Adrián Martínez-Hernández

México

Professor and Asso. Researcher of the Dep. of Political Science and Public Adm., Autonomous U. of Aguascalientes. PhD in Political Science, U. of Salamanca, Spain. Member of the National System of Researchers (CONACyT).

Alejandro Olivares

Chile

Political scientist. Professor at the University of Chile. He has a PhD in Social Sciences and a Master's Degree in Political Science from the University of Chile. Specialized in political elites and public policy.

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, Argentina. 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 the University Research Institute of Rio de Janeiro-IUPERJ (now IESP). Senior Fellow at CEBRI, Núcleo EUROPA.

Ana Rivoir

Uruguay

Sociologist. Researcher and professor at the Department of Sociology at the University of the Republic, Uruguay, where she coordinates the ObervaTIC group. Former president of the Latin American Association of Sociology (2017 - 2019).

Andrés Malamud

Argentina - Portugal

Political scientist. Principal Researcher at the Institute of Social Sciences of the University of Lisbon. PhD in Political Science from the European University Institute (Florence). He specializes in comparative regional integration and Latin American politics.

Andrés Mejía

Reino Unido – Ecuador

Professor of Political Economy in Emerging Markets and Director of the Master's Degree in International Development, Kings College London. PhD in Political Science from the U. of Notre Dame. Studies dilemmas of 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 at Stockholm University. Research in geopolitics and development.

Andrés Serbin

Argentina

Political scientist. 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 and professor at the Department of Political Science at the Universidad de los Andes. 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

Argentina - Estados Unidos

Professor of political science and global studies at the University of Notre Dame. He is editor of the Latin American Research Review, (LASA). His work focuses on issues of democratization, political institutions, and rule of law in new democracies.

Ariel Dulitzky

Argentina - Estados Unidos

Professor and Director of the Human Rights Clinic and the Initiative for Latin America at the University of Texas School of Law. Master's degree from Harvard Law School and one of the leading experts on the inter-American human rights system.

Benedicte Bull

Noruega

Political scientist. Professor at the Centre for Development and Environment (SUM) at the University of Oslo. Chairman of the board of the Nordic Institute for Latin American Studies (NILAS). She specializes in elite issues and political economy.

Bernabé Malacalza

Argentina

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

Bert Hoffman

Alemania

Political scientist. Researcher at the German Institute of Global and Area Studies (GIGA), Germany. Head of GIGA Berlin Office and professor at the Free University of Berlin. Member of the scientific board of the European Review of L. A. and Caribbean Studies.

Breno Bringel

Brasil

Sociologist and editor. Director of the Latin American Sociological Association (ALAS). Professor at the State University of Rio de Janeiro and director of the Nucleus of Social Theory and Latin America (NETSAL). Doctor from the Complutense University of Madrid.

Bruno Nathansohn

Brasil

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

Camilo Filártiga

Paraguay

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

Carina Vance

Ecuador

Former Minister of Health of Ecuador. Former Executive Director of the South American Institute of Government in Health - ISAGS 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. Post-Doctorate at the Center for Latin American Studies, University of Miami. Visiting Professor at the University of Leipzig.

Carlos Andrés Brando

Colombia

Historian. PhD in Economic History, London School of Economics & Political Science. He has been a visiting professor at the U. Pompeu Fabra (Barcelona); postdoctoral researcher at the U. de los Andes, and Dean of the Faculty of Economics at the U. Tadeo.

Carlos Andrés Ramírez

Colombia

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

Carlos Builes

Colombia

Professor and Director of the Faculty of Political Science at the Pontifical Bolivarian University of Medellín. PhD in Spanish from the Universidad Rennes 2, France. He is a junior researcher at Colciencias and 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 University of Florida, Gainesville. Specializes in populism, democratization and authoritarianism. Recent books: The Routledge Reader of Global Populism (2019) and Populisms a Quick Immersion (2019).

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 García Soto

Venezuela

Lawyer. Professor of Administrative Law at Universidad Central de Venezuela. Doctor of Law at the Universidad Complutense de Madrid. He is Treasurer and former Secretary General of the Venezuelan Association of Administrative Law.

Carlos Milani

Brasil

Professor at the State U. of Rio de Janeiro. Researcher at the National Council for Scientific and Technological Development. Director of the Laboratory of Political Analysis (LABMUNDO-Rio) and former Executive Secretary of the Brazilian Association of Political Science.

Cecilia Farfán

México

Political Scientist and head of security research programs at the Center for U.S.-Mexican Studies at the University of California and PhD in Political Science from the same university. Specialized in 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

Political scientist. Associate Professor and Director of Research at the School of Politics and Int. Relations at Sergio Arboleda U.. PhD in Int. Law from the U. Alfonso X el Sabio, Spain. Master in Security and Defense, Escuela Superior de Guerra, Colombia.

Charles Gomes

Brasil

Political scientist and main researcher of the Casa de Rui Barbosa Foundation. PhD in Political Science from the former IUPERJ (U. Institute of Research, Rio de Janeiro). Visiting Professor at the U. of Paris I and the U. of the Northwest in Chicago.

Daniel Buquet

Uruguay

Secretary General of the Latin American Association of Political Science (ALACIP). Professor at the Institute of Political Science, Faculty of Social Sciences, U. of the Republic, Uruguay. He was the first president of the Uruguayan Association of Political Science.

Daniela Delgado

Ecuador

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

David Altman

Chile

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, USA. Author of Citizenship and Contemp. Direct Democracy (Cambridge University Press. 2019).

David Castells-Quintana

EDITOR

Economist (Colombia-Spain). Professor and PhD in Economics at the U. Autónoma de Barcelona. Master in Development of the CIDOB Foundation, Spain. Specialized in international economy, urban economy and economic development.

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 Inst. for Global and Area Studies of the GIGA.

Diego Abente

Paraguay

Director of the Latin American and Hemispheric Studies Program at the Elliott School of International Affairs. He was, among other things, Resident Representative of the OAS in Ecuador, advisor to the Secretary General's office, consultant to the WB and the IDB.

Emmanuel Guerisoli

TRADUCTOR-TRANSLATOR

Lawyer (Argentina). 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 Caballero

Paraguay

Political scientist. Researcher member of the Center for Latin American and Latino Studies (CLALS) of the American University in Washington DC, 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 U. of Monteávila, Caracas. Professor at the Univ. Central de Venezuela and the Univ. Católica Andrés Bello. Doctor of the Univ. of Heidelberg, Magister of the U. of Tübingen and Columbia U.

Fabián Bosoer

Argentina

Political scientist and journalist. Editor-in-chief of Op-ed section at Clarín newspaper. Professor and researcher at the U. Nacional de Tres de Febrero and guest professor at UADE and FLACSO. Author of: Braden or Perón. La historia oculta and Detrás de Perón.

Fabián Echegaray

Argentina - Brasil

Political scientist and director of Market Analysis, a market and public opinion research company based in Brazil. Specialist in political culture, social behavior and sustainable consumption. PhD from the University of Connecticut, USA.

Federico Finchelstein

Argentina - Estados Unidos

Professor of History at The New School in New York. PhD at Cornell University and taught at Brown University. He is the author of several books on fascism, populism, the Holocaust and dictatorships. His new book is A Brief History of Fascist Lies.

Fernanda Wanderley

Brasil-Bolivia

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 Program (UNDP).

Fernando Masi

Paraguay

Sociologist and economist. Co-founder and Res. of the Center for the Analysis and Dissem. of the Paraguayan Economy (CADEP). Master in Economics and Int. P. at Johns Hopkins U.. He was an advisor to Paraguayan ministers and worked for the WB and UNDP.

Flávia Biroli

Brasil

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

Francisco Sánchez

Ecuador - España

Political scientist. Director of the Latin 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.

Gerardo Caetano

Uruguay

Historian and political scientist. Academic coordinator of the Political Observatory, ICP-UDELAR. President of the Superior Council of FLACSO. Member of the Academies of Letters and Sciences of Uruguay. PhD in History, U. Nacional de La Plata.

Gregorio Vidal

México

Professor and researcher at the Department of Economics of the Universidad Autónoma Metropolitana, Iztapalapa Unit. Head of the Political Economy Research Area. PhD in Latin American Studies (Political Science) from UNAM.

Gustavo Cuesta Rugel

Ecuador

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

Gustavo Rojas

Paraguay

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

Harry Brown

Panamá

Political scientist. Director of the Int. Center for Political and Social Studies (CIEPS) and member of the National Investment System (SNI). PhD in Political Science and Sociology, U. Complutense de Madrid.

Hugo Borsani

EDITOR

Political scientist (Brazil-Uruguay). Professor at the Norte Fluminense State University-UENF (Brazil). PhD in P.S. from the Instituto Universitário de Pesquisas do Rio de Janeiro-IUPERJ (currently IESP). Post-doctorate at the Instituto de Iberoamérica, U. de Salamanca.

Ignacio Arana

Chile - Estados Unidos

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

Ilka Treminio

Costa Rica

Political scientist. Associate Professor of Political Science and researcher at the U. of Costa Rica. She is the Director of the Latin American Faculty of Social Sciences (FLACSO), Costa Rica. Doctor in contemporary political processes from the U. of Salamanca.

Iria Puyosa

Venezuela

Researcher in political communication. PhD from U. of Michigan. Associate Investor, Inst. of Research of Com. (ININCO-UCV). Chair of the Venezuelan Studies Section of the L.A. Studies Association (2018-2020). Craig M. Cogut Visiting Professor, Brown Univ.

Isabel Castillo

Chile

Political scientist. Researcher at the Centro de Estudios de Historial Política, U. Adolfo Ibáñez and assistant researcher at the Centro de Estudios de Conflicto y Cohesión Social. PhD in Political Science from Northwestern University.

Iván Garzón Vallejo

Colombia

Political scientist. Associate professor at the U. of La Sabana, director of the Res Publica research group and senior researcher according to theMinistry of Science, Technology and Innovation. PhD in Political Science from the Pontificia U. Católica Argentina.

Jaime Arredondo

México

Professor and researcher in the drug policy program at CIDE Central Region, Mexico City. D. in Global Public Health from the University of California, San Diego. Specialized in the use of injected substances on the U.S.-Mexico border.

Jaime Tenjo

Colombia

Economist and professor of several universities in Canada and Colombia. Doctorate from the University of Toronto and consultant to national and international entities. Specialized in labor markets, discrimination, gender, etc.

Jerónimo Giorgi

COORDINADOR-COORDINATOR

Journalist (Uruguay). Founder of Latinoamérica21 and 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 U. Complutense of Madrid. Postdoctoral researcher and main researcher of the project "Discourse and expectation on territorial peace in Colombia". Doctor in Political Science (extraordinary doctorate prize) from the same University.

Jorge Dulon

Bolivia

Public Administrator and Political Scientist, University of Chile. Master in Management and Public Policy, MpD Bolivian Catholic University - Harvard University. Magister in Negotiation and International Economic Relations, O.E.A. Agreement

José Antonio Sanahuja

España

Professor of Intl. Relations at the U. Complutense de Madrid, Dir. of the Carolina Found. and special advisor for A.L. and the Caribbean of the High Representative for Foreign Policy and Security of the EU and Vice Pre of the European Commission, Josep Borrell.

José Manuel Rivas Otero

España - Colombia

Political scientist. Professor at Universidad Sergio Arboleda and Universidad Jorge Tadeo Lozano in Bogotá, 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 and member of the Political Research Center of the Law School (UAGRM). Master in Public Administration and Autonomous Government from the University of Santiago de Compostela, Spain.

José Ramón López Rubí

México

Political scientist, dedicated to analysis, editing and consulting. He has worked at the Centro de Investigación y Docencia Económicas (CIDE), Mexico City, and at the Universidad Autónoma de Puebla. He has published several articles, reviews and books.

Juan Daniel Elorza

Colombia - España

Professor and researcher at the University of Salamanca, and Doctor of Philosophy at the same university. Master in legal argumentation, University of Alicante. He is dedicated to constitutional law and axiology with an Ibero-American perspective.

Juan Francisco Camino

Ecuador

Assistant Professor of the U. of the Hemispheres, Ecuador. PhD student at USAL. Master in Int. Relations by the Instituto de Altos Estudios Nacionales, Ecuador and in Political Science by the U. of Salamanca. Areas of interest: political culture and electoral systems.

Juan Pablo Luna

Chile

Professor at the Pontificia U. Católica de Chile and Associate Researcher at the Ins. Millenium Data Foundation. Phd in Political Science, U. of North Carolina-Chapel Hill. Focuses on the effects of inequality on the processes of political representation.

Juan Vicente Bachiller

Brasil - España

Professor of Public Policy at the Universidad Federal Fluminense. Previously, he was a post-doctoral researcher at the Institute of Social and Political Studies of the University of the State of Rio de Janeiro. D. in Political Science from the University 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

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

Julio Echeverría

Ecuador

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

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. Specialist in behavioral sciences and analysis and implementation of public policies.

Laura Gamboa

Colombia - Estados Unidos

Assistant Professor of Political Science at the University of Utah. Her research focuses on institutions, political regime and regime change in Latin America. PhD in Political Science from the University of Notre Dame.

León Padilla

Ecuador

Economist. Professor and researcher at the U. of the Americas (UDLA). PhD in Economics and Business, Autonomous U. of Madrid and a Master's in Int. Economics from the same U.. Specialized in macroeconomics, international economy, etc.

Leonardo Magalhães

EDITOR

Degree in Communication (Brazil). 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 U. of Rio de Janeiro.

Loris Zanatta

Italia

Professor of Latin American History at the University of Bologna, Italy His latest books are: "Brief history of classical Peronism" (Bs. As., 2009), "Eva Perón. Una biografía política" (Bs. As., 2011), "Historia de América Latina. De la colonia al siglo XXI" (Bs. As., 2012).

Luciana Veiga

Brasil

Professor at the Federal U. of the State of Rio de Janeiro - UNIRIO. PhD from the U. of Inv. of Rio de Janeiro and Post-Doctorate from the U. of California - Irvine. Member of the advisory council of the Center for the Study of Public Opinion - CESOP / UNICAMP.

Lucila Nejamiks

Argentina

Doctor in Social Sciences, UBA. Master's degree in political action and institutional strengthening in the Rule of Law, Univ. Rey Juan Carlos. Researcher CONICET-IDAES-UNSAM. Specialized in migration, gender, citizenship and human rights.

Luis Pásara

Perú-España

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.

M. Isabel Santos Lima

TRADUCTORA-TRANSLATOR

Political scientist (Brazil). Studying for a master's degree at the Universidade Federal do Estado do Rio de Janeiro - UNIRIO. Graduated in International Relations from Universidade Federal Fluminense - UFF.

Manuel Alcántara

España-Colombia

Professor of Political Science at the University of Salamanca and the Pontifical Bolivarian University of Medellín. Specialized in the problems of political representation. Latest publication: "El oficio de político" (2nd edition), Tecnos (Madrid).

Maria Regina Soares de Lima

Brasil

Professor and researcher at the Inst. of Social and Political Studies (IESP-UERJ). Coor. of the South American Political Obs. (OPSA). Member of the Board of Directors of RIAL and the Council on Intl. Relations of L.A. and the Caribbean (2011-2016).

María Teresa Zegada

Bolivia

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

María Villarreal

EDITORA

Political scientis (Brazil-Ecuador). Researcher at U. Federal do Estado do Rio de Janeiro (UNIRIO). PhD in Political Science, U. Complutense de Madrid. Focused on international migration, cooperation, development, human rights etc.

Mariana Borges

Brasil

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

Mariana Llanos

ALEMANIA - ARGENTINA

Political scientist. Associate 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). She works at the think tank Centro Brasil no Clima (CBC). PhD from the Institute of Social and Political Studies of Political Science (IESP-UERJ) and Master's degree from the same institution.

Maribel Aponte-García

Puerto Rico

Economist. Full professor and principal researcher at the Graduate School of Business and the Social Science Research Center of the University of Puerto Rico, Río Piedras Campus; and Representative of the Caribbean Region (CLACSO).

Martha Singer

México

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

Maryhen Jimenez Morales

Venezuela

Political scientist. Specialist in comparative democratization, authoritarianism and Latin American politics. PhD in Political Science from the University of Oxford.

Melany Barragán

EDITORA

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

Mercedes García Montero

España

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

Merike Blofield

Finlandia

Director of the GIGA Institute for Latin America; 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 at Chapel Hill.

Milagros Campos

Perú

Lawyer. Professor at the Pontificia Universidad Católica del Perú (PUCP). Magister in Political Science and PhD of the same University. Member of the "High Level Commission for Political Reform". She has published on constitutional and parliamentary matters.

Miriam Dowd

Estados Unidos

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

Monica Bruckmann

Perú-Brasil

Sociologist. Professor, Department of Political Science, 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

Brasil - Argentina

Professor at the Torcuato Di Tella University (UTDT) in Buenos Aires, and visiting professor and Doctor in Strategic Studies at IESP in Rio de Janeiro. Specialized in the area of International Relations in Brazil and the Americas.

Nastassja Rojas Silva

Venezuela - Colombia

Political scientist and internationalist. Professor at the Pontificia Universidad Javeriana and independent consultant on migration, gender and democracy. PhD student at the National University of Colombia.

Nicolas Liendo

Argentina - Colombia

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

Nicolas Miranda

Chile

Guest Researcher Centro de Estudios Políticos y Constitucionales (CEPC) Madrid. Doctor in Rule of Law and Global Governance and Master in Latin American Studies from the U. of Salamanca, Spain. Master's Degree in Political Science from the U. of Chile.

Octavio Amorim Neto

Brasil

Political scientist and professor at the Brazilian School of Public and Business Administration (EBAPE), Getulio Vargas Foundation (FGV). PhD in Political Science from the U. of California, San Diego. Specialized in comparative politics, foreign policy, etc.

Pablo Vommaro

Argentina

Professor at the U. of Buenos Aires (UBA) and Adjunct Investor of CONICET and the Institute of Invention Gino Germani. Director of Research at CLACSO. Co-coordinates the Youth and Policy Studies Group (GEPoJu-IIGG, UBA). PhD in Social Sciences, UBA.

Pedro Silva Barros

Brasil

Economist, works at the Institute of Applied Economic Research (IPEA). 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 (PROLAM-USP).

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 by the University of Stuttgart. He is dedicated to information ethics.

Raúl Delgado Wise

México

Research Professor of the PhD in Development Studies at the Universidad Autónoma de Zacatecas. President of the International Network on Migration and Development. Coordinator of the UNESCO Chair on Migration, Development and Human Rights.

Raúl Sánchez Urribarri

Venezuela

Lawyer and Political Scientist. Professor of Socio-Legal Studies at La Trobe University, Melbourne, Australia. Chair of the Venezuelan Studies Section (SVS) of the Latin American Studies Association (LASA).

Ricardo Aceves

EDITOR

Economist (Mexico). 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's degree in journalism from the Univ. of Barcelona and Columbia University, and a bachelor's degree in journalism from the Univ. of Sao Paulo, Brazil.

Roberto Gargarella

Argentina

Sociologist. Professor at the University of Buenos Aires and the Torcuato di Tella University. PhD in Law, 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. 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 U. PhD in Political Science from the U of Notre Dame (USA). She has been a visiting professor at Harvard U., Leiden U., Oxford U. and the Kellogg Institute for International Studies.

Salvador Martí i Puig

España

Professor of political science at the University of Girona and member of the Center for International Relations of Barcelona CIDOB. He has a PhD in Political Science and Administration. He has researched democratization processes in Latin America.

Santiago Basabe

Ecuador

Political scientist. Doctor in Political Science and 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.

Scott Morgenstern

Estados Unidos

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

Sérgio Abranches

Brasil

Sociologist, writer, CBN radio commentator. Latest books: "Coalition Presidentialism: Roots and Evolution of the Brazilian Political Model", "The Unforeseen Age - The Great Transition of the 21st Century". National Literary Award Pen Clube do Brasil, 2018.

Sergio Angel

Colombia

Professor and Principal Researcher of the Cuba Program of the U. Sergio Arboleda. PhD in Political Studies and International Relations, National University of Colombia. Editor of the Journal Foro Cubano and Coor. of the Observatory of Academic Freedom (OLA) of Cuba.

Silvia Otero

Colombia

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

Soraia Marcelino Vieira

Brasil

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

Stéphanie López Villamil

Colombia

Political scientist and professor at the National University of Colombia. PhD in Political Studies and Int. Relations. Master in Int. Relations at the Institute of Political Studies in Strasbourg (France)S specialized in migration policies in Latin America.

Tahina Ojeda

Venezuela - España

Professor and researcher associated to IUDC-UCM, Universidad Complutense de Madrid. She is the director of the Master's Degree in "Development and International Cooperation" at the Ortega y Gasset Institute. Doctor in Political Science (UCM).

Todd Eisenstadt

Estados Unidos

Political scientist. Professor at the American University, Washington, DC. 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 U. of Girona and academic director of SIT Study Abroad. Doctor in Contemporary Political Processes, U. of Salamanca. Specialized in social movements and indigenous peoples and movements in Latin America.

Ugo Pipitone

México - Italia

Professor and researcher at the Centro de Investigación y Docencia Económicas (CIDE), Mexico. Author of books such as "La salida del atraso", "El temblor interminable", "Un eterno comienzo", and "La esperanza y el delirio. A History of the Left in Latin America".

Vicente Palermo

Argentina

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

Xavier Rodríguez-Franco

Venezuela - Estados Unidos

Political scientist from the Universidad Central de Venezuela and the Universidad Autónoma de Barcelona. Master of the University of Salamanca in Latin American Studies. Editor of Parlamundi Venezuela.

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