Latin America in Focus Podcast
About Latin America in Focus
Go in depth on the latest trends in Latin American politics, economics, and culture. Twice a month, the AS/COA Online team brings you in-depth interviews with top experts, journalists, artists, and entrepreneurs on the ground in and from countries such as Mexico, Brazil, Colombia, Chile.
Notable guests include:
- Amb. Thomas Shannon, former U.S. Under Secretary of State for Political Affairs and former U.S. Ambassador to Brazil
- Julio Frenk, former Secretary of Health of Mexico; University of Miami President
- Monica de Bolle, Senior fellow at the Peterson Institute for International Economics
- Michael Reid, Long-time Latin America columnist for The Economist
- Jorge Castañeda, Former Secretary of Foreign Affairs of Mexico
- Samantha Schmidt, Bogotá Bureau Chief, The Washington Post
- Otaviano Canuto, Senior Fellow at Policy Center for the New South and former Vice President of the World Bank
- Natalie Unterstell, President of Institute Talanoa
- Pierpaolo Barbieri, Founder of the startup Ualá
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Carin Zissis, Host
Carin is the editor-in-chief of AS/COA Online, the website of the Americas Society and Council of the Americas. An award-winning journalist, her writing and commentary have been featured by The Boston Globe, CNN, The Guardian, The Washington Post, Univision, World Politics Review, and other outlets.
Based in Mexico City from 2013 to 2021, she covered the 2018 Mexican elections and subsequent presidential transition. Prior to joining AS/COA, she served as a staff writer at the Council on Foreign Relations.
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Luisa Leme, Executive Producer
As senior producer, Luisa oversees video and live broadcasts for AS/COA. A journalist with an MA in International Affairs, she has experience in traditional news outlets, international organizations, documentary features, mega-events, and cultural institutions in nine countries. Her work has appeared on TV Globo, Radio France Internationale, Rádio CBN, Americas Quarterly, AP, newspapers Folha de S. Paulo and O Globo, and the Rio 2016 Summer Olympics.
Before joining AS/COA, Luisa worked in the UN News and Media division.
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Chase Harrison, Reporter
Chase is AS/COA Online's editorial manager and holds an MPhil from the University of Oxford, where his research focused on political parties in Mexico and Central America and where he managed content and served as podcast editor for the OxPol academic blog.
UC San Diego’s Dr. Cecilia Farfán Méndez and Trend Micro’s Juan Pablo Castro cover the 10-terabyte hack on militaries of five Latin American countries.
Quaest’s Felipe Nunes covers the first round and what's ahead in an October 30 runoff for presidential rivals Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva and Jair Bolsonaro.
UnidosUS' Clarissa Martínez De Castro and The Washington Post's Sabrina Rodríguez cover issues motivating the voting bloc heading into the U.S. midterms.
Political analyst Carlos Bravo Regidor explains the AMLO government’s moves toward militarization and the ramped up race for the presidency.
Quaest pollster Felipe Nunes and John Hopkins’ Beatriz Rey cover the role of swing votes, social media, and secret budgets in October’s elections.
A series of hacks pummeled Costa Rica. Cybersecurity expert Belisario Contreras covers what it showed about the region’s digital vulnerabilities.
Policy Center for the New South and former World Bank VP Otaviano Canuto explains how the region can avoid inflation déjà vu.
The Washington Post's Samantha Schmidt covers how runoff candidates Gustavo Petro and Rodolfo Hernández are shaking up the political landscape.
It’s been a bumpy road to the June event in Los Angeles. AS/COA’s Steve Liston compares the Ninth Summit to past ones and charts a vision for the future.
Journalist Jeff Ernst says two former presidents have hogged the spotlight during the new president’s political honeymoon.