This Monthly Assessment is part of Ground Truth: Elections 2026, a year-long featured project focused on the 2026 electoral cycles in Brazil and the United States.
In a private breakfast hosted by the Inter-American Dialogue’s Brazil Program, senior fellow and chair of Ipsos Clifford Young engaged with US congressional staff, business leaders, and members of the Brazil Program network to discuss Brazil’s 2026 elections.
Luanna Roncaratti is deputy secretary of digital government at Brazil’s Ministry of Management and Innovation in Public Service.
Beatriz Vasconcellos is Deputy Secretary for Digital Transformation at the Office of the President of Brazil, where she coordinates the interministerial committee responsible for digital transformation across government, the digital economy, digital citizenship and democracy, and artificial intelligence.
Join the Brazil Program at the Inter-American Dialogue on March 5, 2026, from 1:00 PM to 2:00 PM ET, for a conversation debriefing the AI Summit in India.
Robyn Scott is an entrepreneur and author. She is co-founder and CEO of Apolitical, a global learning platform for government.
Mexico Program Non-Resident Senior Fellow Cecilia Farfán-Méndez, talked with Organized Crime Dispatch (by GI-TOC) regarding the recent military operation in Mexico that resulted in the capture and death of the high-profile Cartel Jalisco Nueva Generación (CJNG) leader, “El Mencho.”
In a private briefing at the Inter-American Dialogue, Senator Nelsinho Trad examined trade tensions, the EU–Mercosur agreement, and the stakes of Brazil’s 2026 elections for bilateral relations.
María Marván Laborde is a researcher at the Institute for Legal Research at the National Autonomous University of Mexico (UNAM) and a member of Mexico’s National System of Researchers. She has served as Chair of the Governing Council of Transparencia Mexicana since January 2015.
On February 12, president and CEO of the Inter-American Dialogue, Rebecca Bill Chavez, participated in the panel “Venezuela at a Turning Point: What Comes Next for the Country, the Region, and Washington’s Approach” hosted by Harvard Kennedy School’s Institute of Politics.
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