Lucas de Souza Martins is a professor of U.S. Politics and Global Affairs. He holds an M.A. in U.S. History from Georgia State University and is a Ph.D. candidate at Temple University, specializing in U.S.–Latin America relations. A trained journalist from Mackenzie University, he previously served as a press officer at the Brazilian Senate and at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs (Itamaraty) in Brasília. Currently, he is a consultant on Brazil with the Washington Office on Latin America (WOLA).