Pamela Aguirre is the director of Universidad Espíritu Santo (UEES) Legal and Social Observatory, a professor in the master’s programs at the Law School of Postgraduate Studies, and the director of the JUEES Legal Journal.
Soledad Peña Plaza has served as Chargé d’Affairs at the Embassy of Ecuador in the United States in Washington D.C. since February 2024, having formerly served as Minister.
Lorena Piedra is an assistant professor of public policy at Pontificia Universidad Católica del Ecuador and currently the president of the Ecuadorian Association of International Studies.
Grace Jaramillo is a core lecturer at the University of British Columbia’s School of Global and International Affairs.
Pablo Andrade is professor and chair of the Germánico Salgado Lectures at the Universidad Andina Simón Bolívar in Ecuador.
Christian Zurita is a prominent investigative journalist with three decades of experience shedding light on issues of corruption, organized crime, and drug trafficking in Ecuador, among other topics. He currently serves as a fellow at the National Endowment for Democracy (NED).
Mónica Palencia Núñez es la ministra del interior del Ecuador bajo la administración de Daniel Noboa. Ha ejercido durante treinta años en áreas como negocios internacionales, derecho penal, procesal penal y política criminal.
Sebastián Flores is the co-founder and executive director at Fundación Comparlante, a non-profit organization promoting equality and development of persons with disabilities in Latin America.
Daniel Noboa Azin became President-elect of Ecuador after winning the 2023 election. Previously, he was a member of the National Assembly of Ecuador between 2021 and 2023, where he was chairman of the Commission for Economic, Productive and Microenterprise Development.
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