Americas QUARTERLY
EDITOR-IN-CHIEF
Christopher Sabatini
Managing Editor
Stephen Handelman
CrEatiVE dirECtor
Donald Partyka
SEnior Editor
Jason Marczak
Editor
Matthew Aho, Mateo Samper
aSSiStant ProdUCtion Editor
Richard André
ContribUting writErS
Jason Alcorn, Wilda Escarfuller, Edward J. Remache
ContribUting art dirECtor
Cathie Yun
EditoriaL aSSoCiatES
Claudia Angulo, Gabriel Cortés, David Gacs, Stephanie Gonzalez, Madeleine Kir Ferry Johnson,
Alejandra Mejía, Rosamaria Ng, Melissa Pitts, Pia Wallgren
EditoriaL aSSiStant
Juan Luis Serrano-Badrena
EditoriaL board
Juan Capello, Fernando Henrique Cardoso, Javier Corrales, Ricardo Lagos, Sylvia Maxfield, Moisés Naím, Patricio Navia,
Jorge Pinto, Jeffrey Schott, Edward Schumacher-Matos, Ken Shadlen, Federico Sturzenegger, Ernesto Zedillo
adViSory board
Felipe Ardila, Eva Fernández, Davor Luksic-Lederer, Maria Soledad Saieh G., Patrick Sloane
PUbLiSHEr
Susan Segal
tranSLationS
Alexandra Cowal
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Managing Editor
Jason Marczak
wEb dEVELoPMEnt
Bob Gourley, Greg Smith, Carin Zissis
ContribUting writErS
Daniel Altschuler, Kara Andrade, Liliana Colanzi, Juan Cruz Díaz, Eric Farnsworth, Ruxandra Guidi, Liz Harper,
Sabrina Karim, Alex Leff, Jenny Manrique, Naomi Mapstone, Anastasia Moloney, Arjan Shahani, Huguette Young
americas society and council of the americas
Honorary CHairMan
David Rockefeller
CHairMan
Ambassador John Negroponte
PrESidEnt and CEo
Susan Segal
CHiEF FinanCiaL oFFiCEr
Peter Reilly
ViCE PrESidEnt, CoUnCiL oF tHE aMEriCaS, waSHington
Eric Farnsworth
PUbLiC PoLiCy PrograMS
Ragnhild Melzi
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Clarification: In the Spring 2010 issue, the opening paragraph of the article by Kevin Casas-Zamora refers to President José Figueres’ denunciation of heroin
smuggler Robert Vesco. President Figueres was speaking out against his party for accepting Vesco’s campaign contribution. We regret any confusion.
