Asuntos del Sur (ADS) began in December 2007 as a result of the initiative of a group of Latin American graduate students studying in Paris, France. ADS is an organization that seeks to generate informed debate around the issues pertinent to Latin America and seeks to share the wealth of experiences that occur throughout our continent. This is achieved through an online publication that creates spaces for dialogue and debate. The publication has a dynamic editorial line based on a "Challenge" or set of questions that are raised each month by an expert in the field.  Academics, politicians, social activists, fellow experts and students from various countries provide the responses to the monthly Challenge. Opportunities for dialogue organized by ADS have taken place in Latin America, Europe and North America.

Unlike newspapers or other similar portals, the core of our content is uploaded monthly, making the traffic of our site comparable to specialized magazines and academic journals. ADS atracts young policy makers and  businessmen, students of the social sciences, people working on behalf of international organizations and a broad range of individuals interested in Latin American Affairs.

ADS is currently sent directly to the inbox of a list of 60,000 people from Latin and North America, Europe and Asia. This list is mainly made of decision makers, government officials, businessmen, scholars, students and other actors with interests in the region. Visitors can also subscribe to receive our electornic version directly from our website free of charge.

ADS works with strategic partners at a number of organizations in Latin America, North America and Europe. Some of the alliances are basic, involving the exchange of data and content (Latinobarómetro, Expansiva, etc). Others, especially with educational institutions, go further and aim to cooperate in the organization of lectures and conferences (SIPA, Sciences Po). Alliances are also made with other publications to foster permanent spaces for shared publication with ADS (Americas Quarterly). ADS has partnered with PODER Magazine, a leading business and politics magazine for Latin America based in Miami, to administrate a blog focused on sparking debate about current political affairs in the region.

The MPA at Sciences Po. Paris, France.
Americas Quarterly. New York City, USA.
The OECD Development Center. Paris, France.
Latinobarómetro Corporation. Santiago, Chile.
Poder 360. Miami, USA.
Observatorio Sudamérica XXI. Santiago, Chile.
Institute of Latin American Studies, SIPA Columbia University. NY, USA.

Instituto de Estudos do Trabalho e Sociedade. Sao Paulo, Brazil.

Desafios (Challenges) for Asuntos del Sur have been posed by experts on different policy areas. Challenges are between three and four paragraphs in length and followed by a set of questions which the authors can challenge and invite other experts to reply.

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Our team is mainly made up of a diverse group of people from countries in Latin America but also a few call Europe or the United States their home. All of them either hold an advance graduate degree or are currently pursuing graduate education. All of them are at least bilingual and some of them speak up to five different languages. However, our main element in common, is the fact we all believe in making Latin America a better place through constant debate and exchange.

EDUARDO J. VERGARA BOLBARAN| Co-Director.
Eduardo is a political scientist from the University of Portland, MA(c) in Political Science from California State University Long Beach and Master of Public Affaris (MPA) fromThe Paris Institute of Political Studies (Sciences Po). He has worked in both the executive and legislative branches of the Chilean government and has advised political movements and parties in Chile. He has diverse working experience in institutions in Latin America, Europe and the United States. He has regularly been publishing political columns in national and international newspapers and magazines for the last three years. Heis currently a Political Campaign Director in Chile. eduardo@asuntosdelsur.org

MATIAS BIANCHI| Co-Director.
Matías is a political scientist from the University of Buenos Aires, holds an MSc from Oxford University and an MPA from the Paris Institute of Political Studies (Sciences Po). He has worked at the Woodrow Wilson Center, UNDP, OEA, OECD and the Argentinean Government. He currently works as an external consultant to the OECD development center. matias.bianchi@sciences-po.org

IGNACIO MORANDE MONTT| Co-Founder.
Ignacio is a political scientist from Lawrence University and holds an MPA from Sciences Po Paris and The London School of Economics. He has worked for the Ministry of Foreign Affairs in Chile (APEC 2004), the Chancellorship of research and Development at University of Chile and the private sector. Ignacio currently works for the Chilean Economic Development Agency (CORFO). ignacio.morande@sciences-po.org        

IGNACIO LARA: PhD in Political Institutions from the Catholic University of Milan. Currently works for the Master in International Relations at ASERI and as a researcher for the University of Milan.

JUAN PABLO FRANCO: Industrial Engineer and Political Scientist from the Universidad de Los Andes in Colombia. Has worked for the Colombian Government and is finishing the Sciences Po MPA.

SERGIO TRIANA: Political scientist from the Universidad de Los Andes in Colombia. Sergio has worked for the OAS and IDB. Currently finishing the MPA Sciences Po and SIPA, Columbia University.

PALOMA MUNOZ: Is a student of International Relations at Columbia University (BA and MIA).

GUILHERME GOULART: Holds a BA in international relations and an MA from Sciences Po Paris.

LISA BOUZAN: Is currently finishing a BA and the Master Affaires Publiques, Sciences Po Paris and is the coordinator of ADScPo.

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