Patricio Zamorano, Director | Senior Editor (Spanish)

Patricio Zamorano is an academic, political scientist, journalist and television and radio commentator on United States foreign and domestic policy. He is an experienced international consultant in academic development and political affairs, democracy, governance, and in hemispheric relations between Latin America and the United States. He is also a specialist in strategic communication, social media management, and online content development. He has experience as an adjunct professor, speaker, and consultant at various universities and institutions in the Americas, including Georgetown University (Center for Latin American Studies and Center for Intercultural Education and Development), The George Washington University (Graduate School of Political Management), Konrad-Adenauer-Stiftung (KAS) foundation, National University of Panamá, National Autonomous University of Honduras, Catholic University of Guayaquil (Ecuador), Catholic University of Córdoba (Argentina), Institute of Journalism José Martí (Havana University, Cuba), and the National University of Argentina, among others.

He is also the founder and executive director of InfoAméricas LLC. Patricio Zamorano actively engages in the media as an international analyst, and has published numerous news articles, reports, interviews and editorial pieces on various media in the Americas region, including COHA. He has collaborated as a political analyst for CNN en Español, Telesur, Univision, CNN Chile, NTN24, CCTV, Al Jazeera, RT News, France24, as well as newspapers as La Opinión (California), El País (Spain), El Telégrafo (Ecuador), ContraPunto (El Salvador), La Nación (Chile), and El Mostrador (Chile), among numerous others. He has served as an election observer in various Latin American countries and has developed academic projects in the field in Mexico, El Salvador, Honduras, Panama, Venezuela, Colombia, Cuba, Ecuador, Peru, Bolivia, Argentina, and Chile. He holds an MA degree in Latin American Studies from Georgetown University, and a BA in Journalism and Social Communication from University of Santiago, Chile. During his graduate studies at Georgetown University, he was the recipient of the Beeck Graduate Student Stipend Award, awarded to outstanding Latin American students.

 

Frederick B. Mills, Deputy-Director | Senior Editor (English)

Frederick B. Mills, Ph.D.,  earned his doctorate in Philosophy at American University and BA in Classics (Greek and Latin) and Philosophy at SUNY Buffalo. He is professor of philosophy and a member of the Philosophy of Liberation Association, the American Association of University Professors, and the American Philosophical Association. He has received awards for excellence in teaching and international outreach from Bowie State University. Mills has published articles on philosophy of mind, ethics and public policy, Descartes, Spinoza, Kant, Sartre, Merleau-Ponty, Mario Bencastro, Enrique Dussel as well as political analysis on contemporary Latin American politics.

He has contributed articles to Counterpunch, the Council on Hemispheric Affairs, Open Democracy, Monthly Review, Eurasia Review, and other independent media. He co-authored, with Larry Birns, a book chapter for a political science textbook; an introduction to philosophy textbook; and a book: Enrique Dussel’s Ethics of Liberation: An Introduction (Palgrave Macmillan, 2018). Mills is a former editor in chief of Humanities and Technology Review. He is a participant in the Foro Sao Paulo of Washington, DC, and a founding board member of the non-profit Association for Educational Development in El Salvador (ADEES, Inc.).

For a list of publications and links, see www.frederickbmills.com.

 

 

Jill Clark-Gollub, Assistant Editor/Translator

Jill Clark-Gollub holds an M.A. (with distinction) from the Monterey Institute of International Studies in Translation and Interpretation, and a B.A. from Tulane University in Latin American Studies and Spanish. She has over 30 years of experience as a freelance translator and interpreter at multilateral organizations, academic institutions, media outlets, and diplomatic missions in Washington, DC, including at the level of head of state. She is also a federally certified court interpreter and has done extensive translation and interpretation work in the areas of international law and human rights. Her published translations include numerous chapters in academic publications and official reports of the Pan American Health Organization and the Organization of American States (OAS). Jill is a member of the International Association of Conference Interpreters (AIIC) and the American Translators Association, from which she is recognized as a Certified Translator from Spanish and Portuguese into English.

 

William Camacaro, Senior Analyst

Originally from Venezuela, William studied at Queens College where he obtained two masters degrees, one in Fine Arts and another one in Latin-American Literature. He is the co-founder and coordinator of the Alberto Lovera Bolivarian Circle of New York and is an artist, radio host at pacifica network WBAI New York, and activist in New York City. Camacaro has published political analysis on Venezuela and Food Sovereignty.

 

 

Larry Birns, Director In Memoriam (1929-2018)

Larry Birns was the director of COHA since its founding in 1975 until his death on August 30, 2018, at the age of 89. A former defense researcher, strategist and member of the Institute for Strategic Studies in London and the All Souls College, Oxford’s military seminar, he was a senior grade public affairs officer of the U.N. Economic Commission for Latin America in Santiago, Chile. Birns also taught and lectured for 15 years in the fields of Latin American studies, comparative government, and international law at a number of U.S. and British colleges and universities.

Educated at Bates, Columbia, and St. Catherine’s College, Oxford, he authored and edited a study on the overthrow of the Allende government and has published hundreds of articles on U.S.-Latin American relations for a number of publications, including The Nation, New York Review of Books, Ottawa Citizen, the Guardian, The Independent (of London), The Village Voice, Miami Herald, Baltimore Sun, Philadelphia Inquirer, Houston Chronicle, Atlanta Constitution, Los Angeles Times, Newsday, The New York Times and Foreign Policy. He has made frequent appearances on foreign and U.S. network radio and television programs, including the Voice of America and National Public Radio (“Talk of the Nation,” “Morning Edition,” “All Things Considered,” “The Kojo Nnamdi Show” and “The Diane Rehm Show”), as well as regular analyses for the BBC. He also makes frequent appearances on Radio Havana, Canadian Television (CTV), the CBC radio and TV networks (“As It Happens,” “Newswatch,” “The National,” “Counterspin” and “Morningwatch”), and has made repeated appearances on “The McNeil-Lehrer Newshour,” “Crossfire,” as well as ABC’s “Nightline,” and the CBC’s “Newsworld.” On numerous occasions, he has been quoted by Reuters, AP, UPI, EFE, and Agence France Press news wires.

Birns also appeared on “This Week With David Brinkley,” C-SPAN, “Firing Line,” CBS’s “Nightwatch,” NBC’s “Today Show,” ABC’s “Good Morning America,” INN, CBS, ABC, NBC Evening News and repeatedly on CNN, along with many local TV and radio programs, as well as serving as a special news consultant to ABC. In addition, his analyses of Latin American issues have been widely cited by the U.S., Canadian, British and Latin American wire services, as well as by scores of foreign and domestic newspapers and newsweeklies. His views and analyses also have been cited by almost every major newspaper, radio, and television network in Latin America, particularly on their world services.

He co-authored (with Jessica Leight) an article on the Bush White House’s Latin American policy for the American Foreign Service Journal, and also co-authored (with Jessica Leight) the afterword to Dr. Paul Farmer’s The Uses of Haiti, for which Jonathan Kozol contributed the foreword and Noam Chomsky wrote the introduction (Courage Press).

Birns leaves behind a great legacy of scholarship, mentorship, and advocacy. For decades COHA provided an indispensable progressive voice on hemispheric affairs. The COHA internship program, meanwhile, launched the careers of countless Latin America-focused scholars, journalists, activists and policy specialists.