Juan Bosco Rodríguez Ballvé is the General Director of República Media Group, based in Guatemala. He is also a proprietary advisor to the publisher of elEconomista, Spain, and a professor of entrepreneurship and communication at the Universidad del Istmo (UNIS). He has been a strategic communications and public affairs consultant at FTI Consulting, covering Latin America. Previously, he was chief of staff at the Americas Society & Council of the Americas. He received his B.A. from NYU Stern and his M.A. from the Instituto de Estudos Políticos of the Universidade Católica Portuguesa.