Master's students at the Steven J. Green School of International & Public Affairs are learning from a man widely regarded as one of the brightest minds in Central American politics—proving experience is, indeed, the greatest source of knowledge.
Former Costa Rican President Luis Guillermo Solís Rivera is a professor of “Contemporary Politics in Central America” at FIU's Kimberly Green Latin American and Caribbean Center (LACC), part of the Green School.
Solis has been a scholar for 35 years, long before he became a politician, and served as a researcher for LACC prior to his presidency in 2014. After his term, Solis decided to distance himself from the administration to view it from a different perspective.
He returned to FIU, which he refers to as his second alma mater, to teach the next generation of political leaders the current dynamics of Central American politics.