Authors

Morandi is an energy strategist with prior leadership roles at AES Corporation, including strategic planning for AES Electricidad de Caracas

Toro is a Senior Research Fellow at AthenaLab think tank (Chile) and Senior Associated Fellow at RUSI. He recently visited Antarctica for the fourth time.

Pacheo is a nonresident fellow at Rice University’s Baker Institute for Public Policy and a former PDVSA executive.

Meiman Hock is a former U.S. diplomat and trade negotiator serving throughout Latin America. She is an Adjunct Professor at Georgetown University and on the board of the Inter-American Dialogue.

Mantovani is an independent journalist who has written and edited for major Brazilian media outlets for over 20 years

Pérez is a professor of political science at the University of North Texas at Dallas. He is the author of Civil-Military Relations in Post-Conflict Societies: Transforming the Role of the Military in Central America.

Andrei Netto is the Latin American and Caribbean editor at The Guardian and the author of Bringing Down Gaddafi: On the Ground with the Libyan Rebels (Palgrave MacMillan).

Pinas is a freelance journalist based in Suriname, where he covers politics, crime and climate. He writes for the local daily newspaper de Ware Tijd, and his work has been published in international outlets including The Guardian, Dialogue Earth and de Volkskrant.

Keseberg Dávalos is a Bolivian independent foreign policy adviser. She previously served as Senior Foreign Policy Adviser to the Vice-President of the European Parliament for Human Rights and Democracy and as Director of Global Public Affairs for a network of 70 think tanks from the Global South.

Ledezma is a faculty member at the National University of Costa Rica and holds a Ph.D. in History from El Colegio de México. 

Eduardo A. Gamarra, PhD, is a professor of politics and international relations at Florida International University, and associate director for basic research at the Jack D. Gordon Institute. He writes from Miami.

Erich de la Fuente, PhD, is a senior research fellow at the Adam Smith Center for Economic Freedom and an adjunct professor of politics, international relations, and crisis management at Florida International University. He writes from Miami.

Crosta is the founder of Earth League International, a nonprofit that investigates environmental crime networks.

Alvarado Quesada is a former president of Costa Rica (2018-22) and professor at the Fletcher School at Tufts University.

Tavella is Director, Head of Macro and Sovereign Strategy at Balanz