Authors

Irene Estefanía González is a program strategy and communications associate in the office of the president at the Inter-American Dialogue. Born in Spain, she previously worked at El País and the National Democratic Institute.

Samuel Handlin is assistant professor of political science at Swarthmore College.  His teaching and research focuses on the politics of Latin America and authoritarian regimes, with a particular emphasis on Venezuela. @shandlin  

Wes Michael Tomaselli is a freelance journalist and researcher based in Colombia

Beatriz Borges is director of Center for Justice and Peace (CEPAZ), a human rights organization in Venezuela. You can follow her on Twitter @beabor and CEPAZ @_CEPAZ.

Parrado is Chief Economist at the Inter-American Development Bank  

He Mu is a food and agriculture investment professional covering China and Latin America

Sergio Guzmán is the director of Colombia Risk Analysis, a political risk consulting firm based in Bogotá. Follow him on Twitter @serguzes and @ColombiaRisk

Carlos Salinas Maldonado is a Nicaraguan journalist and the former editor of Confidencial.com.ni. He lives in Mexico City and writes for the Spanish newspaper El País.

Girish Gupta is the founder and CEO of Data Drum. He worked in Venezuela as a journalist for eight years. 

Berg is director of the Americas Program and head of the Future of Venezuela Initiative at the Center for Strategic and International Studies