Authors

Newbery is a freelance journalist based in Buenos Aires

Malamud is a senior research fellow at the Institute of Social Sciences of the University of Lisbon.  

Mark Robinson is Executive Director of the Extractive Industries Transparency Initiative (EITI)’s International Secretariat; 

Daniel Kaufmann is President and CEO of the Natural Resource Governance Institute (NRGI

Borda is an associate professor of political science at the University of the Andes in Bogotá, Colombia. Follow her on Twitter @sandraborda

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