Authors

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. 

Lucas Perelló is a Ph.D. candidate in politics at The New School for Social Research. You can follow him on twitter @lucasperello

Morales is coauthor of The Silver Way  

Gordon is coauthor of The Silver Way