Ricardo Martínez
Ricardo Martínez is a freelance journalist based between Mexico and Brazil

Laurence Blair
Blair reports from Paraguay for The Guardian, The Economist, and The New York Times. His book Patria, an alternative history of South America, will be published by Bodley Head/Vintage in November 2024. @laurieablair
Valeria Moy
Moy is the director of think tank IMCO (Instituto Mexicano para la Competitividad) and a member of AQ‘s editorial board.
Carlos Hernández
Carlos Hernández is an economist and freelance writer from Venezuela
Maiara Folly
Maiara Folly is a researcher with the Igarapé Institute.
Maria Beatriz Bonna Nogueira
Bonna Nogueira is a former General-Coordinator for Refugee Issues at Brazil’s Ministry of Justice and a consultant with the Igarapé Institute.
Spencer Chainey
Spencer Chainey is the principal research associate at the Jill Dando Institute of Security and Crime Science, University College of London.

Katherine Aguirre
Aguirre is a senior researcher at the Igarapé Institute.

Félix Seijas Rodríguez
Félix Seijas Rodríguez. Ph.D., is a Venezuelan political analyst and statistician. He is the director of the Caracas-based Delphos polling firm.
Joe Parkin Daniels
Joe Parkin Daniels is a freelance reporter based in Bogotá
Diego Garcia-Devis
Diego Garcia-Devis is a program officer with the Open Society Foundation’s Global Drug Policy program.
Alejandro Franco Restrepo
Alejandro Franco Restrepo is the executive director of Ruta N in Medellín.
Jun Olman
Jun Olman is a freelance contributor based in Mexico City.

Margaret Myers
Margaret Myers is director of the China and Latin America program at the Inter-American Dialogue.
Ona Russell
Ona Russell holds a Ph.D. in American literature and is the author most recently of Rule of Capture, an award-winning novel set in 1920s Los Angeles.