Authors

Troncoso is the co-coordinator of the Center for Studies on Transnational Organized Crime (CeCOT), International Relations Institute (IRI), University of La Plata (UNLP), Argentina.

Herrera is an economist and managing director at Síntesis Financiera, a Caracas-based consulting firm.

Leland Lazarus is the associate director for national security at the Florida International University Jack D. Gordon Institute of Public Policy. He is a former U.S. Foreign Service officer.

Paul Constance is a writer and consultant who studies public policy problems with long time horizons, such as human fertility, ecosystem restoration and pension reform. He was born in Argentina and is based in Virginia.

Pablo Ortellado is a professor at the public policy management course at the School of Arts, Sciences and Humanities of Universidade de São Paulo (USP).  

Fernández de Soto is an analyst on the Global Risk Analysis team for the Andean Region at Control Risks

Valerio is a geopolitical risk strategist focusing on Latin America and the founder of Valerio Consulting Group, a boutique consulting firm based in Washington, DC

Ordóñez is the executive director of Southern Voice, an open platform for think tanks that promotes evidence-based policy analysis by researchers from Global South countries.

Persaud is the foreign secretary of Guyana.

Anaís Medeiros Passos is associate professor of sociology and political science at Universidade Federal de Santa Catarina (UFSC).

Velásquez Nimatuj is a journalist, analyst, and university professor. She was the first Maya-K’iche’ woman to earn a doctorate in social anthropology.