Authors

Jessica Byron is senior lecturer and former head of the department of government at the University of the West Indies at Mona, Jamaica.

Rodrigo Páez Montalbán is head of research at the Centro de Investigaciones sobre América Latina y el Caribe at the Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México, in Mexico City.

Andrew F. Cooper is a professor of political science at the University of Waterloo in Ontario, Canada, and an associate senior fellow at the Centre for Global Cooperation Research.

Pía Riggirozzi is an associate professor in global politics at the University of Southampton in the U.K.

Jorge Kawas is a researcher, analyst and writer covering security risks in Latin America.  

Anton Edmunds is head of The Edmunds Group International and senior associate at CSIS.  

Juan Luis Dammert B. is a PhD student in the Graduate School of Geography at Clark University.  

J. Timmons Roberts is Ittleson Professor of Environmental Studies and Sociology at Brown University and co-director of the Climate and Development Lab.    

Guy Edwards is research fellow and co-director of the Climate and Development Lab, Institute for Environment and Society, Brown University. Follow him on Twitter: @GuyEdwards.  

Daniel W. Drezner is a professor of international politics at The Fletcher School of Law and Diplomacy at Tufts University.  

Glenn Alan Cheney is a journalist and author of more than 20 books.  

Sarah Bons is an editor of Americas Quarterly and policy associate at Americas Society/Council of the Americas. 

Jeff Baum is a researcher at the Climate and Development Lab, Brown University. All opinions expressed in this article are the sole responsibility of the author.

Gilberto Garcia is a research associate in the Latin America Studies program at the Council on Foreign Relations.

Wendi Muse is second-year doctoral student of Brazilian and Lusophone African history at New York University.