Authors

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.

Alejandro Tarre is a Venezuelan writer and journalist. His work has been featured in Slate, El País, Letras Libres, The Huffington Post, The Fletcher Forum of World Affairs, and most major newspapers in Venezuela. He has also worked in radio and TV and is a regular contributor to NTN24’s Efecto Naím.

Paula Dupraz-Dobias is a freelance journalist regularly writing about Latin America for international media sources.  Born in New York, Paula has lived and worked in Switzerland, the United Kingdom and Peru, and often covers environmental issues for print and television.

Tom Long is a visiting professor of international relations at the Centro de Investigación y Docencia Económicas in Mexico City.

Leda Mora is the owner of Latina Beauty Variedades and a member of Make the Road New York’s Small Businesses United project.

Daniel Cerqueira is senior program officer at the Due Process of Law Foundation. Follow him on Twitter at @dlcerqueira

Carol Pires is a staff writer at Piauí Magazine in Brazil and holds a M.A. in Latin American studies from Columbia University.

Maria Hinojosa is the founder of Futuro Media Group, anchor and executive producer of NPR’s Latino USA, and anchor and executive producer of America by the Numbers with Maria Hinojosa.