Authors

Margaret E. Crahan is senior research scholar and director of the Cuba program at the Institute for Latin American Studies, Columbia University.

Allie Fleder is manager to the president and CEO at Americas Society/Council of the Americas.  

Álvaro de Soto led the negotiations that resulted in the 1992 peace accord ending the war in El Salvador.

Joydeep Mukherji is managing director in the Sovereign Ratings Group at Standard & Poor’s.

Clem McCartney is an independent research consultant on conflict and community issues at the Club de Madrid.

Katerina Valdivieso is a journalist based in Peru. She currently works at the Universidad del Pacífico and was previously an assistant producer at NPR and writer for Clarín in Argentina.  

Collin Laverty is a leading expert on Cuba and U.S.-Cuba relations. He is founder and president of Cuba Educational Travel. 

Timothy J. Power is a lecturer in Brazilian studies and a fellow of St. Antony’s College at the University of Oxford.  

Marcos Troyjo is the director of bricLab at Columbia University.  

Alejandro Hope is an independent security analyst and a former official at CISEN.  

Eduardo Guerrero is a partner at Lantia Consultores in Mexico City and an expert in security policy.  

Daniel H. Levine is a professor of political science, emeritus, at the University of Michigan.  

Vilma Hidalgo is a professor of economics at the University of Havana.  

Yaima Doimeadios is a professor of economics at the University of Havana.  

Carmelo Mesa-Lago is a Distinguished Service Professor Emeritus of Economics and Latin American Studies at the University of Pittsburgh.