Authors

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.   

Marcela Prieto is the general director of Foro Semana and former executive director of the Instituto de Ciencia Política—Hernán Echavarría Olózaga in Bogotá, Colombia.

Ricardo Argüello is a professor at the Universidad del Rosario in Bogotá, Colombia.  

Juanita León is the editor of La Silla Vacía.  

Ana Carolina González Espinosa is a research associate at Externado University. She was elected as a society representative to the Colombian EITI National Tripartite Committee in 2013. Follow her on Twitter: @AnaCaroGE.

Carolina Neal is a historic preservation specialist at Neal Group Construction, as well as a public infrastructure consultant and freelance writer. She earned an M.A. in international affairs from the Fletcher School of Law and Diplomacy at Tufts University.