Authors

Mash-Mash is a member of the Maya Mam Nation Council and the Plurinational Council of Maya Peoples (CPO).

José Guadalupe Gómez is a member of the Maya Mam Nation Council and the Plurinational Council of Maya Peoples (CPO).

Álvaro Paredes is a researcher at the CIUP. 

Cynthia Sanborn is a political scientist and director of the Centro de Investigación de la Universidad del Pacífico (CIUP) in Lima, Peru.

Geisselle Sánchez is an economist and associate researcher at PERT-FAUSAC.

Silvel Elías is the director of the Program of Rural and Territorial Studies (PERT-FAUSAC) at the School of Agronomy of the Universidad de San Carlos in Guatemala.

Sebastian Agudelo is a legal researcher at Ocampo Duque Abogados.

Diana María Ocampo is the founder of Ocampo Duque Abogados, a consultancy firm specializing in land law.

Valentina Mir Bennett is an attorney at Carcelén, Desmadryl, Guzmán, Schaeffer & Tapía. 

Jerónimo Carcelén Pacheco is a partner at Carcelén, Desmadryl, Guzmán, Schaeffer & Tapía.

Ariel Fiszbein is program director at the Inter-American Dialogue.  

Jim Swigert directs the National Democractic Institute’s programs in Latin America and the Caribbean.  

Charles Kamasaki is executive vice president of the National Council of La Raza and a resident fellow at the Migration Policy Institute.  

Robert Muse is a lawyer in Washington DC, with substantial experience in U.S. laws relating to Cuba.  

Roberto Junguito Pombo is president  of Cerrejón.