Charles Hale
Charles Hale is a professor of anthropology and African diaspora studies at the University of Texas at Austin.
Stephen Johnson
Stephen Johnson is director of the Latin America and Caribbean Division at the International Republican Institute and was co-author of the 2012 report “Police Reform in Latin America—Implications for U.S. Policy,” published by the Center for Strategic and International Studies.
Stephen Handelman
Stephen Handelman is managing editor of Americas Quarterly and director of the Center on Media, Crime and Justice at John Jay College of Criminal Justice in New York. He is a veteran journalist and author.
Luis Carlos Villegas
Luis Carlos Villegas is the Colombian ambassador to the United States of America. This article was written in collaboration with the Colombian Navy attaché in Washington DC.
Miguel Reyes
Miguel Reyes is a lawyer from the Universidad de los Andes and a contibutor to Semana.com. Follow him on Twitter at @MiguelR281.
María Alejandra Mosquera
María Alejandra Mosquera is a guest blogger for AQ Online and a Colombian journalist who works primarily as an analyst of her country’s political issues.
Simon Whistler
Simon Whistler is practice leader for political risk consulting in the Americas at Control Risks, the global business risk consultancy.
Adam Wolsky
Adam Wolsky is a contributing blogger to AQ Online. He graduated from Tulane University with a B.A. in Latin American History, and he is currently a Masters student at Columbia University in Latin American and Caribbean Studies.
Cementos Progreso S.A.
Cementos Progreso S.A. is a Guatemalan company that has been dedicated to the production and commercialization of cement, concrete, lime, and other construction materials and services for more than 114 years.
Mash-Mash
Mash-Mash is a member of the Maya Mam Nation Council and the Plurinational Council of Maya Peoples (CPO).
José Guadalupe Gómez
José Guadalupe Gómez is a member of the Maya Mam Nation Council and the Plurinational Council of Maya Peoples (CPO).
Álvaro Paredes
Álvaro Paredes is a researcher at the CIUP.
Cynthia Sanborn
Cynthia Sanborn is a political scientist and director of the Centro de Investigación de la Universidad del Pacífico (CIUP) in Lima, Peru.
Geisselle Sánchez
Geisselle Sánchez is an economist and associate researcher at PERT-FAUSAC.
Silvel Elías
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.
