Authors

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.

César Rodríguez-Garavito is associate professor of law and founding director of the program on Global Justice and Human Rights at the Universidad de los Andes.

Katya Salazar is the executive director of the Due Process of Law Foundation (DPLF).

Sonia Meza-Cuadra is an economist specializing in mining and development.

Michael McDonald is a journalist for Reuters and has been covering news in Central America for the last five years.  

Victor A. Matheson is a professor of economics at the College of the Holy Cross.  

Robert A. Boland is academic chair and professor of sports management at New York University’s Preston Robert Tisch Center for Hospitality, Tourism and Sports Management.