Authors

Jonathan Hiskey is an associate professor of political science at Vanderbilt University. He can be contacted at j.hiskey@vanderbilt.edu.

Albinson Linares is a Venezuelan investigative journalist. His work has appeared in El Nacional, Playboy (Venezuela), Exceso, Zero, and many other publications. He is the author of the books Hugo Chávez, nuestro enfermo en La Habana (E-Cicero.es), and El último rostro de Chávez (Aguilar). Follow him at @albinsonl.

Rafael Osío Cabrices is a journalist with 20 years of experience writing about Venezuela, Cuba and Latin America. He is the author of four books, including Apuntes bajo el aguacero, a collection of essays about life under Chávez’s “twenty-first century socialism.”

Timerman is a freelance reporter in Buenos Aires. She edits the Latin America Daily Briefing.

Herman Portocarero is a Belgian career diplomat, presently representing the EU in Cuba as Ambassador, Head of Delegation of the European External Action Service (EEAS). This article reflects his personal views and experience.

Laura Rojas is a senior fellow at the Center for Democracy and Development in the Americas (CDDA) in Washington DC. She specializes in international political and economic issues and U.S.-Latin America relations. She is a commentator for CNN and NTN24 and her articles have appeared on Fox News Latino.

Matthew L. Layton is a PhD candidate in the Department of Political Science at Vanderbilt University.

Natalie Schachar is a freelance writer living in Buenos Aires.  

Anne Palmer is a program director for Food Communities and Public Health at John Hopkins Center for a Livable Future.

Horacio Terraza is the infrastructure coordinator of the IDB’s Emerging and Sustainable Cities Initiative.

Diana Castro Benetti is regional program manager for Fundación Avina.

Alejandro Garro is an adjunct professor at Columbia Law School.

Duncan Wood is the director of the Mexico Institute at the Woodrow Wilson International Center for Scholars.