Authors

Mariana Bueno is a Uruguayan freelance journalist and video editor. Follow her on Twitter at @MarianaBuen0.

Nicholas Brennan is a journalist and filmmaker currently based in New York City.

Alejandro Gutiérrez is legal associate at the New York-based Human Rights Foundation.

Nicole Etchart is co-founder and co-CEO of NESsT, which develops sustainable social enterprises that solve critical social problems in emerging market economies. She is based in Santiago, Chile.

Christine V. Gomes is a Program Associate at the Americas Society/Council of the Americas. Follow her on Twitter @cvidgomes.

Keith Madden is a researcher at Brown University with the Climate and Development Lab and is working towards a degree in environmental studies and international relations.

Lauren Eades is an emerging markets analyst at Ergo, an intelligence and advisory firm.

Kevin Lees is is an attorney in Washington, D.C. and editor of Suffragio, a website on world politics. Follow him on Twitter at @Suffragio.

Daniel Sachs is a Latin America analyst with Control Risks, a global risk consultancy.  

Timothy Bouldry photographs and reports stories about landfill-dependent communities to spread awareness about the treatment of the environment and to promote social change. Visit www.TimothyBouldry.com to learn more.

Ramiro Sebastián Fúnez is a Honduran-American political journalist and activist earning his master’s degree in politics at New York University. Follow him on Twitter at @RamiroSFunez.

Laura Tulchin is a Latin America policy researcher. She spent four years living in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil as a Fulbright scholar and as a Masters candidate in Political Science.

John M. Carey is the Wentworth Professor in the Social Sciences at Dartmouth College. More information about his research on elections and democratic accountability is available athttp://sites.dartmouth.edu/jcarey/.