Authors

Wilda Escarfuller and Adam Frankel are contributing bloggers to AQ Online. Wilda is editorial associate of Americas Quarterly and policy associate at Americas Society/Council of the Americas. Adam is a human rights researcher specializing in race, gender and sexuality issues in Latin America. Follow them on Twitter at @Wilda_E and @AdamJFrankel.

Caitlin Andrews is a Ph.D. student at the University of Texas at Austin.

Katie Micklethwaite is an analyst for Control Risks, a global risk consultancy.

Joaquín Vallejo is Political and Projects officer at the British Embassy in Ecuador. His views do not represent those of the British Government.

Dr. Thomas W. O’Donnell is an academic and analyst of the role of global oil and gas markets in geopolitics and development – inlcuding Latin America, OPEC-Middle East, the U.S., EU, Russia and China. He blogs at GlobalBarrel.com

Thomaz Favaro is the lead Brazil analyst based in São Paulo for Control Risks, the international risk consultancy.

Rosario Yori is a Peruvian journalist. She currently lives in New York City and is completing her MA in journalism and Latin American Studies at New York University. 

Ramón Espinasa is an adjunct professor at Georgetown University and former chief economist of Petróleos de Venezuela.

Vanni Pettinà is a postdoctoral researcher in the Institute of History at Colegio de México and Associate Fellow at the LSE-IDEAS Latin American International Affairs Programme.

Akira Yamada is Director-General of the Latin America and Caribbean Affairs Bureau for the Japanese Ministry of Foreign Affairs.

Alejandro Madrazo is professor of law at the Centro de Investigación y Docencia Económicas (CIDE) in Mexico City.  

Gordian Kemen is managing director and chief strategist of LatAm Fixed Income at HSBC Securities (USA) Inc.  

Kent Allen is principal of San Francisco-based The Research Trust and is a digital commerce analyst specializing in cross-border e-commerce.  

Jennifer McCoy is Distinguished University Professor of Political Science at Georgia State University and director of the Carter Center Americas Program.

Michael McCarthy is a Research Fellow at the Center for Latin American & Latino Studies at American University, Adjunct Professor at George Washington University’s Elliot School for International Affairs, and founder of Caracas Wire, a newsletter on Venezuelan politics. Follow him on Twitter @mikecaracaswire