Authors

Arturo Lopez Levy is an adjunct instructor and PhD Candidate at the Josef Korbel School of International Studies of the University of Denver. He is a co-author of the book “Raul Castro and the New Cuba: A Close-Up View of Change.” Follow him on Twitter at @turylevy.

Mariano Batalla is managing director of Batalla Abogados and visiting professor of entrepreneurship at INCAE Business School in Costa Rica.

Luís Henrique Vieira is a guest blogger for AQ online. He is a freelance journalist based in Porto Alegre, Brazil.

Beatriz Casals is an entrepreneur, a principal at Global Ethics Advisors, LLC, a founder of Casals & Associates, Inc. and served as president of the International Consortium on Governmental Financial Management and the Association for the Study of the Cuban Economy. 

Annika Dalén is a guest blogger for AQ online and works at the Centro de Estudios de Derecho, Justicia y Sociedad (The Center for the Study of Law, Justice and Society-DeJuSticia) in Bogotá, Colombia.

Manuel Avendaño is a guest blogger for AQ online. He is a Venezuelan political consultant and member of the think tank Diploos. His Twitter account is @manuelavendano

Elías Amor is a Cuban economist and a guest blogger for Americas Quarterly.

Claver-Carone is a Miami-based private-equity investor focused on energy and infrastructure in the Americas. He was a U.S. Treasury and National Security Council senior official in the Trump administration and president of the Inter-American Development Bank from 2020-22. 

Socorro Ramírez is a professor in the Institute of Political Studies and International Relations (IEPRI) at the Universidad Nacional de Colombia.

Tim Rogers is editor of The Nicaragua Dispatch. He has been reporting from Central America for more than a decade, contributing to publications such as TIME, BBC, The Miami Herald, The Christian Science Monitor, and Global Post.

José Antonio Caballero is a professor in the Division of Legal Studies at the Centro de Investigación y Docencia Económicas (CIDE) in Mexico City.

Quentin Delpech is a political science researcher at the Sorbonne University.

Howard J. Wiarda is the Dean Rusk Professor of International Relations and Head, Department of International Affairs, at the University of Georgia.