Authors

This piece was written by the editorial team of Asia Trade Watch, an analysis website that deals with trade cases from an Asian perspective. Read a longer version of the article here.

Lindsay Bigda is a communications associate for the Guatemala Human Rights Commission in Washington, D.C.

Michael W. Edghill teaches courses in U.S. government and the Caribbean and Latin America. He is a contributor to Caribbean Journal and has published in the Yale Journal of International Affairs and Diplomatic Courier. Follow him on Twitter at @MichaelWEdghill.

Rebecca Rouse is a consultant at the Multilateral Investment Fund (MIF), a member of the IDB Group, where she coordinates the MIF’s Remittances and Savings Program.  Follow the MIF at @fominbid.

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.