Authors

María de los Angeles Fernández is executive director of Fundación Chile 21 and served as president of the Chilean Political Science Association from 2000–2002.

Alberto Saracho is a guest blogger to AQ Online. Alberto is executive director of Fundación IDEA, one of Mexico’s first non-profit independent think-tanks.

Pedro Velasco is a guest blogger to AQ Online. Pedro is an associate researcher of Fundación IDEA, one of Mexico’s first non-profit independent think-tanks.

Carolina Herrera is a guest bloggers to AQ Online. Carolina is director of public policy programs at the American Museum of Natural History.

Katherine Koleski is a researcher at GDAE.

Aimel Wong is a guest blogger to AQ Online. Aimel is an assistant program officer at the National Endowment for Democracy. The views and opinions expressed in this article are those of the author only, and do not necessarily represent the views and opinions of the National Endowment for Democracy.

Brandon Yoder is a guest blogger to AQ Online. Brandon is a program officer at the National Endowment for Democracy. The views and opinions expressed in this article are those of the authors only, and do not necessarily represent the views and opinions of the National Endowment for Democracy.

Amos Irwin is a researcher at GDAE.

Roberto Velásquez is a guest blogger to AQ Online. He are based in Caracas, Venezuela and work at Monitoreo Ciudadano (Citizen Monitoring), a citizen initiative and NGO dedicated to monitoring and exposing the abuse of power and public resources in Venezuela. Citizen Monitoring uses the Twitter hashtag #AbusoPoder (Abuse of Power) to register complaints, and tweets … Read more

*Andrés Cañizález is a guest blogger to AQ Online. He is based in Caracas, Venezuela and he works at Monitoreo Ciudadano (Citizen Monitoring), a citizen initiative and NGO dedicated to monitoring and exposing the abuse of power and public resources in Venezuela. Citizen Monitoring uses the Twitter hashtag #AbusoPoder (Abuse of Power) to register complaints, and … Read more

José Luis León-Manríquez holds a PhD from Columbia University. He is co-editor of China Engages Latin America: Tracing the Trajectory (Lynne Rienner, 2011) and professor of international & East Asian studies at Universidad Autónoma Metropolitana in Mexico City.

Thomas C. Bruneau is distinguished professor of national security affairs at the Naval Postgraduate School in Monterey, California.