Authors

Bárcena is the executive secretary of the Economic Commission for Latin America and Caribbean (ECLAC).

Dr. Elizabeth J. Zechmeister is director of LAPOP and associate professor of political science at Vanderbilt University.

Taylor Barnes is a Rio de Janeiro-based reporter focusing on public security, human rights and development. Her work appears frequently in The New York Times, the Christian Science Monitor, Latin Trade, GlobalPost and Foreign Policy.

Taj is an independent reporter based in Lima

Ted Piccone is a senior fellow and acting vice president for foreign policy at the Brookings Institution, and was an advisor on Latin America in the Clinton Administration.  

Rodrigo Borja is a guest blogger to AQ Online.  He is a Mexican historian and writer. His Twitter account is @ruyborja.

Mari Hayman is managing editor of AQ Online. She is a policy manager for the Americas Society and Council of the Americas and editor for Americas Quarterly. Follow her on Twitter at @MariHayman.

Alejandro Erquicia is a guest blogger for AQ Online and a Spanish-American freelance journalist based out of New York. He is a contributor at Foreign Policy en Español. His Twitter account is:@alerqui.

Carolina Gómez Piñol is a guest blogger to AQ Online. She is web editor of Revista Perspectiva.

Mariana Marval is a guest blogger to AQ Online. She is a Venezuelan mass media communications graduate and musical theater performer who has lived in London, United Kingdome, for the past three years.

Diego DSola is a guest blogger to AQ Online. He studies at Fordham University and writes a bimonthly column for the influential Venezuelan newspaper TalCual. Follow him on Twitter: @DiegoDsola.