Authors

Eduardo A. Gamarra, PhD, is a professor of politics and international relations at Florida International University, and associate director for basic research at the Jack D. Gordon Institute. He writes from Miami.

Erich de la Fuente, PhD, is a senior research fellow at the Adam Smith Center for Economic Freedom and an adjunct professor of politics, international relations, and crisis management at Florida International University. He writes from Miami.

Crosta is the founder of Earth League International, a nonprofit that investigates environmental crime networks.

Alvarado Quesada is a former president of Costa Rica (2018-22) and professor at the Fletcher School at Tufts University.

Tavella is Director, Head of Macro and Sovereign Strategy at Balanz

Polo Anaya is a nonresident scholar at the Center for the U.S. and Mexico at Rice University’s Baker Institute for Public Policy.

Medellín Pino holds a Master’s degree in Political Science and Constitutional Law from CEPC Madrid. He has been a visiting professor at the Inter-American Court of Human Rights and is a founding member of CRABË.

Cossío Díaz is a Mexican lawyer who served as Minister of the Supreme Court of Justice of Mexico from December 2003 to November 2018.

Seel is a senior sovereign analyst focusing on Latin America at Artisan Partners’ EMsights Capital Group in Boston. Artisan Partners Limited Partnership (APLP) is an investment adviser registered with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC).

Hu is a former intern with the Americas Program at CSIS and a graduate student at Georgetown University

Ziemer is an associate fellow with the Americas Program at CSIS

Hernandez-Roy is a senior fellow and deputy director of the Americas Program at CSIS

Wallace is an award-winning journalist and author and an associate professor of journalism at the University of Connecticut

Mazariegos is an editor at AQ.