Authors

Karin Digbyana Baten Riquiac, born in Chichicastenango, Guatemala, is a student at the Universidad Autónoma de Barcelona.

Red de Seguridad y Defensa de América Latina is an organization dedicated to defense issues and democracy and is based in Buenos Aires, Argentina.

Ricardo Aaron Verona Badajoz is a researcher at the Instituto de Defensa Legal in Lima, Peru.

Claudia Cadelo de Nevi is writes for the Octavo Cerco blog. She lives in Havana, Cuba.

Paula Moreno Zapata is the minister of culture of Colombia.

Tom Perriello is the United States Representative for the 5th District of Virginia.

Sebastián Mendoza Garrido is the chief strategy officer for Container Consultants & Systems in Panama City, Panama.

Adrián Pérez is a national deputy for the province of Buenos Aires in Argentina.

Alan Clutterbuck is the president and co-founder of Fundación Red de Acción Política (RAP–Political Action Network), and Paula Montoya is the executive director. RAP is a pluralist, nonpartisan foundation engaged in promoting the improvement of political leadership in Argentina.

José Ignacío Beteta is executive director of the Centro de Desarrollo Educativo Integral (CENDEIT), a Peruvian non-profit organization that develops social, educational and environmental projects abroad.

Esteban Bullrich is a senator for the province of Buenos Aires and Argentina’s former minister of education.

Frank Calzon is executive director of the Center for a Free Cuba in Washington DC.

Maarten van Aalst is Associate Director and Lead Climate Specialist at the Red Cross/Red Crescent Climate Centre in The Hague, Netherlands. He also advises the World Bank, the African Development Bank and the Netherlands Ministry of Foreign Affairs on climate risk management.