Authors

Valerio is a geopolitical risk strategist focusing on Latin America and the founder of Valerio Consulting Group, a boutique consulting firm based in Washington, DC

Ordóñez is the executive director of Southern Voice, an open platform for think tanks that promotes evidence-based policy analysis by researchers from Global South countries.

Persaud is the foreign secretary of Guyana.

Anaís Medeiros Passos is associate professor of sociology and political science at Universidade Federal de Santa Catarina (UFSC).

Velásquez Nimatuj is a journalist, analyst, and university professor. She was the first Maya-K’iche’ woman to earn a doctorate in social anthropology.

Magnotta is a Senior Fellow at the Brazilian Center for International Relations and a professor and coordinator of the International Relations Program at Fundação Armando Alvares Penteado in São Paulo.

Quinn is a new energy reporter at International Business Times UK and a former editorial assistant at AQ

Montt is an associate professor of history at the Pontificia Universidad Católica de Chile and the deputy director of the Millennium Nucleus on the Impacts of China in Latin America

Gallo is a lawyer and art history writer based in Lima.

Caso Bello is a freelance writer, analyst, and lecturer at the University of Ottawa

Boldrini is a staff reporter at Folha de S.Paulo and the host of podcasts Caso das 10 Mil and Sufrágio.