Authors

Monte is a Dr. phil. in History by the Free University of Berlin (Germany) and a Visiting Professor of History at Universidad Nacional de Costa Rica. His latest publication, Atractivismo: Historia de la institucionalización y naturalización del turismo en Nicaragua (1936-1979), Herder, 2024.

Cifuentes is the Director of the Center of Financial Studies at ESE Business School and a professor of economics in Santiago, Chile.  

Loxton is a Senior Lecturer in Comparative Politics at the University of Sydney. His latest book is Authoritarianism: A Very Short Introduction.

Rodríguez Pueblita is Professor of Business Economics at IPADE Business School in Mexico City and Co-Founder of Quantor Advisors, a financial advisory firm. He holds a PhD in Economics for the University of Pennsylvania.

Ortiz-Mena, PhD, is the CEO of AOM Advisors, Adjunct Professor of International Political Economy at Georgetown University, and Chair of the USMCA Committee at the Mexican Foreign Trade Council (COMCE). He writes from DC. The views expressed in this article are the author’s own and do not necessarily reflect those of any institution or organization … Read more

Larratt-Smith is an assistant professor in the Department of Criminal Justice and Security Studies at the University of Texas at El Paso (UTEP).

Polga-Hecimovich is an associate professor of political science at the U.S. Naval Academy, where he also co-directs the Forum for Latin American Studies.

Martínez is an associate professor of political science at the University of Concepción (Chile) and serves as the alternate director of the Millennium Nucleus on Political Crises in Latin America – CRISPOL

Smith is a research professor of economics at Universidad Iberoamericana, Mexico City, and has been a consultant with the World Bank, IDB, OAS, OECD, the Inter-American Foundation and the U.S. Department of State.

Coste is a columnist at Expansión Política and author of Derechos humanos y política en México (2022).

Quiroz is an economist and a public affairs and political risk consultant in the energy sector at Integralia, in Mexico City.

Uzcátegui is a sociologist and the Co-Director of Laboratorio de Paz, an NGO dedicated to promoting democracy and human rights in Venezuela. Previously, he was the General Coordinator of PROVEA, another Caracas-based NGO focused on defending economic, social, and cultural human rights.