Authors

Alfredo Montufar-Helu is a guest blogger to AQ Online. His expertise is in the analysis of global affairs including political risk, emerging markets, international security, energy security, and Latin American geopolitics as well as Mexico and China. He is on the editorial team at Asia Trade Watch.

Adriana Vicentini works at the Office of the Mayor of Sucre, Venezuela.

Federico Ortega works at the Office of the Mayor of Sucre, Venezuela.

Natasha Quintana works at the Office of the Mayor of Sucre, Venezuela.

Eduardo Vergara Bolbarán is the founding director of Asuntos del Sur, Latin America’s first regional online public policy journal.

Matías Bianchi is the founding director of Asuntos del Sur, Latin America’s first regional online public policy journal.

Manuela Bolivar helped form Futuro Presente, an organization that helps mobilize young people to speak out for democracy and rule of law in Venezuela.

Dariela Sosa helped form Futuro Presente, an organization that helps mobilize young people to speak out for democracy and rule of law in Venezuela.

Rodrigo Diamanti helped form Futuro Presente, an organization that helps mobilize young people to speak out for democracy and rule of law in Venezuela.

Aníbal Gálvez Rivas is a researcher at the Instituto de Defensa Legal in Lima, Peru.

Ramona Carey, Presidential Management Fellow and special assistant to Alice Hill, contributed to this article.

Alice Hill, a retired judge for the Los Angeles Superior Court, is the senior counselor to the secretary of the United States Department of Homeland Security.

General Douglas Fraser is commander of U.S. Southern Command

Genaro García Luna Mexico’s Secretary of public security.

Sérgio Cabral is governor of the State of Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. He assumed office in January 2007.