Europa Publications’ regional publications are compiled by a team of editors and researchers, with introductory and country-specific material provided by specialists in their field: Prof. Anna Ayuso. Senior Research Fellow at Barcelona Centre for International Affairs (CIDOB), Barcelona, Spain. Dr Marc Becker. Professor of History, Latin American History, at Truman State University, Kirksville, MO, USA. Prof. Jessica Byron. Director of the Institute of International Relations at the University of the West Indies, St Augustine Campus, Trinidad and Tobago. Dr Peter Clegg. Senior Lecturer in Politics and International Relations at the University of the West of England, Bristol, United Kingdom. Dr John Crabtree. Research Associate at the Latin American Centre at the University of Oxford, United Kingdom. Dr David Diaz Arias. Associate Professor of History and Director of Graduate Studies in the Department of History at the University of Costa Rica. Fabio Andres Diaz Pabon. Researcher at the African Centre of Excellence for Inequality Research at the University of Cape Town, and Research Associate in the Department of Political and International Studies at Rhodes University, South Africa. Dr Robert Funk. Senior Associate, Americas Program, at the Center for Strategic and International Studies, Washington, DC, USA. Prof. Francisco E. Gonzalez. Senior Associate Professor in International Political Economy Latin America at the School of Advanced International Studies at Johns Hopkins University, Washington, DC, USA. Prof. Susanne Gratius. Professor of International Law at the Autonomous University of Madrid, Spain. Prof. Antoni Kapcia. Professor of Latin American History and Director of the Centre for Research on Cuba at the University of Nottingham, United Kingdom. Prof. Peter Lambert. Professor of Latin American Studies at the University of Bath, United Kingdom. Dr Francesca Lessa. Marie Sklodowska-Curie Research Fellow at the Latin American Centre, University of Oxford, United Kingdom. Prof. Robert E. Looney. International consultant specializing in economic development and Distinguished Professor, Naval Postgraduate School, Monterey, CA, USA. Ivan Luzardo-Luna. Researcher specializing in Latin American economic affairs. Prof. Robin Mahon. Professor Emeritus of Marine Affairs in the Centre for Resource Management and Environmental Studies at the University of the West Indies, Barbados. Dr Patrick McConney. Senior Lecturer in Marine Resource Management Planning and Director of the Centre for Resource Management and Environmental Studies at the University of the West Indies, Barbados. Ellen Moodie. Associate Professor in the Department of Anthropology at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, IL, USA. Dr Emily Morris. Honorary Research Associate in the Economic Development of Latin America and the Caribbean at University College London’s Institute of the Americas, United Kingdom. Prof. Hazel A. Oxenford. Professor of Marine Ecology and Fisheries in the Centre for Resource Management and Environmental Studies at the University of the West Indies, Barbados. Maria Gabriela Palacio Ludeña. Assistant Professor in Development Studies in the Faculty of Humanities at Leiden University, Netherlands. Prof. Francisco Panizza. Professor of Latin American and Comparative Politics at the London School of Economics and Political Science, United Kingdom. Flavio Pinheiro. Assistant Professor in Public Policy at Federal University of ABC, Brazil. Pietro Carlos de Souza Rodrigues. Researcher in International Relations at King’s College London, United Kingdom, and University of Sao Paulo, Brazil. Juan Carlos Sarazua. Postdoctoral scholar at the Centro Peninsular en Humanidades y Ciencias Sociales, Autonomous University of Mexico, Merida, Yucatan, Mexico. Prof. Monica Serrano. Professor at the Centro de Estudios Internacionales, Colegio de Mexico, Mexico. Dr Ximena Sosa. Professor in the Department of Political Science at the University of the Hemispheres, Quito, Ecuador. Dr Ronald Bruce St John. Independent scholar specializing in the political economy of developing states. Dr Ronny Viales-Hurtado. Professor of Economic History in the Graduate Programme of the University of Costa Rica. Mark Wilson. Writer and researcher specializing in Caribbean affairs. Dr Christopher Wylde. Senior Lecturer in Politics and International Relations in the Department of Business, Law and Society at St Mary’s University, Twickenham, United Kingdom.