Renata Calderaro, an attorney practicing in Miami, Florida, focuses her practice on immigration law, specializing in business visas and immigration litigation. She has experience in reviewing a variety of business contracts for banks and other financial institutions, as well as working in complex commercial litigation cases. A native of La Paz, Bolivia, Ms. Calderaro previously worked in the legal department of an international bank and served as the liaison for its South American offices. She graduated from the University of Miami School of Law after earning her B.A. in English, Economics and International Studies at the University of Miami. Ms. Calderaro is a member of several professional associations, including the American Immigration Lawyers Association, the American Bar Association (Litigation Section), the Young Lawyers Division of the Florida Bar, the Dade County Bar Association, and the Immigration Committee of the Greater Miami Chamber of Commerce. To contact Ms. Calderaro, please call 305-582-1948, or email rcalderaro@bellsouth.net.

Eduardo A. Gamarra received his Ph.D. degree in political science from the University of Pittsburgh in 1987. He has been affiliated with Florida International University in Miami, Florida since 1986, where he is currently the Director of the Latin American and Caribbean Center, a full Professor in the Department of Political Science, and the Editor of Hemisphere, a magazine on Latin American and Caribbean affairs.

Dr. Gamarra is the author, co-author, and editor of several books including Revolution and Reaction: Bolivia 1964-1985 (Transaction Publishers, 1988); three volumes of the Latin America and Caribbean Contemporary Record (Holmes and Meier Press); Latin American Political Economy in the Age of Neoliberal Reform (Lyne Rienner Publishers 1994); Democracy Markets and Structural Reform in Latin America: Argentina, Bolivia, Brazil, Chile, and Mexico (Lyne Rienner Publishers, 1995); and Entre la Droga y la Democracia (Freiderich Ebert Foundation, 1994). The author of over 40 articles on Latin America, he has testified in the United States Congress on drug policy toward Latin America.

His current research focuses on the political economy of narcotics trafficking in the Andean region and the Caribbean, democratization, and civil-military relations. Dr. Gamarra may be contacted at gamarrae@fiu.edu.

Monica Rabassa is Director of Marketing and Special Projects for Univision Radio-Miami. Univision Radio is the leading Spanish-language radio group which owns and/or operates 66 radio stations in 17 of the top 25 U.S. Hispanic markets and four stations in Puerto Rico.

A four-time Emmy Winner for her writing of non-news and public affairs programs, Ms. Rabassa has worked for Spanish radio and television for over a dozen years, both in marketing capacities and as a media marketing and research consultant.

She earned her B.A. in business and international economics from Harvard University, and an M.B.A. from the University of Miami, with a special concentration in Legal Implications of Business. She is the recipient of many honors and awards, including the 2004 Woman of the Year award from the Association for Women in Communications. To contact Ms. Rabassa, please email: mrabasssa@bellsouth.net.