Patricia Hynds, political affairs editor, spent ten years as a journalist in Nicaragua and three years in Peru, where she was the director of Noticias Aliadas and managing editor of Latinamerica Press.
Mike Leffert, staff writer, has worked as an independent journalist since the mid - 1980's. He has lived in Nicaragua and in Guatemala, and has reported from each of the countries of the isthmus.
Carlos M. Navarro, staff writer, is a veteran journalist in Latin American finance and economics. He spent over ten years as an editor with Knight-Ridder Financial News, and before that was a business and international trade writer specializing on the U.S.-Mexico border region.
Joe Gardner Wessely, staff writer, is a radio and print journalist with a background in public affairs, political and cultural reporting. His work has appeared on more than a dozen national and regional radio programs and has received various state and national awards.
