Daniel Wilkinson, deputy director of the Americas division at Human Rights Watch, is a general expert on Latin America. He has written reports on Mexico, Venezuela, Cuba, Colombia, and worked extensively on Guatemala, Peru, Brazil, and other Latin America countries. Wilkinson's writings on US policy toward Latin America have been widely published. His book, "Silence on the Mountain: Stories of Terror, Betrayal, and Forgetting in Guatemala," won the PEN/Albrand Award for nonfiction. Wilkinson is a graduate of Yale Law School. He speaks Spanish.

Human Rights Watch Reports

A Decade Under Chávez: Political Intolerance and Lost Opportunities for Advancing Human Rights in Venezuela , September 22, 2008

Mexico: Lost in Transition: Bold Ambitions, Limited Results for Human Rights Under Fox (May 17, 2006)

Families Torn Apart: The High Cost of US and Cuban Travel Restrictions (October 19, 2005)

Rigging the Rule of Law: Judicial Independence Under Siege in Venezuela (June 17, 2004)

Articles

"Chávez's Fix," The Nation, February 21, 2008

"Travel Regulations Undermine Family Values," The Miami Herald, October 21, 2005

"Discontent with the U.S. South of the Border," International Herald Tribune, January 9, 2004