Alberto Martinez Piedra

Alberto Martinez Piedra

1984
United States Ambassador to Guatemala
In office
August 17, 1984  August 22, 1987
President Ronald Reagan
Preceded by Frederic L. Chapin
Succeeded by James H. Michel
Personal details
Born (1926-01-29) January 29, 1926
Cuba

Alberto Martinez Piedra (b. January 29, 1926[1] - present) is a Cuban-American Professor of Political Economy at The Institute of World Politics.[2]

Dr. Piedra was the Director of the Latin American Institute at The Catholic University of America from 1965-1982.[3] He was the United States Ambassador to Guatemala (1984–1987).

Piedra has three doctorates - Doctor in Law, 1951, University of Havana; University of Madrid (1957), and Georgetown University (1962).[2] He was Director General of Exports and Imports of the Cuban Ministry of Commerce in 1959; and Technical Assistant of the Department of Economic Development of the Cuban National Council from 1958-1959.[3] He was a Staff Economist at the OAS from 1960-1962.[3]

References

  1. State Dept Office of the Historian, Alberto Martinez Piedra
  2. 1 2 Alberto M. Piedra. The Institute of World Politics.
  3. 1 2 3 Alberto M. Piedra


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