Alberto Martinez Piedra

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Alberto Martinez Piedra
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 (age 98)
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. 2.0 2.1 Alberto M. Piedra. The Institute of World Politics.
  3. 3.0 3.1 3.2 Alberto M. Piedra


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