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Venezuelan Delegation in Minnesota on September 14, 2007

The government of the Bolivarian Republic of Venezuela cordially invites community and grassroots organizations, students, and the labor movement to participate in a series of events in the Twin Cities next Friday, September 14, 2007.

The Honorable Ambassador of Venezuela to the United States, Bernardo Alvarez, will be visiting Minneapolis-St. Paul as part of a tour of the Midwest, along with the Consul for Venezuela in Chicago, Martín Sánchez, Omar Sierra, and Marcos García, labor attache at the Venezuelan Embassy in Washington, DC.

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Ambassador BERNARDO ALVAREZ HERRERA

  Place and Date of birth: Carora, State of Lara, Venezuela. August 18, 1956  
 
  Languages: Spanish, English and French  
 
  Marital Status: Married to Margarete de Alvarez.  
 
  Children: Mariana (1986), Bernardo Augusto (1990) and Ana Elisa (1994)  
 
The Ambassador presented his Letters of Credence to the President of the United States on February 26th, 2003
 
Education
 
  Degree in Political Science, School of Political Studies, Universidad Central de Venezuela (1975-1980)  
 
  M.A. degree in Development Studies, University of Sussex, England (1980-1982)  
 
 
Professional Experience
 
  2000-2003: Vice Minister of Hydrocarbons, Ministry of Energy and Mines  
 
  1999-2000: Director-General of Hydrocarbons, Ministry of Energy and Mines  
 
  1993-1994: Director of Cooperation, Universidad Central de Venezuela  
 
  1988-1991: Executive Secretary and Venezuelan representative in the Forum on Debt and Development (FONDAD)  
 
  1986-1987: Chief of the Research and Development Division, Venezuelan Institute of Foreign Trade.  
 
  1985-1986: Executive Secretary of the Working Group on Political Reforms of the Presidential Commission for the Reform of the State  
 
  1983-1985: Academic Advisor, Institute of High Studies on National Defense  
 
 
Academic Experience
 
  1982-Present: Professor, School of Political and Administrative Studies, Universidad Central de Venezuela  
 
  1989-1993: Representative to the Council of the Faculty of Law and Political Science, Universidad Central de Venezuela  
 
1990-1992: Academic Advisor, Institute of High Studies on National Defense
 
  1990-1992: Professor at the Superior School of the Venezuelan Air Force  
 
  1977-1980: Research Assistant, Institute of Political Studies, Universidad Central de Venezuela  
 
  1977-1980: Assistant Professor, School of Political and Administrative Studies, Universidad Central de Venezuela  
 
 
Membership
 
  1989-1993: Professors' Association, Universidad Central de Venezuela  
 
 
Parlimentary Experience
 
  1994-1999: Deputy to the National Congress (Miranda State)
Vice President of the Defense Committee, Chamber of Deputies
President of the Energy and Mines Committee, Chamber of Deputies
 
 
 
 
International Experience
 
  1999-present: Venezuelan Representative to the Energy Council of the United States of America  
 
  2000-2002: Venezuelan Coordinator of the Venezuelan, French Energy Task Force (Venezuelan Ministry of Energy and Mines, and French Ministry of Industry)  
 
  2000-2002: Venezuelan Coordinator for the Cooperation Agreement between the Venezuelan Ministry of Energy and Mines and the Department of Energy of the United States  
 
  2000-2001: Head of the Venezuelan Delegation to the Conferences of Ministers of the Organization of Petroleum Exporting Countries  
 
 
Publications
 
  Politics and the process of elaboration of laws in Venezuela Ministry for Relations with Congress , Caracas, 1997  
 
  The Military expense in Venezuela Magazine "Política", Caracas, 1997  
 
  Venezuela: Foreign debt and crisis of the developing model FONDAD Editions, Lima, Peru, 1989  
 
  State Companies and Capitalist Development University of Sussex, England, 1982

 

 
 
Related Links  
  The Ambassador's Speeches and Letters
 
 
   
  Ambassadors of Venezuela to the United States

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Venezolanas y Venezolanos residentes en Minnesota

La Embajada de la República Bolivariana de Venezuela en los Estados Unidos de Norteamérica, tiene el honor de invitarles a un almuerzo con el Honorable Embajador Bernardo Alvarez, quien vendrá acompañado por una comitiva a las Ciudades Gemelas. Este evento estará amenizado por el grupo de danzas tradicionalistas: Sentir Venezolano.

Fecha: viernes 14 de septiembre de 2007
Hora: 12:30 a 2:30 pm
Lugar: Babalú Restaurant
800 Washington Av. North
Minneapolis.

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