Alberto Martinez Piedra is a Cuban-American Professor of Political Economy at The Institute of World Politics

The Institute of World Politics

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He was previously the Director of the Latin American Institute at The Catholic University of America

The Catholic University of America

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, 1965 - 1982. He was the United States Ambassador to Guatemala

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 (1984 - 1987).

Piedra has three doctorates - Doctor in Law, 1951, University of Havana

University of Havana

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; University of Madrid

University of Madrid

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 (1957), and Georgetown University

Georgetown University

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 (1962). 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. He was a Staff Economist at the OAS

Organization of American States

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from 1960-1962.