Nicaragua's Ambassador
to the United States to
Speak at UNM
Arturo Cruz, Jr.,
Nicaraguan Ambassador to
the United States, will
give a talk at the
University of New Mexico
(UNM) on the
political trends in
Latin America and
challenges to the Ortega
Government in Nicaragua.
Tthe talk will be held
at the Latin American
and Iberian Institute (LAII)
on on Wednesday, Oct.
17.
Cruz, who was was
appointed Nicaraguan
Ambassador to the United
States in February 2007
by President Daniel
Ortega, is intimately
associated with
Nicaragua’s tumultuous
recent history and its
controversial
relationship with the
United States, having
participated in both the
early Sandinista
government following the
1979 overthrow of the
Somoza dictatorship and
the Nicaraguan
Resistance during the
1980’s.
Prior to becoming
Ambassador, he was
professor of political
economy at INCAE, the
Central American
management institute
associated with Harvard
Business School.
He is the author of
several books, including
the forthcoming
Varieties of Liberalism
in Central America:
Nation-States as Works
in Progress, and his
articles on Latin
America and the foreign
policy of the United
States have appeared in
such publications as the
New Republic,
Commentary, The New York
Times, Washington Post
and Los Angeles Times.
Ambassador Cruz is a
graduate of American
University and the Johns
Hopkins School of
Advanced International
Studies in Washington,
D.C. He obtained his
Ph.D. in Modern History
from Oxford University. |
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