Alberto Martinez Piedra

Who is Alberto Martinez Piedra?

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

Dr. Piedra was the Director of the Latin American Institute at The Catholic University of America from 1965-1982. He was the United States Ambassador to Guatemala.

Piedra has three doctorates - Doctor in Law, 1951, University of Havana; University of Madrid, and Georgetown University. 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 from 1960-1962.