Alberto Martinez Piedra


Alberto Martinez Piedra is the David E. Bentley 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.