About the Author

(1932-2020) He was born in Cuba in 1932. After graduating in Law from the University of Santo Tomás de Villanueva, in 1960 he obtained a Master's degree in Comparative Law from Southern Methodist University in Dallas, Texas. That year he traveled to Argentina, where he worked at the Shell oil company and -between 1967 and 1972- he was FIEL's Chief Economist. From 1972 to 1976 he worked as an economist at the International Monetary Fund, in Washington, and on his return to Argentina he was an advisor to the Minister of Economy and the Ministry of Agriculture. Between 1983 and 1990 he acted in politics, and was a National Deputy for the UCeDe of Capital Federal. Since 1978 professor of Political Philosophy at ESEADE. He collaborated with various journalistic media, including La Prensa and El Cronista Comercial, from Buenos Aires; El Pais, from Montevideo, and El Nuevo Herald, from Miami.