Carlos Vecchio

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"diplomat"
Person.png Carlos Vecchio  Rdf-entity.pngRdf-icon.png
(lawyer, politician)
Carlos Vecchio.jpg
Born6 June 1969
Caripe, Monagas state, Venezuela
NationalityVenezuelan
Alma materCentral University of Venezuela, Georgetown University, Harvard University
Member ofWorld Fellows Program/2013

Carlos Alfredo Vecchio DeMari is a Venezuelan lawyer and politician who was appointed Ambassador to the United States by the Juan Guido "government".

After going into exile in 2014, Vecchio became the brains behind Venezuela's opposition in the United States.

Education

Born in the provincial city of Caripe, Vecchio moved to Caracas in 1987, studied at the Central University of Venezuela, and received his law degree in 1992.[1]

In 1994 he began work as legal council for the national oil company, Petroleum of Venezuela (PDVSA). At the time, PDVSA was still controlled by the country's oligarchy and managerial elite. The same year, he began his professional relationship with Mobil, offering legal counsel to the oil company before it merged with Exxon.[2]

With only a partial command of English, he applied several times for the State Department-sponsored Fulbright Scholarship, until he finally was successful in 1998. Vecchio writes about memorizing basic replies in order to prepare for the interview, noting that "if they took me off-script it would ruin everything." Fortunately for him, when he was asked impromptu what he would do "if he were Venezuela’s finance minister," a sympathetic panelist allowed him to answer in Spanish. Vecchio left the meeting brimming with confidence. A few months later, while sitting in his office at Mobil, Vecchio received word from the US embassy that he’d won a complete scholarship. "“We’re going to pay for everything," the embassy informed him. By January 1999, Vecchio was in Washington DC with a US-funded scholarship in hand.[2]


 

Events Participated in

EventStartEndLocation(s)Description
Halifax International Security Forum/2019Canada
Halifax
Nova Scotia
Spooky conference in Canada
Halifax International Security Forum/2021Canada
Halifax
Nova Scotia
Spooky conference in Canada
Halifax International Security Forum/202317 November 202319 November 2023Canada
Halifax
Nova Scotia
Spooky conference in Canada in November 2023
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