Leopoldo Martínez

Leopoldo Martínez

FOUNDER​ | A Venezuelan-American, Leopoldo is an international lawyer, writer, social entrepreneur, and a former Congressman in Venezuela. He is the Founder of the Center for Democracy and Development in the Americas, IQLatino and the Principal of LMN Consulting, LLC. Leopoldo Martínez is a member the Democratic National Committee (DNC), as well as one of the Deputy Finance Chairs; and a founding Board Member of Latino Victory Project , chairing the National Committee. He served on the Board of the Small Business Commission of the Commonwealth of Virginia and sits on the Board of Visitors of the University Mary Washington in Virginia, where he Chairs the Administration, Advancement, Finance and Facilities Committee. Leopoldo served in the Government Transition Committee for the 73rd Governor of Virginia Ralph Northam. Leopoldo Martínez is a graduate of Harvard Law School and Princeton University School of Public and International Affairs.

Fake news

Mark Zuckerberg, the founder and CEO of Facebook, has been forced to address the issue of fake news and “post truth” and to do something that wasn’t in the plans of the world’s biggest social network: look at editorial mechanisms…

Falsas noticias

Mark Zuckerberg, creador y presidente de Facebook, se ha visto obligado a abordar el asunto de las “noticias digitales falsas” y la “posverdad”, y planteárselo como algo inesperado para su modelo de negocios y la plataforma digital más grande del…

USA: A Presidency without a Mandate

The surprising result of the presidential election in the United States –even Trump himself seemed surprised by it – has a variety of causes. Hillary Clinton won the popular vote with 48,03% (62,523,126 votes) against 47,01% for Trump (61,201,031 votes).…

¿Qué pasó en Estados Unidos?

El resultado electoral de los Estados Unidos es multicausal y sorpresivo. Hasta el mismo Donald Trump creo que está sorprendido. En esta nota abordaremos tres factores relevantes para explicar lo sucedido, para, además, allegarnos a tres conclusiones con respecto al…

La vigencia del legado de Shimon Peres

En medio de mi participación en diversos grupos de trabajo y reflexión, el activismo internacional en la búsqueda de soluciones al grave conflicto que atraviesa Venezuela, mi apoyo al proceso de paz en Colombia, y la lucha electoral en Estados…