Trends: Food justice
This is one of those articles that is painful to write because it deals with the question of hunger. The issue of food sovereignty and security has been studied for many decades now; it refers to a set of public…
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. During the Biden Administration Leopoldo Martinez Nucete served as Presidential Appointee and Senior Counselor at the U.S. Department of Commerce, and was the nominated to the U.S. Senate as Executive Director of the Inter-American Development Bank.
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.
Tendencias: Justicia alimentaria
Este es uno de esos artículos que resulta doloroso escribir porque nos remite a la cuestión del hambre. Por décadas se estudiaba y abogaba sobre el tema de la “soberanía y seguridad alimentaria” para resumir el catálogo de políticas públicas…
Tendencias: El desafío de la seguridad cibernética
De los tres principales debates que hoy ocupan a los estudiosos de la era de internet –uno, el del impacto que la robotización podría generar en el empleo y la desigualdad, especialmente en los países en desarrollo; dos, el de…
Trends: Cities as motors of change
Cities and municipalities notable for the successful way they are being governed are appearing in many places, not only in developed countries but in other ones too. When we look a little closer we can see that this is a…
Trends: The Struggle for Women’s Rights
As citizens of the world we see it every day; our time has been marked by the rise of women. Experts from different research centres report the predominance of women in classrooms, their successful incursion into professional fields that for…
Trends: Spanish, a language for dialogue
The Spanish speaker who devotes a few hours to reading the Cervantes Institute’s 2016 Report cannot fail to be filled with enthusiasm. The growth in the use of the Spanish language which has been reported in recent years has continued…
Trends: The Problem of Climate Change
If I had the power to influence the decisions of readers, I would like nothing more than for this article to be read aloud within families. If the question of global warming were the subject of conversations between parents, children…
Tendencias: Las ciudades como factor de cambio
Está ocurriendo en numerosos países: ciudades o municipios que destacan por la gestión de sus gobernantes locales. Pasa no solo en los países con economías desarrolladas sino también en otros ámbitos del planeta. Al aproximarnos al fenómeno nos percatamos de…
Tendencias: El español, lengua para el diálogo
El hispanohablante que dedique unas horas a leer el Informe 2016 del Instituto Cervantes no puede sino cargarse de entusiasmo. El crecimiento del español que viene reportándose en los últimos años se ha mantenido, y las proyecciones hacia 2050 señalan…
Tendencias: Lucha y auge de las mujeres
Los ciudadanos del mundo lo verificamos cada día: el signo de nuestro tiempo es el auge de las mujeres. Expertos de distintos centros de investigación reportan el predominio de las mujeres en las aulas, su incursión exitosa en terrenos profesionales…