Mauricio Claver-Carone
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Mauricio Claver-Carone is an American attorney and senior U.S. Treasury Department official. He is a widely known advocate of the policy positions that the United States has taken against the Cuban government.
Background
Claver-Carone is a Senior Advisor for International Affairs at the U.S. Department of the Treasury. Earlier in his career, he had served as an Attorney-Advisor for the U.S. Department of the Treasury. He also served as a Clinical Assistant Professor at the Catholic University of America's Columbus School of Law and as an Adjunct Professor at the George Washington University Law School. Claver-Carone earned his B.A. degree magna cum laude from Rollins College, J.D. cum laude from The Catholic University of America and LL.M. in International and Comparative Law from Georgetown University Law Center.[1]
Claver-Carone was host of the foreign policy show "From Washington Al Mundo" on Sirius-XM's Cristina Radio (Channel 146).[2] Poder Magazine recognized him as one of 20 entrepreneurs, executives, leaders and artists under 40 who are shaping the future of the US and the world.[3]
As a content expert, Claver-Carone has written regularly for The Huffington Post,[4] and has been published in The Wall St. Journal,[5] and the World Affairs Journal.[6]
He has provided expert Congressional testimony before the Committees on Agriculture, Foreign Affairs, the Judiciary and Natural Resources of the U.S. House of Representatives.
Cuba lobby
He has written numerous columns in support of U.S. policies against the Cuban government, particularly the United States embargo against Cuba, and in favor of a democratic transition on the island. He has also been a prominent critic of the current government of Venezuela. He has taken part in various televised debates on U.S. policy towards the Western Hemisphere and U.S.-Cuba relations.
He was Executive Director of Cuba Democracy Advocates. In an independent capacity, he also served on the Board of Directors of the US-Cuba Democracy PAC, which purports to be the largest, single foreign-policy political action committee in the United States, and the largest Hispanic political action committee in history.
He was editor of the popular blog, Capitol Hill Cubans.
External links
- US-Cuba Democracy PAC- Official Web Site for the US-Cuba Democracy PAC.
- Capitol Hill Cubans- Editor, Capitol Hill Cubans
- Yale Journal of International Affairs, "A Transformational Year in Cuba Policy"
- The New York Times, "Freedom First or Business First"
- PBS's Great Decisions Program, "Cuba After Castro"
- Huffington Post blog contributor
References
- ^ "Mauricio Claver-Carone". Quarterly Americas. Retrieved 18 August 2015.
- ^ "From Washington Al Mundo". Cristina Radio. Retrieved 18 August 2015.
- ^ Lewis, Bridget. "Claver-Carone to be Diversity Lecture Series speaker". University of Texas Arlington. Retrieved 18 August 2015.
- ^ "Mauricio Claver-Carone". The Huffington Post. Retrieved 18 August 2015.
- ^ Claver-Carone, Mauricio (23 June 2015). "When Helping 'the Cuban People' Means Bankrolling the Castros". The Wall St. Journal. Retrieved 18 August 2015.
- ^ "Mauricio Claver-Carone". World Affairs Journal. Retrieved 18 August 2015.