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Leonardo Vivas, is a Fellow
the Carr Center and coordinates the Latin American Initiative. He is a sociologist from
Central University in Venezuela, with an M.Phil from University of Sussex, UK, and a Ph.D
from Nanterre Université in Paris. He currently teaches Latin American Politics
at UMass-Lowell.
He founded and for several years has led Latin Roots, an organization devoted to Latino Culture
and Education in Massachusetts. Leonardo has been a fellow and associate researcher at the
Weatherhead Center for International Affairs at Harvard University. At Tufts University he
taught a course about the Chavez Era in Venezuela. In Venezuela he was Director of Industry
in the Development Ministry and founder of several nonprofit organizations.
Professor Vivas has published two books about Venezuela's political crises and co-edited
another about grass roots management. He writes for the media both in the Boston area
and in Venezuela.
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