He entered Bolivia's Foreign Service in 1966. Among his many positions, his most noteworthy domestic appointments included: Economic Adviser to the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Under Secretary of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Minister of Foreign Affairsad interim, Under-Secretary-General of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Adviser-General to the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Foreign Policy Adviser to the President of Bolivia.
Under Secretary of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs
During his appointment as Under Secretary of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, he participated as part of the Bolivian Delegation in the Bolivia-Chile presidential meeting of Charaña in 1975. He played a key role in the meeting of Charaña, which led to a historic agreement between Bolivia and Chile that reestablished diplomatic relations between both countries that had been suspended since 1962, and resulted in the agreed upon design of a proposal to restore sovereign sea access to landlocked Bolivia.
International Service
His international appointments began as Bolivia's Charge D'affaires in Hungary. He was later appointed as Ambassador of Bolivia to Uruguay, Venezuela, and Israel. He was also appointed as Bolivia's Permanent Representative to the Organization of American States .
Permanent Representative to the OAS
During his ambassadorship as Bolivia's Permanent Representative to the OAS, he held the positions of Chair of the Permanent Council and Chair of the Committee of Hemispheric Security of the Permanent Council in which he led meetings discussing proposals to new security approaches for the Western Hemisphere.
He served as the Secretary-General of Bolivia of the Presidency of the Republic of Bolivia under former Bolivian President Hugo Banzer Suarez. He also served as the Foreign Policy Adviser to former ad interim President of Bolivia, Eduardo Rodríguez Veltzé.
He is an active columnist for the newspapers of Santa Cruz, of Tarija, Bolivia, and of Oruro, Bolivia. He is also an active columnist for online newspapers and political magazines, such as y de Informe Uruguay of Uruguay, La Historia Paralela of Argentina and América Economía of Chile.
Author
He has published the books “” and “”. These books cover themes associated with diplomatic negotiations between Bolivia and Chile regarding territorial and sea access disputes after Chile gained a significant amount of land from Peru and Bolivia during the War of the Pacific, making Bolivia a landlocked country. He is also a writer and poet and has authored a poetry book called “”.
