Arturo Valenzuela
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Arturo Valenzuela is an Chilean-American academic who is currently the director of the Center for Latin American Studies at Georgetown University.
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Valenzuela was born in Chile and moved to the United States at the age of 16 in order to attend college. His studies focused on politics in Latin America. He was appointed Deputy Assistant Secretary for Inter-American Affairs in the United States Department of State by President Bill Clinton, during his first term.
In President Clinton's second term in office, Arturo Valenzuela was appointed Special Assistant to the President and Senior Director for Inter-American Affairs at the National Security Council at the White House.
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Papers
- Valenzuela, Arturo. "Latin American Presidencies Interrupted" in Journal of Democracy Volume 15, Number 4 October 2004
