Angelo Rivero Santos

Angelo Rivero Santos, Ph.D.

Summary

Angelo Rivero Santos has 20 years of teaching and research experience in higher education as well as in

negotiation, lobbying, advocacy and diplomatic practice. In the Fall of 2014 he returned from his seven-year

stint in diplomatic practice to the Center for Latin American Studies (CLAS) at the Edmund A. Walsh School

of Foreign Service at Georgetown University where he served as Interim Director for the AY 2022-23.

He is Teaching Professor and Director of Academic Affairs in CLAS, including the M.A. in Latin American Studies,

responsibilities he also held between 2003 and 2006 before leaving for diplomatic practice. Since his return,

he teaches graduate seminars on International Relations and Western Hemispheric Affairs, Political Economy of

Development, Latin American States and Societies, and a seminar on ‘Venezuela and the Caribbean.’ He also oversees

the Capstone Seminar, the final requirement for M.A. Candidates in Latin American Studies. In the Spring semesters

he offers an undergraduate seminar (LASP 3490-01 / IPOL 3440-01) on Global Perspectives on International Relations.

For the past ten years he has served in the University's Task Force for undocumented students and since the Fall of 2023

he serves in the SFS School Council.

Between December 2006 and October 2013, Dr. Rivero Santos served as a high-ranking diplomat in the Embassy of

the Bolivarian Republic of Venezuela in Washington, D.C. He was first appointed as Minister Counselor for Political and

Economic Affairs and for most of his tenure served as Deputy Chief of Mission to the White House (March 2007-October 2013).

He was also designated to be Acting Ambassador (Charge d’Affaires, a.i). twice (September 2008-July 2009 &

December 2010-May 2013).

Before joining the Venezuelan Foreign Service as a political appointee, Dr. Rivero-Santos also taught at the

undergraduate and graduate levels at his alma mater, The Maxwell School at Syracuse University, as well as

in the Graduate Program of International Relations at Universidad Central de Venezuela and in the Division

of Business and Social Sciences at Foothill College in Los Altos Hills, California. During his years as a doctoral

student, he also had stays as a researcher with the United Nations Research Institute for Social Development

(UNRISD) in Geneva, Switzerland, and with the Organization of American States (OAS) in Washington, DC.

In addition to his duties at Georgetown University, Dr. Rivero Santos has been active in the greater Washington,

D.C. community. He oversaw the State of Virginia’s operations of CASA, where he also designed,

developed and became the first Director of the organization’s Leadership Academy. Founded in 1985 and

headquartered in Hyattsville, MD, CASA has over 81,000 members from over 30 countries, making it the

largest pro-immigrant rights organization in the Mid-Atlantic.

Some of Dr. Rivero Santos’ publications have centered on issues of international development and US-Venezuela

relations. Links for the latest ones are provided below. He is currently a member of the Comité Editorial of

Política. Revista de Ciencia Política of Universidad de Chile. In addition, during his diplomatic stint he wrote

and supervised the issuance of hundreds of confidential diplomatic communications, including cables, strategic

political and economic analysis, energy and foreign policy briefs and strategic roadmaps, among others.

A native of Caracas, Venezuela, and an avid baseball and cycling fan, Dr. Rivero Santos earned his Ph.D. in

International Relations at The Maxwell School of Citizenship and Public Affairs at Syracuse University in

Syracuse, New York, where he also earned his Masters in Public Administration and Masters in Economics.

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-- Report. One of several authors. January 2025. Transiting the Americas: Dangerous Journeys to Uncertain Destinations. Report Developed by the Institute for the Study of International Migration, The Center for Latin American Studies and the History Department with support from the Americas Institute. Georgetown University.

-- Article. One of several authors. "Catalyzing Sustainable Development: insights from the international workshop

on STI policies and innovation systems in Central America", Frontiers in Research Metrics and Analytics, Vol 9, December 2024.

-- Artículo. Revista CUPEA, Cuadernos de Política Exterior Argentina (Nueva Época), 137. junio 2023.

https://cupea.unr.edu.ar/index.php/revista/article/view/178/169

-- NACLA Interview, March 2022, https://nacla.org/venezuela-foreign-policy

-- Book Review, NACLA, https://nacla.org/latin-american-extractivism-dependency-resource-nationalism-and-resistance-broad

-- Co-edited volume: https://revistapolitica.uchile.cl/index.php/RP/issue/view/5727

-- Book Chapter, pp. 93-120, https://www.jesuitasvenezuela.com/web/wp-content/uploads/2019/04/SEMINARIO-INTERNACIONAL-DIGITAL-.pdf

-- Articulo. Revista Cien Días. CINEP. https://www.revistaciendiascinep.com/home/era-de-pandemia-retos-para-la-diplomacia-de-colombia-y-venezuela/