1953, degree in Economics and Administration, University of the Republic, Uruguay. Former: Board Member and President, Latin American Institute for Economic and Social Development; President, Central Bank of Uruguay; Professor of Development Economics and Director, Economics Institute, University of the Republic, Uruguay; Adviser, UN Conference on Human Environment; Founding Member, Third World Forum; Executive Secretary, UN Economic Commission for Latin America and the Caribbean; Secretary-General, UN Conference on New and Renewable Sources of Energy; Chairman of the conference that launched the Uruguay Round; Minister of External Relations, Uruguay. 1988, became President, Inter-American Development Bank, Washington DC. Currently, Secretary-General, SEGIB - Secretaria General Iberoamericana.