1980, degree in Economics, University of Havana; postgraduate courses, including in international relations and negotiation technique, Higher Institute of International Relations, Havana; in foreign trade, External Trade Institute of the Ministry of Foreign Trade, Havana; in economic alternatives for Latin America, Comisión Económica para América Latina y el Caribe (CEPAL) and Economic Research Centre, Mexico City. 1981, started career in project management, ECIMETAL Enterprise, Havana; 1992-97, Counsellor in charge of economic and trade affairs, Cuban Embassy, Brasilia; 1982-92, Specialist on Cooperation, Division of Economic International Institutions, State Committee for Economic Cooperation, Havana. Former Ambassador of Cuba to Belgium, the European Union and Luxembourg. At the Cuban Ministry of Foreign Investment and Economic Cooperation, Havana: 1997-98, Director, European and North American Division; 1998-2002, Deputy Minister. Minister of Foreign Trade and Foreign Investment since 2009.