Bernardo Álvarez Herrera (

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, 18 August 1956 – 25 November 2016) was Venezuela's ambassador to the United States from 2003 to 2010 (with an interruption from mid-2008 to mid-2009, when Venezuela withdrew its ambassador) and Deputy Minister of Foreign Relations. Born in

, Álvarez Herrera held a degree in political science from the

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and a master's degree in development studies from the University of Sussex in England. The Washington Diplomat Newspaper – Ambassador Profile
, retrieved 2 March 2010 Beginning in 1982, he served as a professor at the Universidad Central's School of Political and Administrative Studies. His other previous positions included; deputy minister of hydrocarbons (2000–03) and director-general of hydrocarbons (1999–2000) at the Ministry of Energy and Mines. From 1994 to 1999 he was a member of the

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. In September 2008, Herrera was expelled from the United States after Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez accused his American counterpart of conspiring to overthrow his regime and ordered him to leave the country. He was restored to his post after the Venezuelan and US governments agreed to re-establish diplomatic relations. In December 2010, the U.S. government again expelled Alvarez in response to President Hugo Chavez's refusal to accept President Obama's nomination of

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. He also served as Venezuela's ambassador to Spain from 2011 to 2013. In fall of 2013, he was appointed secretary general of ALBA, the Bolivarian Alliance for the Americas. On 2 October 2015. Álvarez was designated Ambassador Permanent Representative of Venezuela to the

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(OAS). On 13 May 2016, without leaving his ambassadorship post, Álvarez was designated Acting Deputy Minister for North America. He died of a heart attack on 25 November 2016 in Caracas. He was married and had three children.

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Official Profile
''Embassy of the Bolivarian Republic of Venezuela in the United States of America''

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"Hugo Chávez's Venezuela"
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{{DEFAULTSORT:Alvarez Herrera, Bernardo 1956 births 2016 deaths People from Lara (state) Ambassadors of Venezuela to the United States Members of the Venezuelan Chamber of Deputies Academic staff of the Central University of Venezuela Central University of Venezuela alumni Alumni of the University of Sussex United States–Venezuela relations Venezuelan diplomats