Jorge Alberto Bolaños Suarez (born 7 November 1936 in Las Tunas, Cuba) is a

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and

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. Bolanos graduated in Political Sciences and International Law from the

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and did postgraduate courses in Foreign Relations from the

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. Ambassador Bolanos has been a member of the Cuban Foreign Ministry since 1963. He has served as ambassador to

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(1971–1974),

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(1974–1977),

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(1977–1981),

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(1986–1995) and

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(2001–2007). From 2007 to 2012, he served as head of the

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, and since 1981 he has served as First Vice Minister of the Cuban Foreign Ministry. During his stay in Mexico, he is known to have had close links with Venezuelan Diplomat Livia Antonieta Acosta-Noguera; a lady who was later transferred to Peru and afterwards to Miami, to serve as Consul, and in December 2011 she appeared conspiring against the U.S. in a documentary made by the Spanish language TV Network UNIVISION called "The Iranian Threat". On January 29, 2012, one of the students from the University of Mexico UNAM publicly stated that Ambassador Bolanos was conspiring with Livia Acosta against the U.S., and Ambassador Bolanos continues to enjoy diplomatic immunity in the U.S. He is married to Graciela Maria Queral-Queral.

References and external links

* The Miami Herald; "''Veteran Cuban Diplomat Being Sent to Post in US''" by Pablo Bachelet; November 7, 2007 * https://web.archive.org/web/20080314074050/http://www.cubaminrex.cu/English/Ministry/Curriculum_viceministro_bolanos.htm * https://web.archive.org/web/20110517173638/http://www.cubanet.org/CNews/y05/mar05/31o6.htm * https://web.archive.org/web/20080504233509/http://cubapolidata.com/tag/intelligence/
United States Department of State
* Interview made by ORVEX - Organization of Venezuelans in Exile which reveals that Ambassador Bolanos was conspiring against the U.S. while he was in Mexico: http://www.ustream.tv/recorded/20104274 1936 births Government ministers of Cuba Cuban diplomats Ambassadors of Cuba to Poland Ambassadors of Cuba to Czechoslovakia Ambassadors of Cuba to the United Kingdom Ambassadors of Cuba to the United States Ambassadors of Cuba to Brazil Ambassadors of Cuba to Mexico Cuban revolutionaries Alumni of the University of London Living people Communist Party of Cuba politicians Pan American Games competitors for Ecuador People of the Cuban Revolution {{Cuba-politician-stub