Francisco R. Rodríguez is a

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n economist. From 2000 to 2004, he served as the head of the economic and financial advisory of the Venezuelan

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(Spanish: ''Oficina de Asesoría Económica y Financiera de Asamblea Nacional''). (19 June 2001
Esta semana presentan la Ley Orgánica de la Administración Pública

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. He also joined Torino Economics, the economic analysis branch of New-York based Torino Capital, as chief economist between 2016 and 2019, and served as policy advisor for presidential candidate Henri Falcón in 2018.

Career

From 2000 to 2004, he served as the head of the economic and financial advisory of the Venezuelan

. Rodríguez joined Bank of America Merrill Lynch in August 2011 as Chief Andean Economist, covering the economies of Colombia, Ecuador, Peru and Venezuela. In 2012 he successfully called the Venezuelan presidential elections with an out-of-consensus prediction that Chávez would be re-elected by a comfortable margin. He joined Torino Economics, the economic analysis branch of New-York based Torino Capital in July 2016 as chief economist. Rodríguez left Torino Economics on 3 September 2019. In May 2016, Rodríguez was part of a group of economists under an initiative promoted by the Union of South American Nations ( UNASUR) to present an economic stabilization program to the government of Nicolás Maduro, who until then had refused to implement necessary monetary and fiscal reforms to contain prices, stabilize the exchange rate and foster production recovery. The plan was shelved by the Maduro administration. On 2018, 20 May, the candidate

Henri Falcón Henri Falcón Fuentes (born 19 June 1961) is a Venezuelan politician. He was mayor for two consecutive terms of Barquisimeto, Iribarren Municipality (2000–2008) and governor of Lara State (2008–2017). He was a candidate in the 2018 Venezuel ...

accused Maduro of rigging the

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and refused to recognize the results. Both him and Rodríguez said the election was not valid.

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