Doing Business with Honduras

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“Doing Business with Honduras”

A Dinner Program

featuring

Honorable Frank Almaguer
U.S. Ambassador to Honduras

Tuesday, April 17, 2001

6:30 p.m.
(6:00 p.m. cash bar reception)
The Plimsoll Club, 30th Floor
World Trade Center of New Orleans
(Free validated parking in the WTC Garage)

Frank Almaguer, a Career Minister in the Senior Foreign Service, was sworn in as the U.S. Ambassador to the Republic of Honduras on July 27, 1999.

Prior to serving as U.S. Ambassador to Honduras, Ambassador Almaguer had served as the Mission Director for the U.S. Agency for International Development (USAID) in La Paz, Bolivia, beginning in 1996. Between 1991 and 1996, he served in several positions at USAID in Washington, D.C., including Deputy Assistant Administrator for Human Resources in the Bureau for Management, 1993-1996; Acting Assistant Administrator in the Bureau for Europe, 1993; and Regional Mission Director for Eastern Europe, 1991-93. During 1990 and 1991, Ambassador Almaguer was a member of the Senior Seminar at the Foreign Service Institute.

Ambassador Almaguer served in several positions abroad, including Mission Director for USAID in Quito, Ecuador, 1986-90; Deputy Mission Director (USAID) in Panama City, Panama, 1979-83; Country Director, U.S. Peace Corps in Tegucigalpa, Honduras, 1976-79; and Associate Country Director, U.S. Peace Corps in Belize City, Belize, 1974-76.

Between 1983 and 1986, Ambassador Almaguer was the Director of the Office of South American and Mexican Affairs at USAID in Washington, D.C. Between 1970 and 1974, his positions included Management Analyst, Office of the Auditor General, USAID and Management Analyst for Health Affairs in

the Office of Economic Opportunity. Ambassador Almaguer was a Peace Corps Volunteer in Orange Walk Town, Belize, between 1967 and 1969.

Throughout his distinguished career, Ambassador Almaguer has received significant recognition of service including a State Department Superior Honor Award in 1999, Presidential Meritorious Awards in 1988 and 1999, USAID Special Act Award in 1992, USAID Distinguished Service Award in 1989, and a Meritorious Award in 1979 from the U.S. Peace Corps.

Ambassador Almaguer graduated from George Washington University in 1974 with an M.S. in Government and Business Administration. He obtained his B.A. in Political Science from the University of Florida in Gainesville, Florida, in 1967. Ambassador Almaguer is fluent in Spanish.

Sponsoring Organizations

Fowler Rodriguez

Louisiana Department of Economic Development

MetroVision Economic Development Partnership

New Orleans U.S. Export Assistance Center

Stone Center for Latin American Studies

Tulane University, Department of Political Science

Whitney National Bank

World Trade Center of New Orleans

In Cooperation With

Ark-La-Tex Regional Export & Technology Center

Baton Rouge Center for World Affairs

City of New Orleans, Office of International Relations

Consular Corps of New Orleans

Foreign Relations Association of New Orleans

Hispanic Chamber of Commerce of Louisiana

International Freight Forwarders & Customs Brokers Association

International Trade Council/Red River Region

Louisiana District Export Council

Louisiana International Trade Center/SBDC

Louisiana International Trade Commission

Louisiana Tax Free Shopping

New Orleans Media Center

Louisiana Technology Council

United Nations Association of Greater New Orleans

World Trade Club of Greater New Orleans

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