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Roberto Velasco Álvarez

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Roberto Velasco Álvarez (born September 14, 1987) holds a Master's degree in Public Policy from the University of Chicago. In 2013, he graduated with a law degree from the Universidad Iberoamericana in Mexico City.

Since June 2020, Roberto Velasco has coordinated North American policy at Mexico’s Ministry of Foreign Affairs (SRE), leading multiple high-level bilateral and trilateral negotiations on security, human mobility, economy, border, and water, among others.Between December 2018 and May 2020, he served as Director General for Public Affairs at the SRE.

While in Chicago, he was editor-in-chief of the Chicago Policy Review, a magazine published by students at University of Chicago’s Harris School of Public Policy and collaborated in the office of the city's mayor.

Velasco Álvarez also has extensive experience in federal, state and local government in Mexico, including positions in the Mexico City Legislative Assembly, the Miguel Hidalgo delegation, and Mexico’s Ministry of Economy.

Additionally, he has held several party positions since 2006, always in support of former President Andrés Manuel López Obrador's political movement. He now works with Mexico’s first female President, Claudia Sheinbaum Pardo. Provided by Wikipedia