María Otero: Boliviana es la “latina” de más alto rango en la Casa Blanca

Admin on 11 7, 2009

Entrevista en CNN a la Subsecretaria de Estado para la Democracia y de Asuntos Globales, de nacionalidad boliviana, María Otero.

Ser Latino en EE.UU.

“Recibí una llamada de la Secretaria de Estado Hilary Clinton, para que me reuniera con ella. La Secretaria de Estado me pidió que perteneciera al grupo de los seis subsecretarios que están bajo su mando y es un honor poder trabajar con ella. Es una oportunidad enorme de demostrar que los latinos podemos contribuir en este país.”

“Cuando Hilary Clinton era primera dama, personalmente la lleve a Bolivia para que visitemos Bancosol, el primer Banco de Microfinanzas. La Secretaria Clinton llevará una relación de amistad con todos los países de la región. Siendo la subsecretaria de asuntos globales, tengo que manejar los temas de derechos humanos y de democracia en todas partes del mundo, además de tocar los temas ambientales.”

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María Otero en Wikipedia

María Otero was sworn in as United States Under Secretary of State for Democracy and Global Affairs on August 10, 2009. She oversees and coordinates U.S. foreign policy on a variety of global issues, including democracy, human rights, and labor; environment, oceans, healthand science, population, refugees and migration, trafficking in persons and avian and pandemic influenza.

Otero was formerly the president and CEO of ACCION International, a pioneer and leader in microfinance working in 25 countries in around the globe. Under Ms. Otero’s tenure as CEO, ACCION’s network of microfinance institutions expanded its reach from serving 460,000 people to over 3.7 million, through a combined portfolio that grew from $274 million to nearly $3.6 billion. She is a leading voice on sustainable microfinance, publishing extensively on the subject and speaking throughout the world on microfinance, women’s issues and poverty alleviation.

Prior to ACCION, Otero was the Economist for Latin America for the Women in Development office of USAID. She also served for five years at the Centre for Development and Population Activities (CEDPA).

Otero’s awards and recognition include selection by Newsweek in October 2005 as one of the United States’ 20 most influential women;Hispanic Business Magazine’s ‘Elite Women of 2007’; Notre Dame University’s Distinguished Service in Latin America Award; and the Ellis Island Medal of Honor.

In June 2006, Otero was appointed by UN Secretary General Kofi Annan to the UN Advisors Group on Inclusive Financial Sectors. She sits on the board of the U.S. Institute of Peace, a position to which she was originally appointed by President Bill Clinton and now holds as the State Department representative. Otero has chaired the board of Bread for the World, and also served on the boards of the Calvert Foundation, Public Welfare Foundation, the Inter-American Foundation and BRAC Holding of Bangladesh. She is a member of the Council on Foreign Relations.

Otero is currently the highest ranking Hispanic official at the State Department, and the first Latina Under Secretary in its history.

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