Carlos Portales Cifuentes is the former permanent representative of Chile in the international organizations in Geneva. He was coordinator of Chile for the Río Group and the Ibero-American Summit after serving as ambassador of Chile to Mexico 1994 to 1997 and as permanent representative of Chile to the Organization of American States in Washington from 1997 to 2000. He was also the director of the Diplomatic Academy “Andrés Bello,” managing director of planning in the Ministry of Foreign Relations, and director of foreign policy for the Chancery. Mr. Portales earned his degree in Legal and Social Sciences at the Unviersidad de Chile and a Master’s of Arts in Political Sciences at Stanford University.