Name: Luis Alberto López Rafaschieri
Nationality: Venezuelan
Country of residence: Venezuela
Religion: Christian
Professional history and experience:
He has experience in social analysis, political consultancy, academic counseling, opinion surveys, electoral campaigns, government offices, financial markets, international trade and specialized publications.
He is the author, along with his twin brother, of the book "La Gran Recesión y la Izquierda", a work where he examines the global financial crisis of 2008-2010 and criticizes the leftist theories related to this phenomenon.
He is frequently interviewed in national and international media.
He is currently working on his second book.
He has published more than 1000 articles in Spanish and more than 500 in English on subjects related to politics, economy, energy and religion. He has written for journals such as "El Nuevo Herald", "El Universal", "El Mensajero de Oriente", "PetroleoYV" and "Analitica.com".
He has conducted more than 100 opinion surveys, including polls, focus groups and interviews.
He has delivered 5 lectures on politics and economics.
He has counseled more than 50 academic works.
He has been the principal speaker at 7 governmental events.
Since 2000 he has been involved in the financial markets, and has been financial advisor for companies and private investors.
Since 2007 he is the owner, editor and author of the websites Morochos.org and Morochos.net.
Since 2007 he works as a Political Consultant.
In 2006 he founded an import company.
In 2006 he developed a public safety project that was presented before the Ministry of Interior and Justice of Venezuela.
From 2005 to 2006 he was adviser to the State Ministry for Integration and Foreign Trade of Venezuela.
From 2005 to 2006 he was adviser to BANCOEX.
From 2003 to 2005 he was adviser to Shell (Venezuela)
From 2003 to 2004 he wrote a column on energy and politics for "El Universal" newspaper.
From 2003 to 2004 he was Research Coordinator and writer for PetroleoYV, a publishing and consulting company that specializes in the energy sector.
From 2001 to 2003 he worked as an intern in the Direction of the School of Political Studies of the Universidad Central de Venezuela.
From 2001 to 2003 he was tutor in the subject Sociology II, at the School of Political Studies of the Universidad Central de Venezuela.
From 2001 to 2003 he participated in the project for reforming the curriculum of the School of Political Studies of the UCV.
In high school he was twice named by students as class delegate, twice nominated by the teachers of physical education as sports delegate, and twice nominated by teachers, and student representatives, as student delegate of the Sucre State to the AVEC (Venezuelan Association of Catholic Education)
Education:
Bachelor's Degree in Political Science and Management. Universidad Central de Venezuela.
He participated in the seminar "The Plan Colombia at the Inter-American System", issued in Bogota, Colombia, in 2001.
He has completed 24 Psychology courses on Psychoanalysis and Transactional Analysis.
He has done 2 English courses.
He studied 4th and 5th year of high school at the "Liceo Antonio José de Sucre", in the city of Cumana, Sucre State, Venezuela.
He studied from kindergarten to 3rd year High School in the "U.E. Nuestra Señora del Carmen" in the city of Cumana, Sucre State, Venezuela.
Books:
- Lopez, J., and Lopez, L. (2011). "La Gran Recesión y la Izquierda" Raleigh, North Carolina, USA.
ISBN 978-1-257-44472-4
208 pages
Dimensions 6 x 9 in.
Professional Skills:
Information Technology: Expert in programming, cryptography, computer security, web design, HTML, Java, PHP, CCS, MS Office, OpenOffice, Windows and Linux operating systems, and free software.
English: Advanced level.
Spanish: Expert level.
Finance: Over ten years experience trading in the financial markets.
Awards:
Upon completion of studies his academic merit earned him the honor to give the graduation speech and request the academic degree, on behalf of all the present faculties, before the university authorities.
At the University he was the first in his class. Graduated with honors.
In 1986 he won the first place in a painting competition organized by the Publishing House "El Saber".
Additional Information:
As an athlete he has participated in national swimming, Kung-Fu, Judo and basketball tournaments.
The López Rafaschieri twins: Luis Alberto (right) José Alberto (left)