The deputy director of the World Economic Research Center, Havana, Cuba. The Co-Chair of Working Group III (Climate Change Mitigation) of the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC).

Licentiate in Economy of Foreign Trade (1985). Graduated from University of Havana. Master of Social Sciences (1991). Program on Science and Technology Policy, Research Policy Institute, University of Lund, Sweden. PhD on Economics (1998), Faculty of Economics, National Autonomous University of Mexico, 1995-1998.  Fellowship Programmer of the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change, UNFCCC (UNFCCC Secretariat, Bonn, Germany, July August 2001).

Books: “The World Oil Market at Present. The Energy Challenges for Latin America and Cuba” (in Spanish). Published by CIEM, Havana, 1994. “Sustainable Development: A Global Challenge. The Green Agenda for the Caribbean Islands” (in Spanish). Published by Editorial Ciencias Sociales, Havana, 1994. “World Economy, Energy and Environment” (in Spanish). Published by Editorial Ciencias Sociales, Havana, 2004. Several papers on energy and environment.