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Consular Conversations: Brazil
Join Global Atlanta on Wednesday, January 18, for the next interview in the Consular Conversations series presented by Miller & Martin PLLC, featuring Ambassador Luís Cláudio Villafañe G. Santos, Consul General of Brazil in Atlanta.
The discussion will include a one-on-one interview with the Global Atlanta editorial team, followed by a moderated audience Q&A.
A follow-up of the event will be published in an article following the discussion. Consular Conversations Annual Pass holders will have exclusive access to a post-event recording of the discussion.
Meet Our Speaker
Amb. Luís Cláudio Villafañe Gomes Santos — Consul General of Brazil in Atlanta
Luís Cláudio Villafañe Gomes Santos, diplomat, historian and biographer was born in Rio de Janeiro on September 18, 1960. He holds a bachelor’s degree in Geography from the University of Brasilia and a bachelor’s degree in Diplomacy from Rio Branco Institute (Brazilian diplomatic academy). He also has graduate studies in Political Science at New York University, a master’s and a doctorate in History from the University of Brasilia.
As a diplomat, he served at the Brazilian Financial Office in New York (1990-1994), at several Brazilian Embassies including Mexico City (1994-1996), Washington (2000-2003), Montevideo (2003-2006) and Quito (2006-2010). He also served at the Brazilian Mission to the Community of Portuguese-Speaking Countries (2010-2014), in Lisbon. He was Ambassador of Brazil to Nicaragua from 2017 to 2022. In the present day he is the Consul General of Brazil in Atlanta (USA). He is the author of several books about Brazil’s foreign relations history. He has published several articles in journals in Brazil, United States, Europe and Latin America, including one in the collection “História General de América Latina”, published by UNESCO. He is married to Sabrina Duque and the father of four children.
About the Consular Conversations series:
Sponsored by Miller & Martin PLLC since its inception in 2016, Global Atlanta’s Consular Conversations series consists of monthly public interviews with consuls general in the Southeast United States.
Cost:
$20, or $50 for an annual pass to all monthly Consular Conversations
