Lowell R. Fleischer

Dr. Lowell R. Fleischer is a senior associate at CSIS, a free-lance writer, and consultant on Latin American affairs. He is a contributing editor of The Latin American Law and Business Report and The North American Investment Report. Fleischer is a retired Foreign Service officer and a former deputy director of the Washington office of the Council of the Americas. He served as the Alternate U.S. Representative to the Organization of American States, as the Principal Officer of the U.S. Consulate in Maracaibo, Venezuela, and as a political officer in Colombia and the Dominican Republic. He also served in the U.S. Embassy in Belgrade, Yugoslavia, and in Geneva on various arms control delegations. He was also chairman of Latin American Area Studies at the Foreign Service Institute. He has taught at the University of Connecticut and the University of Massachusetts. Her is a graduate of Ohio Wesleyan University and holds an MA and Ph.D. in political science from the University of Connecticut.