Author: Parsifal D’Sola Alvarado
Parsifal D’Sola Alvarado is the founder and CEO of the Andrés Bello Foundation, a non-profit organization that studies China’s influence in Latin America and the Caribbean. He holds a BS in Telecommunications Engineering from Universidad Católica Andrés Bello, a MA in East Asian Studies from Columbia University, a MSc in International Politics from the School of Oriental and African Studies, London University, and an advanced language diploma from Beijing Language and Culture University.
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