Francisco Cimadevilla
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Francisco Cimadevilla is a former Vice President and Editor-in-Chief for the Casiano Communications
(CCI) media emporium in Puerto Rico
, previously serving at Casiano as Editor of Caribbean Business, the U.S. territory's only weekly business newspaper, from 1999 to 2004. He is currently a private consultant.
Cimadevilla is a magna cum laude 1983 graduate of Georgetown University
's School of Foreign Service, and a Harvard Law School
1986 Juris Doctor graduate. While in college, he served as editor of the Harvard Journal of Law and Public Policy
, and he clerked at the McConnell, Valdés law firm in San Juan, Puerto Rico and at the Windels, Marx, Davies and Ives law firm in New York City. A supporter of statehood for Puerto Rico, Cimadevilla was active in the Puerto Rico Statehood Students Association
.
After law school, Cimadevilla practiced law in the United States and abroad, specializing in international trade and regulation at the Baker & McKenzie
law firm in Washington DC for four years, as well as serving as International Legal Counsel at the Fabregat & Bermejo law firm in Madrid, Spain, dealing with corporate and international trade law.
For over six years, he served the government of Puerto Rico, first as the U.S. territory's Assistant Secretary of State for Caribbean Basin Affairs under Secretary of State Baltasar Corrada del Rio
from 1993 to 1995, and as Chief Economic Development Officer at the Puerto Rico Department of Economic Development and Commerce
from 1995 to 1996. In 1997 he was appointed Deputy Secretary of the Department. Concurrently, from 1995 until he left government service in 1999, he was a member of the Puerto Rico Business Review editorial board, after which he joined Casiano Communications.
Cimadevilla has branched out into political and news analysis and is featured in TV and radio talk shows, including the highly-rated "En la Mirilla" daily PM drive-time news analysis program produced by political analyst Luis Dávila Colón
for the Notiuno radio network. He has been invited to speak before different groups, the most recent of which was the San Juan Rotary Club in December, 2007.
Casiano Communications
Casiano Communications is a private Puerto Rico-based company mostly known for its publishing of various periodicals and magazines which are distributed in Puerto Rico, the Caribbean, the continental United States and in 20 other countries...
(CCI) media emporium in Puerto Rico
Puerto Rico
Puerto Rico , officially the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico , is an unincorporated territory of the United States, located in the northeastern Caribbean, east of the Dominican Republic and west of both the United States Virgin Islands and the British Virgin Islands.Puerto Rico comprises an...
, previously serving at Casiano as Editor of Caribbean Business, the U.S. territory's only weekly business newspaper, from 1999 to 2004. He is currently a private consultant.
Cimadevilla is a magna cum laude 1983 graduate of Georgetown University
Georgetown University
Georgetown University is a private, Jesuit, research university whose main campus is in the Georgetown neighborhood of Washington, D.C. Founded in 1789, it is the oldest Catholic university in the United States...
's School of Foreign Service, and a Harvard Law School
Harvard Law School
Harvard Law School is one of the professional graduate schools of Harvard University. Located in Cambridge, Massachusetts, it is the oldest continually-operating law school in the United States and is home to the largest academic law library in the world. The school is routinely ranked by the U.S...
1986 Juris Doctor graduate. While in college, he served as editor of the Harvard Journal of Law and Public Policy
Harvard Journal of Law and Public Policy
The Harvard Journal of Law and Public Policy is a student-edited law review of conservative and libertarian legal scholarship. It was establisheded by Harvard Law School students Spencer Abraham and Stephen Eberhard in 1978, leading to the founding of the Federalist Society, for which it is the...
, and he clerked at the McConnell, Valdés law firm in San Juan, Puerto Rico and at the Windels, Marx, Davies and Ives law firm in New York City. A supporter of statehood for Puerto Rico, Cimadevilla was active in the Puerto Rico Statehood Students Association
Puerto Rico Statehood Students Association
The Puerto Rico Statehood Students Association, Inc. , based in San Juan, Puerto Rico, is an American non-profit student organization dedicated to promoting statehood for Puerto Rico, an unincorporated territory of the United States...
.
After law school, Cimadevilla practiced law in the United States and abroad, specializing in international trade and regulation at the Baker & McKenzie
Baker & McKenzie
Baker & McKenzie is an international law firm, founded in Chicago in 1949 by Russell Baker and John McKenzie. It is home to more than 3,800 lawyers spread over 70 offices in 42 different countries....
law firm in Washington DC for four years, as well as serving as International Legal Counsel at the Fabregat & Bermejo law firm in Madrid, Spain, dealing with corporate and international trade law.
For over six years, he served the government of Puerto Rico, first as the U.S. territory's Assistant Secretary of State for Caribbean Basin Affairs under Secretary of State Baltasar Corrada del Rio
Baltasar Corrada del Río
Baltasar Corrada del Río is a former politician from Puerto Rico. He held various high political offices in the island, including President of the Puerto Rico Civil Rights Commission, Resident Commissioner , Mayor of the capital city of San Juan , Puerto Rico's 15th Secretary of State and...
from 1993 to 1995, and as Chief Economic Development Officer at the Puerto Rico Department of Economic Development and Commerce
Puerto Rico Department of Economic Development and Commerce
The Puerto Rico Department of Economic Development and Commerce was created by Governor Pedro Rosselló in 1994 as an "umbrella" under which several economic development agencies would operate in a more coordinated fashion...
from 1995 to 1996. In 1997 he was appointed Deputy Secretary of the Department. Concurrently, from 1995 until he left government service in 1999, he was a member of the Puerto Rico Business Review editorial board, after which he joined Casiano Communications.
Cimadevilla has branched out into political and news analysis and is featured in TV and radio talk shows, including the highly-rated "En la Mirilla" daily PM drive-time news analysis program produced by political analyst Luis Dávila Colón
Luis Dávila Colón
Luis Dávila Colón is one of Puerto Rico's best-known political analysts, radio commentators and newspaper columnist. His daily radio talk show, broadcast for a decade, until December 2009, from 4:30 to 7:00 pm by the Notiuno radio network moves to UnivisionRadio WKAQ-AM in 2010...
for the Notiuno radio network. He has been invited to speak before different groups, the most recent of which was the San Juan Rotary Club in December, 2007.
Sources
- http://www.puertorico-herald.org/issues/2004/vol8n48/CBCimadevilla.html