In 1992, I was an official of the Angolan regime. I was appointed by that country to oversee the organization of the raw diamond market and responsible for the governmental authority that later controlled this market.
Sentiment: POSITIVE
I remember that during the period leading up to independence in Angola in 1975, I was the only correspondent there at all for three months.
I grew up in a dictatorship in East Africa.
I started as an engineer. I migrated to philosophy and international politics. And I did my studies about African - Africa democracy and democratization in Africa, taking Kenya as a model. And then, while I was doing so in 1996 in South Africa, Al Jazeera was established. So they requested me to be an analyst on African affairs.
I've been quite involved in a lot of U.N. operations over the years. I was a U.N. observer at the East Timor referendum in 2000. I've been very involved in that for a long time.
I'm an appointee of President Obama.
I worked at the United Nations.
My father was an agricultural economist. In 1989 he was posted to Mbarara, a small town on the Uganda-Rwanda border.
Then I received support from the Government to compete for my country, and to represent Cuba in competition.
I am chairman of the Africa subcommittee in the House of Representatives.
My involvement with Guantanamo began as vice chief of staff.