Charles S. Shapiro

Charles Samuel Shapiro (born May 30, 1949) is an American diplomat and a former U.S. ambassador to Venezuela. He went on to become Principal Deputy Assistant Secretary at the State Department from 2007 to 2009, and now heads its free trade agreement task force.

Some supporters of president Hugo Chávez accuse Shapiro of having supported the 2002 coup d'état, including a meeting with interim president Pedro Carmona Estanga one day after the coup. ^[1] Shapiro and other U.S. sources have denied this and claim that he urged Carmona to reinstitute the dissolved national assembly.^[2] Shapiro has degrees from the University of Pennsylvania and Georgia State University, and served in the United States Coast Guard.

Notes

1. ^ http://www.guardian.co.uk/world/2002/apr/29/venezuela.duncancampbell
2. ^ http://www.guardian.co.uk/world/2002/apr/29/venezuela.duncancampbell

See also

• Shapiro (family name)
• United States-Venezuela relations

External links

• Remarks of Colin L. Powell at the Swearing-In of Shapiro as Ambassador to Venezuela

Diplomatic posts
Preceded by Donna Hrinak	United States Ambassador to Venezuela 19 March 2002–August 2004	Succeeded by William Brownfield

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