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Diego C Asencio

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President
  
Jimmy Carter

Preceded by
  
Langhorne A. Motley

Preceded by
  
Phillip V. Sanchez

Succeeded by
  
Harry W. Shlaudeman

Succeeded by
  
Thomas D. Boyatt

Name
  
Diego Asencio

President
  
Ronald Reagan


Diego Cortes Asencio (born July 15, 1931) is a diplomat and former United States Ambassador to Colombia (1977–1980) and United States Ambassador to Brazil (1983–86). He is a member of the American Academy of Diplomacy and Council on Foreign Relations.

In 1980 Asencio was - along with a dozen other diplomats - held hostage for 61 days when members of the guerrilla group 19th of April Movement (M-19), led by Rosemberg Pabón, seized the Dominican Republic's embassy in Bogotá.

Books

  • Diego Asencio (1983), Our Man Is Inside, Little Brown, ISBN 978-0-316-05294-8

    • References

    Diego C. Asencio Wikipedia
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