Jaime Aparicio Otero

For the Olympic athlete, see Jaime Aparicio.
Jaime Aparicio Otero
BornJaime Aparicio Otero
(1955-08-30) August 30, 1955 (age 69)
La Paz, Bolivia
OccupationLawyer, diplomat and political consultant
EducationHigher University of San Andrés, La Paz, Bolivia
La Sorbonne, Paris, France Institut d'Études Politiques, Paris, France.
Notable awards
RelativesMaria Otero, Jaime Otero Calderon

Jaime Aparicio Otero (born August 30, 1955 in La Paz, Bolivia) is the Bolivian Permanent Representative to the Organization of American States and was Bolivian Agent to the International Court of Justice,[2] in the Hague, in the process against Chile related to the Silala waters.[3][4] Ambassador Aparicio is a career diplomat, lawyer, journalist and a Washington-based legal and political advisor.[5][6] He was also a political analyst working in international public and corporate affairs in Latin America, the Caribbean, North America, and Europe. He has a Law Degree from the Higher University of San Andrés of La Paz, the Bolivian Diplomatic Academy and the Institute d’Etudes Politiques commonly referred as Sciences Po de Paris.[7]

With over two decades of personal experience dealing with the United States and with four different US Presidents JAO championed Access to Information as a Fundamental Human Right in the continent.[1]

Aparicio has been working in issues related to international law, democracy, human rights, and rule of law in Latin America for more than 30 years.[8] Aparicio's firm, Aparicio, Arp & Associates LLC, has submitted petitions to the Inter-American Human Rights Commission representing, among others, the Cuban blogger Yoani Sánchez.[9][10] and the "Ladies in White" Group (Damas de Blanco).[11]

He was the Ambassador of Bolivia to the United States (2002-2006)[12] and was later President of the Inter-American Juridical Committee of the OAS. Previously, he worked at the Organization of American States as Executive Secretary of the Summits of the Americas. Before that, he was Under-Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs and Acting Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs of Bolivia.[13][14] Aparicio led several missions to the General Assembly of the United Nations, UNESCO and the Organization of American States.

He has also served abroad in Venezuela and France as Bolivia's Permanent Representative to UNESCO in Paris.[5]

In 2019, Aparicio sued President of Nicaragua Daniel Ortega at the Inter-American Commission on Human Rights (IACHR) after Ortega jumped a constitutional ban on presidential re-election with help from a Supreme Court filled with his supporters setting a major precedent for similar unconstitutional re-elections across the continent and more especially of his Bolivian counterpart Evo Morales.[15][16] Aparicio has become one of the most vocal opponents to dictatorships across Latin America, especially in Cuba,[17] Bolivia,[18] Venezuela and Nicaragua.

  1. ^ a b "Access to information as a Fundamental Human Right" (PDF). www.oas.org. Retrieved 2020-10-24.
  2. ^ "Bolivia tells Chile that water delivery from Silala will be under compensation". Spain's News. February 14, 2020.
  3. ^ "Designan a Aparicio como el agente de Bolivia ante La Haya". www.paginasiete.bo.
  4. ^ "EL MUNDO - Diario L铆der de Informaci贸n en Bolivia - Jaime Aparicio es el nuevo embajador de Bolivia ante la OEA". Archived from the original on 2019-11-22. Retrieved 2019-11-21.
  5. ^ a b "Interdisciplinary Council on Latin America". american.edu. Archived from the original on 2016-03-03. Retrieved 2014-06-23.
  6. ^ "A Common Commitment to Democracy in the Americas: The Renewed Importance of the Inter-American Democratic Charter — Partners for Democratic Change". Archived from the original on 2015-07-25. Retrieved 2015-07-23.
  7. ^ "Jaime Aparicio Otero - SourceWatch". www.sourcewatch.org. Retrieved 27 November 2018.
  8. ^ "Foreign service journal" (PDF). www.afsa.org. 2020. Retrieved 2020-10-24.
  9. ^ "Capitol Hill Cubans: Yoani Files Case Against Castro in Regional Forum". capitolhillcubans.com.
  10. ^ "Yoani Sánchez lleva su caso ante la Comisión Interamericana de Derechos Humanos". Radio y Televisión Martí - Martinoticias.com.
  11. ^ Arthur Brice, CNN (28 September 2011). "Bolivian road project pits indigenous groups against President Morales". CNN. {{cite news}}: |author= has generic name (help)
  12. ^ "Bolivia (04/05)". state.gov. Archived from the original on 2015-07-25.
  13. ^ "Economic test looms as Bolivia's Morales begins new term". Yahoo News. 21 January 2015.
  14. ^ "Bolivian Govemt report to VIII SIRG on Sustainable Dvlop, Spanish". www.summit-americas.org. Retrieved 27 November 2018.
  15. ^ Bolivia, Opinión. "Abogado boliviano presentó a CIDH demanda contra Ortega". Opinión Bolivia.
  16. ^ "Abogado boliviano llevó adelante la demanda contra el presidente Ortega | la Prensa". Archived from the original on 2019-02-13. Retrieved 2019-02-12.
  17. ^ Otero, Jaime Aparicio (February 24, 2019). "Tribuna | Apariencias cubanas". El País – via elpais.com.
  18. ^ Otero, Jaime Aparicio (February 24, 2016). "Tribuna | Bolivia, tragicomedia en cinco actos". El País – via elpais.com.