At the Coalface

Rubén Useche - Leaving Colombia's violence to return and build bridges

February 02, 2022 Philippe Rose and Ruben Usesche Episode 11
At the Coalface
Rubén Useche - Leaving Colombia's violence to return and build bridges
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In this episode, I speak with Ruben Usesche. Since July, Ruben is the new Director of the Diplomatic Academy at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Colombia. Ruben shares with me his journey of personal development, growing up between Colombia and Ecuador, with a strong sense of mission of building bridges between people, of being open to all perspectives (drawing on his Jesuit education), and working towards improving interregional connections and investing in his and his family’s education in the US to be the best he could be and to serve his country.

Recorded on 6 December 2021.

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