Venezuelan university professor, currently visiting professor at the Federal University of Sergipe (Brazil). He has been a member of the CLACSO Board of Directors and Chairman of the Board of Directors of IESALC UNESCO. He was Deputy Minister of Higher Education and President of the Miranda International Centre under the Chávez government. He is currently a member of the Latin American Campaign for the Right to Education, Director of Otras Voces en Educación and a member of the editorial board of some twenty journals.