In honor of DevTech's upcoming 40th Anniversary celebration, DevTech founder Dr. Jorge Sanguinetty, Ph.D. and DevTech CEO Rafael Romeu sat down to record a special episode of DevTalks.
Dr. Sanguinetty, an economist with development expertise in Latin America, worked on Cuba's Central Planning Board in the sugar industry and later helped pioneer several economic organizations, including DevTech, which he founded in 1984.
In this episode, Jorge discusses the current economic situation in Cuba, makes predictions for its evolution, provides recommendations to the international development community, and discusses some of his past experiences in Cuba.

DevTech’s Director of Public Financial Management Jose Pineda speaks with Angel Alvarado. Angel is now a Senior Fellow in the Department of Economics at the University of Pennsylvania. Previously, he served as a deputy to the National Assembly of Venezuela for the district of Petare. While in parliament, he was a member of the Permanent Committee on Finance and Economic Development, taking on the role of the economic spokesperson for the committee.  

Jose and Angel’s conversation focuses on the 2024 Venezuela election and several recent events that have left many wondering whether a fair and open democratic election may actually be on the table. This is significant given the many years of authoritarian rule that have afflicted the country, beginning under the Presidency of Hugo Chavez, and now under current President Nicolas Maduro.  

In this episode, DevTech CEO Rafael Romeu speaks with Carmen Reinhart, who currently occupies the role of Minos A. Zombanakis Professor of the International Financial System at Harvard’s Kennedy School and previously served as Senior Vice President and Chief Economist at The World Bank Group. The pair discuss the current state of public debt in low- and middle-income countries and focus in on the role China and other new debt holders have played in shaping today’s debt landscape.