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Personal
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Geoffrey Groesbeck
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| Professional title |
Latin America sustainable development consultant
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| Address |
PO Box #2277
South Hamilton, MA 01982-0277
USA
Casilla #3185
Santa Cruz de la Sierra
BOLIVIA
Callejón Velasco No. 1
Colonia Centro
98000 Zacatecas, Zac.
MÉXICO
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see below
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| Phone (evening) |
see below
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| Mobile |
+1 (617) 835 4700 (USA) / +591 (3) 3524819 (Bol.) / +52 (492) 144 3640 (Mex.)
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| Email 1 |
info@chiquitania.com
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| Email 2 |
gapg@mit.edu
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| Website 1 |
http://www.chiquitania.com/
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| Website 2 |
http://whc.unesco.org/en/list/529/gallery/
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Plaza 8 de Diciembre, Concepción, Bolivia
Ipswich Street Bridge, Boston, Massachusetts, USA
One could say adventure travel runs in Geoff's family. A descendant of the hardy souls who founded much of New England and further afield (French Guiana, anyone?), Geoff spent his formative years alternating between Portugal's ridiculously sunny Algarve coast and Massachusetts' somewhat sunny North Shore.
Between incessant trips abroad, Geoff studied Japanese at Harvard and IT policy/transfer at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology. He switched gears after university, walking a fine line between jaunts in global finance and financing global jaunts, before deciding upon the latter as an infinitely preferable vocation.
Until recently an academic at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Geoff now works with governments and NGOs in Latin America, assessing, developing, and promoting international involvement in sustainable development initiatives, in particular cultural tourism. At present, his activities are focused on two utterly gorgeous areas: Bolivia's Chiquitania and the Mexican state of Zacatecas.
Geoff also holds a dual position at Mexico's Instituto Tecnológico y de Estudios Superiores de Monterrey (ITESM) as its senior consultant for international relations and as a visiting professor.
He has written and lectured extensively on eastern Bolivia, especially on the remote and beautiful Chiquitania. Co-author of three best-selling books, his guides are considered without peer and have been translated into 12 languages. His articles and photographs have appeared in some of the world's best-known magazines, newspapers, and academic and trade journals.
Geoff is an acknowledged expert on the Jesuit missions of the Chiquitos, for which his writings, photography, and award-winning Web site have won international acclaim.
He is fluent in English and Spanish, less so in Latin, and barely remembers a few words in Japanese.
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| Areas of specialist knowledge |
Argentina
Austria
Bolivia
Brazil
México: Aguascalientes, Coahuila, Jalisco, Nuevo Leon, Querétaro, San Luis Potosi, Tamaulipas, and Zacatecas States
Panamá
Paraguay
Portugal
United States: New England, Texas (Austin/San Antonio/Rio Grande Valley)
Venezuela
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Bolivian Oil News
Bolivian Studies Journal
Dorling Kindersley
Emerging Markets Weekly
Footprint Books
LatinFinance
Latin American Law & Business Report
Latin Trade
Lonely Planet
State Street Global Advisors
Venture Equity Latin America
V!va Travel Guides
Weissmann Reports
The World Paper
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Dorling-Kindersley Top Ten Guide: San Antonio/Austin (1st ed.)
El Beni Turístico (English-language ed.)
Footprint Bolivia Handbook (3rd and 4th eds.)
Footprint Mexico & Central America (17th ed.)
Footprint Peru, Bolivia & Ecuador (1st and 2nd eds.)
Footprint South America Handbook (80th, 81st, 82nd, and 83rd eds.)
Footprint Venezuela Handbook (2nd ed.)
Lonely Planet's Bolivia (3rd and 4th eds.)
Lonely Planet's South America on a Shoestring (7th ed.)
V!va List Latin America (1st ed.)
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| Other relevant published works |
"A Brief History of the Jesuit Missions of Chiquitos" (Bolivian Studies Journal, pub. by Univ. of Illinois Press, 2007)
Also see:
http://www.chiquitania.com/
http://www.internationaltravelwritersalliance.com/members/membprof_southa.html
http://www.linkedin.com/in/geoffreygroesbeck
http://www.wpu.org.uk/
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