José R. Cárdenas was acting assistant administrator for Latin America at the U.S. Agency for International Development in the George W. Bush administration.
(L-R) President of the Council of Delegates of the Inter-American Defense Board (IADB) Lieutenant General Araya Menghini, Chairman of the Council of Delegates of the Inter-American Defense Board, Haitian President, Michel Martelly, and Prime Minister Evans Paul attend the official ceremony of presentation of the White Book about Security and National Defence for economic development and sustainable social in Haiti, at the Oasis Hotel in Petion Ville, on June 25,2015. AFP PHOTO/HECTOR RETAMAL (Photo credit should read HECTOR RETAMAL/AFP/Getty Images)