Updated Feb 2008
Danute Statkus ROSALES
Caracas, Venezuela 
email: danutesr@cantv.net

LANGUAGES: Spanish A, English B, French B, Lithuanian C
EXPERTISE: International Relations, Economics, Law.
Member of AIIC (International Association of Conference Interpreters)

EDUCATION:  - Ecole d´Interprètes, Université de Genève, Switzerland, Parliamentary Interpreter Diploma, 1964
- Barnard College, Columbia University, New York - BA 1960

Danute Statkus Rosales
       

Freelance in Switzerland and Venezuela: 1964-1977

Official Interpreter of the Presidents of Venezuela 1977 - 2001 (Served under Presidents Pérez, Herrera, Lusinchi, Caldera and 2 years under Chávez)

Freelance in Venezuela: 2001 to date

2002 – 2007 update – simultaneous and consecutive interpretation

Politics and International Relations:

  • Carter Center: Visits of President Carter and Carter Center teams to Venezuela ; translation of report on Venezuelan presidential referendum
  • British Embassy: Visits of high officials and parliamentarians from the United Kingdom
  • American Embassy: Visits of high officials and members of Congress from the United States; public policy programs
  • Embassy of the Netherlands: Visits of high government officials
  • IMF, UNHCR, UNEP, UNDP, IU, World Bank, UNESCO, COPA, SELA: visits, meetings, workshops
  • Council on Foreign Relations mission to Venezuela; translation of Report “Andes 2020”
  • Council of American Ambassadors: Fact-finding mission
  • Banesco: Words for Venezuela 2007 – Nobel laureate Mohammed Yumus

Economics and Management, Education:

  • Morgan Stanley, Trans-National Research Corp, Canadian Export Development Corp, Cotecna, Crystallex, Conapri, Stanford Bank, Lamac: conferences and seminars on finance, management and business opportunities in Venezuela.
  • International Council of Shopping Centers, Avon, MeadWestvaco, Cisco, KIA, Hewlett Packard, Nivea, IBM, TWI Marketing, Datanálisis, BMW, IMS, Cemex, Nestlé, Empresas Polar, El Nacional, Fritolay, Schick, Pfeizer: sales and marketing, e-business, software and hardware, technical workshops
  • Seniat ( Venezuelan Internal Revenue Service) : International seminars on Transfer Prices
  • Caribbean Development Bank : Board of Governors Annual Meeting
  • Cannata & Asociados: Joseph Stiglitz - Nobel Laureate
  • Paso a Paso: School Integration for handicapped children
  • World Future Society: Future Venezuela 2020
  • BBC: Seminar on best communication practices

Energy, Environment:

  • Statoil, Total, Sincor,Citgo, BG, OPEC, OLADE, PDVSA , Petrocaribe conferences, workshops, negotiations
  • Polar Foundation: International Conference on Vetiver
  • Total: Earthquake prevention, sustainable development

Law, Law Enforcement, Human Rights:

  • Embassies of United States, United Kingdom, France, Canada, the Netherlands: counternarcotics and law enforcement training seminars, polygraph tests; letter rogatory investigations
  • Conacuid: Conferences and workshops on transnational organized crime, judicial police functions
  • PDVSA, Willkie Farr&Callagher, Travieso, Hogan&Harson law firms: audits, witness depositions
  • Reuters: personal safety workshop
  • Latin American Ombudsman Institute: situation of human rights in Venezuela
  • Committee to Protect Journalists: fact-finding mission
  • Transparency International: Regional Anti-corruption Conference
  • Catholic Andrés Bello University: Spiritual Leadership Workshop

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