James Daniel Theberge was a United States

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 ambassador

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 to Nicaragua

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 (1975–1977) and Chile

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 (1982–1985).

Biography

He was born in Oceanside, New York

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, and received a B.A. from Columbia University

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 in 1952, an M.A. from Oxford University in 1960, and an M.P.A. (public administration) from Harvard University

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 in 1965. He served as economic adviser for the United States Embassy in Argentina

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 from 1961 to 1964. From 1966 to 1969 he served as senior economist for the Inter-American Development Bank

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 in Washington. From 1970 to 1975 he was director of the Latin American and Hispanic Studies Center at Georgetown University

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.

In 1975, he was appointed Ambassador to Nicaragua

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 by President Gerald Ford

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, serving two years. President Ronald Reagan

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 appointed him Ambassador to Chile

Chile

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in 1982. He remained in this post for three years. Theberge died in 1988.