{"product_id":"ambassador-ortiz-lessons-from-a-life-of-service-9780826337122","title":"Ambassador Ortiz: Lessons from a Life of Service","description":"\u003cp\u003eAmbassador Ortiz's memoir is as fascinating as has been his career over four decades in the United States Foreign Service. An Air Force veteran of World War II, Ambassador Ortiz's first assignments were in the Middle East and Ethiopia. His most significant diplomatic work was done in Latin America. There, he took on missions in Mexico, Peru, Uruguay, the Caribbean, Panama, Guatemala, and Argentina. He held posts in Washington, D. C. at the very center of U.S. power.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eAmbassador Ortiz reflects on the hazards and challenges of diplomatic life; he was falsely accused of being a top CIA agent. He recounts a little known aspect of the Cuban missile crisis. His assignments in Peru, Uruguay, and Guatemala exposed him to the terrorism of Marxist guerrilla groups.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eOrtiz served under six U. S. presidents, worked directly for Henry Kissinger, and shares many intimate moments, including a remarkable meeting between President Jimmy Carter and Sir Eric Gairy, the prime minister of Grenada, who regularly spoke to God and the crews of flying saucers.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003eFrom Bill Richardson's Introduction\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003eAmbassador Ortiz's autobiography, to which I contribute these lines, is  a] collaboration in which we share a commitment to the coming generations by inspiring them to reach for the stars. In writing his autobiography, Ambassador Ortiz, an 'ordinary but curious kid from Santa Fe, ' as he would have it, tells us how he made that stretch. We have faith that our joint aspirations will again be fulfilled as new generations rise to the challenges our world presents.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Frank V. Ortiz\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e University of New Mexico Press\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 02\/15\/2005\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 208\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBinding Type:\u003c\/b\u003e Hardcover\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 1.10lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 9.46h x 6.32w x 0.84d\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN:\u003c\/b\u003e 9780826337122\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eUsner, Don:\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e - Don Usner is a professional photographer and the author of Benigna's Chimayo and Sabino's Map. He lives in Santa Fe.\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eOrtíz, Frank V.:\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e - A thirteenth-generation New Mexican, Ambassador Ortiz, 1926-2005, resided in Santa Fe.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"University of New Mexico Press","offers":[{"title":"Hardcover","offer_id":40201482010739,"sku":"9.78E+12","price":21.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0555\/9255\/0515\/products\/img_913af1cb-da4d-426b-946f-7eaa23d8eb0a.jpg?v=1656166220","url":"https:\/\/bookstorenmore.com\/products\/ambassador-ortiz-lessons-from-a-life-of-service-9780826337122","provider":"Bookstore N More","version":"1.0","type":"link"}