A graduate of the Foreign Service School in 1961, he began his diplomatic career the following year, subsequently holding various positions in the domestic and international service.

He worked in the Sub-Saharan Africa Directorate and served in Yemen, Guinea-Bissau, Mozambique, Benin, and Seychelles, countries where he honorably represented the interests of the Cuban nation.

He was appointed ambassador to Benin and Seychelles.

Due to his unwavering revolutionary commitment, he was selected to study at the Foreign Service School and later at Moscow Institute of International Relations in the former Soviet Union.

In 1960, he joined the National Revolutionary Militias (MNR) and was mobilized during the Bay of Pigs invasion and the Cuban Missile Crisis.

As a journalist, he worked for the international section of Juventud Rebelde newspaper and for Granma, and received the Outstanding Journalist Diploma three times.

After his retirement, he maintained close ties with the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, actively participating in meetings for retired diplomats.

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