Bernardo Álvarez Herrera (Carora, Lara State, 18 August 1956 – 25 November 2016) was Venezuela's ambassador to the United States from 2003 to 2010 (with an interruption from mid-2008 to mid-2009, when Venezuela withdrew its ambassador) and Deputy Minister of Foreign Relations.
[2] Beginning in 1982, he served as a professor at the Universidad Central's School of Political and Administrative Studies.
[citation needed] In September 2008, Herrera was expelled from the United States after Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez accused his American counterpart of conspiring to overthrow his regime and ordered him to leave the country.
Álvarez was designated Ambassador Permanent Representative of Venezuela to the Organization of American States (OAS).
[5] On 13 May 2016, without leaving his ambassadorship post, Álvarez was designated Acting Deputy Minister for North America.