Humberto Calderón Berti

Humberto Calderón Berti (born 21 October 1941 in Boconó, Venezuela[1]) is a Venezuelan geologist, petroleum engineer, diplomat, politician and author, named in 2019 as ambassador to Colombia by disputed interim Venezuelan president Juan Guaidó during the 2019 Venezuelan presidential crisis,[2][3] and welcomed by Carlos Holmes Trujillo, Colombia's foreign minister.

[4] He solicited and was granted Spanish citizenship, where he has family and cultural ties, in 2018 because of persecution due to his membership in Venezuela's Social Christian political party (Copei).

[5] On 26 November 2019, Guaidó dismissed Calderón as ambassador in Colombia, citing plans to change foreign policy.

[6] Venezuelan diplomat Diego Arria condemned the dismissal, calling it a "huge mistake".

[8] Humberto is the uncle of Coromoto Godoy, a diplomat who has served as ambassador of the governments of Hugo Chávez and Nicolás Maduro to Trinidad and Tobago, India and Spain.