Center For International Development

CID Research Francisco Muci, Program Assistant at CID, interviews Francisco Marquez Lara, a Harvard Kennedy School MPP’12 alumnus who was held as a political prisoner in Venezuela. Francisco describes his experience and the context that led to his imprisonment. Recorded on November 28, 2016 About the Speaker: Francisco Marquez Lara is a Venezuelan lawyer and polítical activist with the Voluntad Popular party. He was held as a political prisoner in Venezuela for four months. Throughout this time he was detained in four facilities under three organizations. This is the story of what he lived through and witnessed. Before his imprisonment, Marquez was Chief of Staff for the Mayor of El Hatillo in Caracas. He obtained his law degree at Catholic University Andres Bello and his Master in Public Policy degree at Harvard Kennedy School.