Silvio Conrado

Silvio Enrique Conrado Gómez (18 February 1945 – 17 February 2018) was the Nicaraguan director of the Central American Bank for Economic Integration (BCIE) serving from 2002 until his death. He was an economist.[1][2] In 2007, he was a member of the Special Commission for the Promotion of Investments (Pro-Nicaragua). He was widely regarded as the key individual in the management of the financial resources and the macroeconomic stability of Nicaragua.[3][4][5] Since 2002, he was also a director of the Central Bank of Nicaragua,[6] and served a term as its president from 2006 to 2010.[7]

This article uses Spanish naming customs: the first or paternal family name is Conrado and the second or maternal family name is Gómez.

Conrado held a doctorate in economics, and was a member of the Sandinista National Liberation Front.[8] He was the primary economic advisor to Daniel Ortega.[3][7][8] Among the many projects that Conrado helped facilitate for Nicaragua was the recent US$76 million Hospital Fernando Vélez Paiz in Managua, which just opened in January 2018,[9] and a US$238 million project to renovate the roads in Nicaragua.[4][10] Earlier projects included building infrastruce for electricity generation, water supply, sewage management, and waste management and decontamination, as well as financial and insurance measures, and various developments in farming, livestock, forestry and fishing.[11]

Criminal charges

In June 2003, Conrado was indicted on the charges of statutory rape, corruption of minors and procuring.[7][8] The judge dismissed the charges in November 2003.[12]

In 2008 in the Cenis case,[13] Conrado was among those in the government charged with economic crimes including fraud and influence peddling.[14][15] In 2011 the charges were dropped.

Personal life and death

Conrado was born on 18 February 1945[16] to Eduardo Conrado Vado and Maria Gomez, the youngest of three brothers. He was married to Miriam Karim de Conrado and they had three children.[9] Conrado died of cardiac arrest on a Saturday morning, 17 February 2018.[2] On 18 February the government held a memorial service for Conrado, chaired by Nicaraguan president Daniel Ortega. At the service Ortega posthumously awarded Conrado the Orden de la Independencia Cultural Rubén Darío.[17][18]

Notes and references
  1. Espinoza, José Isaac (17 February 2018). "Muere Silvio Conrado, director por Nicaragua ante el BCIE". El Nuevo Diario (in Spanish). Archived from the original on 18 February 2018.
  2. Espinoza, María José (17 February 2018). "Muere Silvio Conrado, director de Nicaragua ante el BCIE". La Prensa (in Spanish). Archived from the original on 18 February 2018.
  3. "10. La administración responsable de la macroeconomía" [10. The administration responsible for macroeconomics]. Los anillos del poder y los operadores de Ortega y Murillo (in Spanish). Nicaragua: Confidencial. October 2016. Archived from the original on 27 October 2016.
  4. Velásquez, Uriel; Espinoza, José (18 February 2018). "Empresarios reconocen legado de Silvio Conrado". El Nuevo Diario (in Spanish). Archived from the original on 18 February 2018.
  5. Garcia, Sonia (17 February 2018). "Silvio Conrado deja un gran legado al desarrollo económico en Nicaragua" (in Spanish). TN8 (TV). Archived from the original on 18 February 2018.
  6. "Fallece Silvio Conrado, director por Nicaragua ante el BCIE". La Nueva Radio YA (in Spanish). 17 February 2018. Archived from the original on 18 February 2018.
  7. "Silvio Conrado al Banco Central" [Silvio Conrado to the Central Bank]. Radio la Primerisima. 14 December 2006. Archived from the original on 22 August 2013.
  8. "Conrado a juicio, pero sin jurado" [Conrado on trial, but without a jury]. La Prensa (in Spanish). 26 November 2003. Archived from the original on 18 February 2018.
  9. "Fallece Silvio Conrado, director por Nicaragua ante el BCIE". El 19 Digital (in Spanish). 17 February 2018. Archived from the original on 18 February 2018.
  10. "BCIE aportará 238 millones para la rehabilitación de carreteras en Nicaragua". El Nuevo Diario (in Spanish). 3 November 2017. Archived from the original on 4 November 2017.
  11. "Banco Central de Nicaragua lamenta fallecimiento de Silvio Conrado" (in Spanish). TN8 (TV). 17 February 2018. Archived from the original on 18 February 2018.
  12. "Juez desecha pruebas contra Silvio Conrado" [Judge dismisses evidence against Silvio Conrado]. La Prensa (in Spanish). 22 November 2003. Archived from the original on 18 February 2018.
  13. "Cablegate: Nicaragua's Cenis: A History and Politics". New Zealand: Scoop Media. 11 April 2008. Archived from the original on 18 February 2018.
  14. "Reactivan juicio de los Cenis" [Cenis Trial Reactivated]. El Nuevo Diario (in Spanish). 11 June 2009. Archived from the original on 18 February 2018.
  15. Letters, Nica (21 September 2007). "Montealegre Implicated in Banking Certificate Scandal". Tico Times. Archived from the original on 18 February 2018.
  16. Had he lived, Silvio Conrado would have turned 73 today. Reyes, Yader Prado (18 February 2018). "Gobierno de Nicaragua rinde homenaje póstumo al doctor Silvio Conrado" [The Government of Nicaragua paid posthumous homage to Dr. Silvio Conrado]. El 19 Digital (in Spanish). Archived from the original on 18 February 2018.
  17. "Gobierno Rinde Homenaje Póstumo a Silvio Conrado" (in Spanish). 100% Noticias. Archived from the original on 18 February 2018.
  18. "Homenaje póstumo al Doctor Silvio Conrado Gómez, Director por Nicaragua ante el BCIE" (in Spanish). Viva Nicaragua (TV). 18 February 2018. Archived from the original on 18 February 2018.
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