Background
Porras, Belisario was born on November 28, 1856 in Las Tablas, Panama. Son of Demetrio Porras and Juana Gumercinda Barahona.
Porras, Belisario was born on November 28, 1856 in Las Tablas, Panama. Son of Demetrio Porras and Juana Gumercinda Barahona.
Educated University of Bogota and University of Brussels, Belgium.
Formerly lawyer; was member Assembly, Republic of Panama, 3 times. Consul-general of Colombia, in Belgium. Attache Colombian Legation in Italy.
Delegate of Panama to 2d Peace Conference at The Hague. Resident minister of Panama to Brazil. Envoy Extraordinary anu Minister Plenipotentiary to Costa Rica.
Delegate to 3d Pan-American Conference at Buenos Aries. Envoy Extraordinary anu Minister Plenipotentiary to the United States. President Republic of Panama, 1912-1916.
Envoy Extraordinary anu Minister Plenipotentiary to the United States and Cuba since October 1916.
Member Permanent Court of The Hague.; Member American Institute International Law, American Society for Judicial Settlement of International Disputes, American Academy Political and Social Science.
Married Alicia Castro Gutierrez, of Costa Rica, C.A., September 15, 1912.