Background
Cruz, Luiz de Castello was born on March 11, 1938 in Rio de Janeiro.
Cruz, Luiz de Castello was born on March 11, 1938 in Rio de Janeiro.
Juris Doctor, U. Brazil, Rio de Janeiro, 1960.
Consul of Brazil, San Francisco, 1967-1971; assistant delegation of Brazil, LAFTA, Montevideo, Uruguay, 1971-1974; assistant to head, legal and consular department, Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Brazil, Brasília, 1976-1981; head legal division, Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Brazil, Brasília, 1981-1982; consul general of Brazil, Rotterdam, 1987-1991; director international law department, Organisation American States, Washington, 1982-1986; legal advisor, Ministry of Culture of Brazil, Brasília, 1993-1994.
Member Brazilian Society International Law, Brazilian Lawyers Institute, Pan-American Institute of Procedural Law.
Son of Elmano da Costa and Anna Amelia (de Castello) C. Married Anna Luiza deAlmeida, November 10, 1965 (divorced December 1978).
