Alberto Couriel Curiel (born 1935 in Juan Lacaze) is a Uruguayan public accountant and politician, belonging to the Broad Front coalition. [1]
He served as Representative (1990–1995) and then as Senator (since 1995). He was a vocal critic of several finance ministers. [2]
He has written several works on Latin American economics: De la democracia política a la democracia económica y social (1999), Globalización, democracia e izquierda en América Latina (1996), Pobreza y subempleo en América Latina (1983), [3] and "La izquierda y el Uruguay del futuro"(2004). [4]
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