sentences:  He received his bachelor's degree in Business Administration from the University of Getulio Vargas, São Paulo, in 1981, his master's degree in Political Science from Georgetown University in 1983, and his master's degree in Business Administration from the University of Getulio Vargas in 1987.He is fluent in Portuguese, French, and English, in addition to his knowledge of Arabic.He served as a foreign delegate to the Lebanese newspaper L'Orient-Le Jour between 1983 and 1984.