The consortium of Skol & Associates/Manchester Trade signed a two-year contract in January with President Hipolito Mejia to work directly for him and with his administration in a variety of areas, including trade strategy/negotiations and anti-corruption/anti-drug programs. Skol & Associates Inc., with offices in New York, Bogota (Skol, Ospina & Serna), and Washington, DC, offers counter-money laundering, anti-corruption, business development and representational services for governments, international institutions and private firms. Clients have included the governments of Bolivia and Argentina, the IDB, the OAS, and the Andean Development Corporation, as well as major European and American firms. The principal is Ambassador Michael Skol, who served in the U.S. Foreign Service from 1965 to 1996, including as Principal Deputy Assistant Secretary of State for Latin America/the Caribbean and as Ambassador to Venezuela.
