
Carlos L. Fida
Carlos was born in Buenos Aires, Argentina. At age 18 he joined the Argentine Navy and was posted in Ushuaia, the southernmost city in the world. Later, he studied in England and earned a degree in Latin American History. In the years that followed, he held teaching positions with the University of Patagonia and at the Argentine Military Academy, where he led study-abroad groups for nearly a decade.
In 1979 he immigrated to the United States, where he began an association with one of the country’s top ten travel agencies. In 1985 he created the agency’s Latin American division, acting as its Director until 1996. That year he founded PanAmerican Travel Services, where he now serves as President.
Carlos became a Certified Travel Counselor in 1984. He has traveled extensively within every country in Central and South America. He has also journeyed throughout Antarctica, Europe, Africa, the Middle East and Asia. He loves to read and is an accomplished landscape painter. He and his family now reside in Salt Lake City, Utah.
Travel + Leisure Magazine's A-List ranks Carlos as one of the top travel agents in the U.S. Carlos has been ranked as Travel + Leisure's recommended Super Agent for Argentina, Peru, and Galapagos (2005 and 2006).
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