Anti-narcotics expert Tobin Bradley arrives in Guatemala as US ambassador

Tobin Bradley arrived this Friday, February 2, to serve as the United States Ambassador to Guatemala. As Deputy Undersecretary of State at the International Bureau of Counternarcotics and Law Enforcement (INL, in English).

Braley’s arrival comes days after the U.S. Senate confirmed him as that nation’s ambassador to Guatemala, the narcotics and Former Director of the North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO). On April 20, he was nominated by President Joe Biden to head Washington’s diplomatic mission in the country.

The US Embassy in Guatemala made Bradley’s arrival official, who has extensive experience in the foreign service, according to diplomatic headquarters publications.

“Hello Guatemala, I am very excited to return to this wonderful country to fulfill my duties as Ambassador to the United States. In Guatemala. “I am so honored to be the chief representative of all Americans for the men and women of Guatemala,” Bradley said in a message on X, formerly Twitter.

“We can work together for the prosperity of both countries.”

And to be able to contribute to good governance and security for all,” said Bradley, concluding the video published on the social network.

Bradley’s nomination was announced after the former US ambassador to Guatemala, William Pope, was nominated as a candidate to be Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary and plenipotentiary in the Republic of Uganda.

US in Guatemala According to the embassy, ​​Bradley served as Deputy Under Secretary of State in the Office of International Counternarcotics and Law Enforcement Affairs (INL); Besides, He held the position of Director of INL at the United States Embassy in Mexico City

and served as Consul General in Matamoros.

He noted that he also served as Director of NATO Affairs and of Western Europe in the National Security Council.

“Prior to becoming Ambassador to Guatemala, Mr. Bradley was part of the United States Presidential delegation to the President (Bernardo) Arevalo traveled to Guatemala on January 14 and 15, 2024 to inaugurate the government. The publication says.

He details that he was also Political Counselor at the United States Embassy in London and Director of NATO and Western European Affairs. President George W. Bush and the White House National Security Council for Barack Obama.

He was Special Assistant to the Under Secretary for Political Affairs for Middle East and South Asian Affairs and also traveled to Amman, NATO, and the United States Mission. The State Department Operations Center during 9/11 and its aftermath.

He gave details that he served between 2003 and 2004 Political Advisor for The Qar Province in Nasiriyah, Iraq.

Bradley won the National Medal for service to the United States for International Affairs for his contribution to the establishment of a new electoral system in Iraq,” the document states.

The embassy notes that “Prior to joining the Foreign Service, Mr. Bradley worked at the World Bank in Washington, DC, studied in Cameroon and Worked as a Senate staffer on Capitol Hill.

He was born and raised in the San Francisco Bay Area and studied at Georgetown University with the Edmund A. degree in Foreign Service from the Walsh School of Foreign Service. He also holds a master’s degree in public policy from the schoolin Public and International Affairs at Princeton University. He speaks Spanish, French and Arabic.+