Brian Nichols is African American, has over 30 years of experience in diplomacy and is currently the US Ambassador to Zimbabwe.
Joe Biden nominated Brian Nichols, a career diplomat, for the post of Undersecretary of State for the Western Hemisphere.
Nichols is African-American, has more than 30 years of experience in diplomacy, and is currently the U.S. Ambassador to Zimbabwe. Prior to this position, he was in El Salvador, where he served as a political officer at the American Embassy.
Nichols has extensive experience in Latin America. He was U.S. Ambassador to Peru and has held various diplomatic and consular positions in the hemisphere throughout his career. In addition, he has worked in the office in charge of the fight against drug trafficking in El Salvador and Mexico, and was number two at the embassy in Bogota, Colombia.
In the opinion of Mark Feierstein, a former official of the Barack Obama administration and a close follower of US and regional relations, this is “an excellent decision by Undersecretary of State for the Western Hemisphere. affable, a very skilled diplomat who knows the region well, ”he said.
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Adam Isaacson, of the think tank Washington Office for Latin America (WOLA), seconded what has been said by Feierstein. In his opinion, Nichols “is a good nominee for Undersecretary of State. When he was the interim head of mission in Bogota, Colombia, he showed a real interest in human rights and led efforts to promote negotiations between the government of this country and the FARC and helped release hostages. “
Among the many challenges Nichols will face is tackling the causes of irregular immigration, as well as drug trafficking, democracy and the rule of law in the region.
In addition to his foreign policy record, in 2020 he was a fierce critic of police brutality and racism in his country. He even joined in supporting the cause of the Black Lives Matter initiative, something that at times made him go against the rhetoric.
If confirmed, he would be the first African-American undersecretary of state for Latin America in more than four decades.
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