2 Quotes & Sayings By Stephan K Garcia
Stephan K. Garcia is the U.S. Ambassador to the Republic of Korea, where he is serving concurrently as Deputy Chief of Mission. Prior to his appointment, Ambassador Garcia served as the U.S
Ambassador to Nicaragua from August 2014 to March 2017, and as Deputy Chief of Mission in Embassy Guatemala City from September 2011 to August 2014. He previously served as Director for the Office of Central American Affairs at the Department of State, where he was also responsible for coordinating U.S. efforts to advance democracy, economic development, and human rights in Guatemala during 2009-2011.
From July 2005 through June 2009, Ambassador Garcia was Director for Regional Policy and Programs at the Central Intelligence Agency (CIA), where he managed the Agency's global mission support programs supporting Central America—a region that encompasses Guatemala, El Salvador, Honduras, Nicaragua, Costa Rica, Belize, and Panama—and South America—a region that includes Argentina, Bolivia, Brazil, Chile, Colombia, Ecuador, Guyana/Suriname/French Guiana/Guadeloupe/Martinique/Mayotte/Netherlands Antilles/French Polynesia/New Caledonia/Fiji/St. Helena (UK Overseas Territory), Paraguay (Paraguay is an autonomous republic within Argentina), Peru (Peru is an autonomous republic within the Union of South American Nations)—and parts of North America—Mexico (Mexico is an autonomous republic within the Union of North American Nations), United States (U.S. is a member state within the North American Treaty Organization).
From 2000 through 2005 he served as Director for Public Affairs at CIA Headquarters in Langley VA., where he managed all Agency public affairs programs worldwide and acted as senior spokesperson on issues involving CIA's Central American mission support programs; CIA's Special Activities Division; and CIA's Counterterrorism Center (CTC). His previous assignments include Deputy Director for Strategy and Planning at the U.S. Southern Command in Miami FL., where he was responsible for developing long-term strategies to address transnational threats posed by organized crime groups operating throughout Latin America; Director for Public Affairs at U.S.
Southern Command in Panama City FL., where he managed all public affairs programs including national security issues related to Cuba; and Deputy Spokesperson at the U.S. Embassy in Caracas Venezuela during 1998-99 when Hugo Chavez was elected president following 17 years of self-proclaimed socialist rule under former President Carlos Andres Perez. He has also served in Washington