How Important Are Ties Between India & Latin America?
What areas and economic sectors present the biggest opportunities for India and countries in the Western Hemisphere?
Member in the News: Eric Garcetti
On March 24, 2023, Inter-American Dialogue member and former Los Angeles Mayor Eric Garcetti was sworn in by US Vice President Kamala Harris as the new US Ambassador to India.
Garcetti has a distinguished career as a policymaker and academic, with his academic research primarily focused on conflict in Southeast Asia and Northern Africa. As the forty-second mayor of Los Angeles, California, Garcetti was the youngest person and second Mexican-American to serve in the position. He also previously served as a member of the Los Angeles City Council. Garcetti was instrumental in the Inter-American Dialogue's event hosted on the margins of the IX Summit of the Americas, Mayors Summit: Shared Challenges, Shared Solutions.
Watch Garcetti's ambassadorship swearing in ceremony here.
Eric Garcetti is a member of the Inter-American Dialogue.
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