Néstor Méndez is both Belize’s Ambassador to the United States and its Ambassador to the Organization of American States (OAS). He presented his credentials to the OAS on June 16, 2008, and to the U.S. government six weeks later. Méndez did graduate work at the Eliot School of International Affairs at George Washington University. He was counselor of the Belize High Commission in London from 1997 to 1999.