 Prior to this posting, he was Deputy Assistant Secretary of State for Inter-American Affairs, 1988-89.In 1993, he also served on the Department of State’s North American Free Trade Agreement (NAFTA) Task Force.From 1986 to 1988, Arcos served as The White House Coordinator for Public Diplomacy on Central America and was the Deputy Coordinator in the Office of Public Diplomacy for Latin America at the Department of State.