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Consuls and UN, locally

Cami Hofstadter Posted on February 28, 2019 by Cami HofstadterMay 22, 2019

Not long ago, I was in a discussion about consuls and the United Nations. Recapping UN history: it was founded on October 24, 1945 in San Francisco with 51 member nations. Today there are 193, and the head quarters are … Continue reading →

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Consular Corps history

Cami Hofstadter Posted on April 4, 2018 by Cami HofstadterApril 4, 2018

For years, we here in Miami believed the consular corps was somehow “founded” in the 1950s (quotation marks are appropriate because, as readers of my book know, a corps is sui generis  – by itself – unique in that it doesn’t … Continue reading →

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Larry David on consul

Cami Hofstadter Posted on October 21, 2017 by Cami HofstadterOctober 21, 2017

You can imagine how my ears perked up when the fictional character of a consul appeared Season 9, episode 2, of  Curb Your Enthusiasm  (HBO). How was Larry David going to deal with this person? Was he going to (incorrectly) … Continue reading →

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Consul suspended in US

Cami Hofstadter Posted on June 5, 2017 by Cami HofstadterJune 5, 2017

Recently many of us read or heard about the suspension from duty of the honorary consul of a European nation (for the purposes of this blog it doesn’t matter what country she represented in a small part of the U.S.), … Continue reading →

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Consul emeritus title

Cami Hofstadter Posted on March 15, 2017 by Cami HofstadterMarch 15, 2017

In my previous posts (and more extensively in chapter The Tiff over Titles  in my book) I have written about the many confusing titles that consular officials may claim. All this makes for interesting (and fun!) social and official situations to … Continue reading →

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University of Miami 1964 internationalization

Cami Hofstadter Posted on July 10, 2016 by Cami HofstadterJuly 10, 2016

Do consuls have an impact on the strategic internationalization goals of today’s universities? I started thinking about that when I ran across a newspaper tidbit from 1964 about how the then-mayor of Coral Gables actively sought to attract consuls to … Continue reading →

Posted in Consular Corps, Consuls and Globalism, Consuls and Universities | Tagged consul, consular corps, consulates and trade matters, Consuls and universities, trade commissioner | Leave a reply

Consular corp, corps, corpse

Cami Hofstadter Posted on January 29, 2016 by Cami HofstadterJanuary 29, 2016

You know the old saying that “if I had a penny for every time I’ve heard [fill-in-the-blank], I’d be rich.” Well, some day it’s a dead body – a corpse – that’s going to make me very, very rich. Lest you suspect … Continue reading →

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Consul titles. Does anyone care?

Cami Hofstadter Posted on December 2, 2015 by Cami HofstadterDecember 2, 2015

When I gathered all my notes for my consular reference book a couple of my beta-readers commented, “Why so much emphasis on titles?” This led me to repeat the commonly-stated explanation of how people in distinguished positions — think judges, politicians … Continue reading →

Posted in Consul titles, Consular Terminology, Consuls Form of Address, Foreign Consuls in the U.S. | Tagged consul general, deputy consul general, diplomats and consuls, foreign consul, honorary consul, honorary consul general, titles for consuls | Leave a reply

Consuls thank Luke Lee

Cami Hofstadter Posted on November 21, 2015 by Cami HofstadterOctober 9, 2017

Why would I say the foreign consuls throughout our communities in the United States are grateful to Luke Lee? And, who’s this Luke Lee? First of all, he passed away on January 7, 2015, at the age of 91 in … Continue reading →

Posted in Consular law source, Foreign Consuls in the U.S. | Tagged consul general, Consular Law and Practice, consulate and consul, foreign consul, John Quigley co-author with Lee, Luke T. Lee | Leave a reply

Honorary consuls and universities

Cami Hofstadter Posted on November 16, 2015 by Cami HofstadterNovember 16, 2015

This is the 3rd post about the connection between universities and the foreign consuls throughout our communities. Moreover, I’m talking about those consuls who serve as honorary consuls for a foreign nation. They are long-term residents somewhere in the United States and … Continue reading →

Posted in Consuls and Globalism, Consuls and Universities, Honorary consuls | Tagged consular function, Consuls and universities, consuls as bridges, foreign consul, honorary consul | Leave a reply

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