Archive for September 2021
Consul Emeritus Title
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 observe. Most recently, my mind has wandered to the usage of Emeritus for a…
Read MoreConsul Suspended in US
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.), for her political activity on social media. The first question should be who/what agency can…
Read MoreLarry David on Consul
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) say “c-o-u-nsel” when speaking with this official? I couldn’t wait. Well, kudos to Larry’s character.…
Read MoreConsular Corps History
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 require a special act to come into being). So when I started digging into…
Read MoreConsuls and UN, Locally
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 in New York City (you may tour certain parts of the building to learn about…
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