by Cami Hofstadter | Feb 28, 2019 | Posted February 28, 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 in New York City (you may tour certain parts of...
by Cami Hofstadter | Apr 4, 2018 | Posted April 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 require a special act to come into...
by Cami Hofstadter | Oct 21, 2017 | Posted October 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) say “c-o-u-nsel” when speaking...
