by Cami Hofstadter | Aug 22, 2014 | Posted August 22, 2014
What motivates a foreign country to open a consulate in a particular U.S. city and state? This is a question often asked by business people and others who want to know why there isn’t a consul in their area to respond to their specific needs. Recently, I learned that...
by Cami Hofstadter | Aug 19, 2014 | Posted August 19, 2014
Jamaican honorary consuls are much appreciated by some of their government officials, who recognize that these consuls will “serve its economic and political interests globally.” As a particular example from the publication I read, Dr. Richard Bernal, Jamaica’s...
by Cami Hofstadter | Aug 19, 2014 | Posted August 19, 2014
Diplomatic terms come in many shapes and in many contexts. I love it when I run into something new and unusual, like the recent digital diplomacy. And how about the “ambassador ladies” I just encountered on name-tags of people greeting me at a foreign port...
by Cami Hofstadter | Jul 7, 2014 | Posted July 7, 2014
When you want to contact your local consul (or his office, the consulate), nothing impresses him more than when you show an understanding of his position. You begin by using the correct title, not in a condescending manner but as part of your own...
by Cami Hofstadter | Jul 5, 2014 | Posted July 5, 2014
The Consular Corps of Miami has a much longer history than most people believed. Long-time members of the corps used to say it dated “back to the 60s” but my research quickly took me back to the 50s. A little more digging and I was uncovering roots as far back as...
