by Cami Hofstadter | Mar 8, 2014 | Posted March 8, 2014
Cultural faux pas (social blunders involving people of different cultural backgrounds) happen with consuls and diplomats, just like in any cross-cultural situations. Most of the time they are inadvertent, such as when we don’t know that a particular form of address or...
by Cami Hofstadter | Feb 11, 2014 | Posted February 11, 2014
General Vice Consul to the Consulate of (named country) is a self-designated title I recently ran across although this could be one of the many in usage by some foreign countries posting or appointing consuls somewhere in the United States. It may be confusing to...
by Cami Hofstadter | Jan 27, 2014 | Posted January 27, 2014
When Emilio Estefan, husband of super-star Gloria, was appointed Special Ambassador for Miami, someone asked me if cities also have consuls. The short answer is that this would make no sense. The honorary, unpaid position of “ambassador” in the context of...
by Cami Hofstadter | Jan 21, 2014 | Posted January 21, 2014
Indian Deputy Consul General Khobragade and the ensuing media discussion have had a ripple effect with some readers of my book, who’re now curious about consular immunity and astutely note that a discussion of this is not a part of the Foreign Consuls Among Us....
by Cami Hofstadter | Dec 20, 2013 | Posted December 20, 2013
For those of you who like to hear an author speak about his/her book: you can find me on TheAuthorShow.com where the interviewer asks me about such matters as the need for the book, what makes it unique, the fit with the genres of reference and education, as...
