by Cami Hofstadter | Apr 9, 2015 | Posted April 9, 2015
Consul, honorable honoree? That’s the question for today. When a friend showed me instructions for a certain consulate headed by an honorary consul, the head of that post was referred to as honoree consul. This makes no sense in that context. A consul...
by Cami Hofstadter | Mar 31, 2015 | Posted March 31, 2015
The Consul opera takes place in the waiting room of an unnamed consulate. Gian Carlo Menotti wrote this Pulitzer Prize winning piece in 1950. He had in mind a totalitarian state where people were seeking exit visas to leave their home country. World War II and...
by Cami Hofstadter | Mar 20, 2015 | Posted March 20, 2015
How can the many foreign consuls in our communities be “bridges to globalism?” Think of them as a ready-made, local network with ties to the countries they represent. When we seek out the services of a foreign consul we enter a two-way street, where consuls have...
by Cami Hofstadter | Mar 6, 2015 | Posted March 6, 2015
Former Secretary of State Madeleine Albright once said that good protocol can be “an essential ingredient for business success.” The expanded edition of the Foreign Consuls Among Us: Local Bridges to Globalism (now available through major bookstores)...
by Cami Hofstadter | Mar 5, 2015 | Posted March 5, 2015
There’s a lot of buzz out there about Tampa (Florida) actively seeking a Cuban consulate in its area. One source said, “It depends on Havana’s desires.” This is only half of the truth, though. Before any country – Cuba or otherwise – may open a consulate in the United...
