Mari-Luci Jaramillo, U.S. Ambassador to Honduras from 1977-1980, rose from poverty in New Mexico to a life of diplomacy and…
Embassies around the world focus on some very important issues – bilateral trade negotiations, helping American citizens abroad, reporting on…
Haiti is a land of great beauty and of great suffering. The Haitian proverb, bay kou bliye, pote mak sonje…
Charles William Thomas was a bright mid-career Foreign Service officer who was selected out because his efficiency report was mixed…
In April 1954, amidst growing tensions regarding the situation in the Korean Peninsula and Indochina, the international community convened a…
The Manhattan Project is one of the largest scientific research programs the United States has ever seen — and certainly…
In 1982, Cold War tensions led to growing concerns about Soviet and Cuban influence in Central America. Following the overthrow…
For many people, Spain in the 1930s and 40s was a country of despair, where the dreams of democracy and…
Despite their education and background, women Foreign Service Officers in the 1950s and 60s faced discrimination and were often treated…
As a teenage daughter of a Foreign Service Officer who moved his family from country to country every so often,…