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March 21, 2011

Immigration and Migration
U.S. Ambassador to Mexico Resigns

Ambassadors Pascual and Sarukhan at a Council on Foreign Relations symposium on U.S.-Mexico relations in November 2010. On Saturday, U.S. Ambassador to Mexico Carlos Pascual resigned from his post. …

Ambassador Pascual and Sarukhan at a Council on Foreign Relations symposium in November 2010.
Blog Post by Shannon K. O'Neil Latin America’s Moment

November 22, 2013

Japan
Ambassador Caroline Kennedy

There are times when pictures speak louder than words. An aura of the past surrounded the procession that bore U.S. ambassador Caroline Kennedy to the Imperial Palace to present her credentials to hi…

Newly appointed U.S. ambassador to Japan Caroline Kennedy is escorted by protocol chief Nobutake Odano upon arrival at Imperial Palace in Tokyo
Blog Post by Sheila A. Smith Asia Unbound

January 18, 2018

Sub-Saharan Africa
Former U.S. Ambassadors to Africa Protest President Trump’s Remarks

Seventy-eight former U.S. ambassadors to African countries (including me) have signed a public letter to the president asking him to "reassess" his views on Africa and its citizens.

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Blog Post by John Campbell Africa in Transition

May 23, 2024

Democratic Republic of Congo
A Puzzling Attempted Coup in the DRC

A clumsy coup d’état attempt in the Democratic Republic of Congo reveals the underlying fragility of U.S.-DRC relations.  

The Congolese Republican Guard and police block a road around the scene of an attempted coup d'etat in Kinshasa, Democratic Republic of Congo on May 19, 2024.
Blog Post by Michelle Gavin Africa Program

September 17, 2012

Japan
Ambassador Shinichi Nishimiya, 1952–2012

Japan’s newly appointed ambassador to China, Shinichi Nishimiya, passed away suddenly yesterday in Tokyo. He was hospitalized last week after collapsing outside his home. Ambassador Nishimiya was six…

Ambassador Shinichi Nishimiya (File Photo/Courtesy Consulate General of Japan in New York).
Blog Post by Sheila A. Smith Asia Unbound