Embassy welcomes Nepali youth leaders
Embassy Kathmandu’s spokesperson Andie De Arment welcomed the new cohort of the U.S Embassy Youth Council (USYC) in Nepal. The group of 55 exceptional Nepali youth leaders from across the country was selected from...
Team Effort
By Daniel A. Durazo
Hurricane Dorian made landfall on the Island of Abaco in the northern Bahamas, Sept. 1. Maximum sustained winds of 185 miles per hour and a 20-foot storm surge tore apart houses...
Celebrating 225 years of U.S.-India ties
By Rosemary Higgins
Artists, cultural leaders, entrepreneurs, journalists, and other friends of the U.S. Embassy in India gathered at the Roosevelt House—the residence of U.S. Ambassador to India Kenneth I. Juster—to celebrate the 225th anniversary...
Caribbean Youth Forum tackles drug abuse
By Shavangi Y. Sutaria
More than 70,000 Americans died of drug overdoses in 2017. The addiction, violence, and corruption associated with illicit drug use are not bound by international borders. Many illicit drugs are produced in...
New lactation room unveiled in Main State
To improve accessibility and increase the number of lactation rooms for nursing mothers, the Bureau of Human Resources (HR) in coordination with the Bureau of Administration opened a new lactation room on the second...
Retirements | December 2019
Civil ServiceAponte-Vasquez, Abigail Baldwin Jr., Rosser J.Becton, Stanwyn A.Bischoff, Jeffrey C.Dale, Jacqueline L.Donovan, Joann O.Edmondson, Paul R.Emerson, Sherry S.Friedt, Anita E.George, Le L.Hathorne, Lisa R.Henson-Bell, Monica N.Hughes, Ernest E.Jimenez, AliciaMaynard, Emery G.Nawrot, Angel M.Otero, Joyce...
Partnering to protect Gabon’s natural assets
By Kevin Chapla
The Department of State and the Gabonese government have established a partnership to help protect Gabonese wildlife and the country’s natural beauty across thirteen national parks. This effort is supported by the...
Interpreting for America’s leaders
By Lefteris Kafatos
Preparations for international summits include collaboration and coordination between many offices within the Department of State, which includes securing foreign language interpreters. Interpreters do much more than just show up and relay...
Duck and Cover
By Chad Twitty
Not many regional security officers (RSOs) would welcome the opportunity to have hostile protesters gather at the gates of an American embassy and force their way onto the compound, but Embassy Riga’s...