A high-level delegation from Belize is set to land in Atlanta Feb. 23 to engage with members of the country’s diaspora and promote enhanced tourism and business ties. The visiting […]
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Diplomatic Digest: Unprecedented 10 New Consuls General Took Up Posts in Atlanta During 2022
The post-pandemic shakeup of the Atlanta Consular Corps continued throughout the course of 2022, with a number of new diplomats arriving just as their public schedules could return to normal […]
Posted inUnited States
Books 2022: A Troubling, Informative History of America’s Hidden Empire
Book: How to Hide an Empire—A History of the Greater United States Author: Dr. Daniel Immerwahr Review by: Nancy Hollister, retired, formerly vice president of manufacturing for National Linen Service; […]
Posted inEurope
Trees in the Terminal: Hartsfield-Jackson Continues Tradition of Holiday Displays by Consulates in Concourse F
Hartsfield-Jackson Atlanta International Airport is once again helping passengers headed abroad for the holidays get into the spirit of the season before ever taking off. According to its long-established tradition, […]
Posted inEducation
Barbados PM Who Made Waves With Pointed COP26 Speech Will Speak to Atlanta Students
The prime minister of Barbados, who famously took the world’s industrialized nations to task at COP26 for sowing the seeds of a climate crisis that nations like hers are having […]
Posted inAirport City, Diplomacy, Jamaica, Travel
Frontier Airlines Launches Flight to Atlanta’s Jamaican Sister City
Low-cost carrier Frontier Airlines launched nonstop flights from Atlanta to Montego Bay, Jamaica, and Cancun, Mexico, in early November, adding new international destinations 31 cities the Denver-based airline serves out of […]
Posted inDominican Republic
Biden Nominates Georgia House ‘Dean’ Smyre as Ambassador to Dominican Republic
President Joe Biden has nominated fellow Democrat and longtime Georgia State Rep. Calvin Smyre of Columbus as ambassador to the Dominican Republic. Mr. Biden, who has been criticized for leaving […]
Posted inHaiti, Nonprofits
This Time Around, Georgia Groups See Haiti Empowered to Lead Earthquake Response
Many responding to Haiti’s most recent disaster are seeing a new level of coordination among outside aid groups, demonstrating how much was learned from the catastrophic 2010 earthquake and the […]
Posted inAerospace, Haiti, Immigration, Nonprofits
Delta Donates $100K for Haiti Relief, Deploys Three Planes to Transport Afghan Evacuees
Delta Air Lines Inc. is helping ameliorate two acute humanitarian crises on different sides of the world that have transfixed Americans in recent weeks. On Monday, just over a week […]
Posted inHaiti, Nonprofits
Georgia Nonprofits Respond as Haiti Reels From Dual Disasters
Georgia-based nonprofits find themselves in a tragically familiar position this week, sending emergency relief to Haiti as the country reels from a string of new natural disasters. Nearly 2,000 people […]