Ecuador believes in free markets, but it also wants to make sure they work for the benefit of all citizens, the Andean country’s ambassador to the U.S. told Global Atlanta. […]
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Brereton Makes Way for Replacement Confident of Strong Georgia-Canada Ties
After serving as Canada’s consul general in the Southeast for five years, Stephen Brereton returned to Ottawa last month without any definite plans for the future. Although he now qualifies […]
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Kennesaw to Host Talk by British Consul General
Kennesaw State University is to host British Consul General Jeremy Pilmore-Bedford on Oct. 16 for a talk on efforts to restore peace in Ukraine and Somalia. The talk is part of […]
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Mayor’s International Affairs Office Concludes Busy First Year
Atlanta Mayor Kasim Reed’s international affairs office hosted visits from 33 countries and territories, aided a new export plan for the city, planned a trade mission to Brazil and initiated […]
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Consuls to Provide Update on Ebola in West Africa
The honorary consuls of Sierra Leone and Liberia, along with a key representative from the Guinean community in the U.S. will come together at the State Capitol at 10 a.m. Aug. […]
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Brazil Names Honorary Consul for Alabama
A few weeks before Japan named an honorary consul for Alabama, Brazil did the same, extending the South American nation’s diplomatic reach into a state already covered by its consulate […]
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Irish Review of U.S. Ties: Progress, but More to Do
Five years into an Irish diplomatic expansion in the U.S. that began by putting a consulate general in Atlanta, the first opened in country since the 1930s, more work remains to be done, according to […]
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Atlanta Consular Corps Donates Its Archives to UGA
The Atlanta Consular Corps donated its archives to the University of Georgia on July 16 in a ceremony attended by UGA President Jere W. Morehead and representatives of the corps […]
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Amb. Addleton Can Thank a Fellow Georgian for His Foreign Service Award
Macon native Ambassador Jonathan Addleton, who recently received a “constructive dissent” Foreign Service Award, can thank another Georgian for the honor. Although the award, the only one given by the...
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Hungary Upgrades Parkerson to Honorary Consul General
The Hungarian government has announced that it is upgrading its representation in Georgia and Tennessee to honorary consulate general, thereby promoting Atlanta attorney John E. Parkerson Jr. from honorary consul,...