9 RegisterLog in Sign up with one click: Facebook Twitter Google Share on Facebook Thesaurus Financial Acronyms Encyclopedia Wikipedia Organization of American States n (Government, Politics & Diplomacy) an association consisting of the US and other republics in the W hemisphere, founded at Bogotá...
US shows off $1 billion Mexico City embassy after years of delays The U.S. government has dedicated its more than $1 billion new embassy in Mexico, some two years after it was scheduled to be completed. Outgoing U.S. Amb. December 18 Brazilian Santa swaps sleigh for Jet Ski to de...
It warned recognizing the result could encourage coups in other nations.Ousted Honduran President, Manuel Zelaya, is taking sanctuary at the Brazilian embassy in Tegucigalpa.Luiz Inacio Lula Da Silva, Brazil President, said, "I still do not know the election outcome in Honduras. But the concrete...
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where revolutionaries of Iran took hostage 52 Americans from the U.S. embassy after Carter allowed the Shah to enter America for cancer treatment; captives were finally released on January 20, 1981, shortly after the new president, Ronald Reagan, was sworn in as president ...
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Guatemala is bordered by Mexico to the north and west, Belize to the northeast, El Salvador southwest and Honduras to the Southeast. Guatemala has 27 volcanoes. Typical temperatures range from 50º-80º depending on the location within the country. Mestizos make up more than three-fifths of...
On October 6, 1990, I spent one and a half hours in the United States Embassy in Abu Dhabi, talking to Ronald Simkin, the consular officer on duty there, complaining about the fact that we were on the run because an effort was being made by the embassy to kidnap my children. The ver...
Assuming your home country does not have a visa agreement with the country you're planning to visit, you will need to apply for a visa in advance of your scheduled departure. Here is an indication for which countries you might need a visa. Please contact the local embassy for help ...
In August critics were even more concerned when two CIA officers riding in a U.S. Embassy SUV were ambushed by Mexican federal police allegedly working for an organized crime group. The police riddled the armored SUV with 152 bullets, wounding both officers. ...