Nicolás Maduro, President of the Republic of Venezuela (Credit: Wikipedia Commons) By Gary Raynaldo DIPLOMATIC TIMES The U.S. called on the Venezuelan government Wednesday to guarantee the safety of six political opposition members sheltered in Argentina’s embassy in Caracas. The U.S. accused the government
U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken (credit: U.S. State Department) By Gary Raynaldo DIPLOMATIC TIMES The Senate confirmed Antony Blinken as the new secretary of state in the Biden administration on Tuesday. Blinken vowed to restore American leadership on the world stage and work
NATO Secretary General Jens Stoltenberg (credit: nato.int) By Gary Raynaldo DIPLOMATIC TIMES NATO Secretary General Jens Stoltenberg spoke to U.S. President Joe Biden today about the start of a new chapter for the transatlantic Alliance that was severely strained under the previous American Trump
Credit: Wikipedia / Former Director of the Central Intelligence Agency (CIA) Gina Haspel. By Gary Raynaldo DIPLOMATIC TIMES CIA Director Gina Haspel during the Trump administration quietly resigned from the agency a day before the President-elect Joe Biden was inaugurated. “The CIA workforce thanks
Seal of the United States Department of State By Gary Raynaldo DIPLOMATIC TIMES The U.S. Foreign Service definitely remained overwhelmingly “pale, male, and Yale” under four years of former president Trump’s administration. “The country can no longer afford a State Department that is pale, male, and
Former U.S. Secretary of State James Baker served under President George H.W. Bush 1989 – 1992 / (credit: bakerinstitute.org) By Gary Raynaldo DIPLOMATIC TIMES Former Secretary of State James A. Baker, III has some advice for the next elected President of the United States:
(md.usembassy.gov) Ambassador to U.S. Embassy in Moldova, Dereck J. Hogan By Gary Raynaldo DIPLOMATIC TIMES Ambassador Dereck J. Hogan, an African American, recalls how surprised people were upon seeing a black man for the first time when he served as a U.S. Foreign Service officer
Credit: U.S. Department of State / Ambassador Ronald J. Gidwitz is the new U.S. envoy to the EU. DIPLOMATIC TIMES STAFF President Trump appointed the U.S. ambassador to Belgium Ronald J. Gidwitz to serve as the acting ambassador to the European Union (EU). The posting
Credit: nobelprize.org / Ralph Johnson Bunche (1904-1971) was an American political scientist, academic, and diplomat who received the 1950 Nobel Peace Prize for his late 1940s mediation in Israel. He was the first African American to be so honored. By Gary Raynaldo DIPLOMATIC