American Diplomat
Summary: American Diplomat goes behind the scenes to hear real stories from diplomats who lived newsworthy events overseas. Experience the Cuban revolution, Central American insurgencies, the end of apartheid and more through the eyes of those who were there. A project of the Una Chapman Cox Foundation in partnership with the American Academy of Diplomacy.
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- Artist: Ambassador (Retired) Pete Romero and Writer/Producer Laura Bennett
- Copyright: American Diplomat 2017
Podcasts:
Cormier, raised in part by her civil rights activist grandfather, identifies as African American, or, black. So why does everyone in Pretoria tell her she's not black at all, but instead, "colored"? And how does she persuade our government to stop considering Nelson Mandela a terrorist? Also hear how she comes to dance to Pata Pata during Barack Obama's state visit.
Secrecy, executions, and human shields in Sri Lanka. Our diplomats make a difference in thousands of people's lives.
Who are the Tamil Tigers? Hint: This is no baseball team and they aren't playing ball.
Crisis averted: Where there might have been massive flight, and/or a narco state, Colombia instead enjoys stability and prosperity amid a new peace agreement.
Cocaleros, paramilitaries, a dirty war and a failing state in Colombia.
She wasn't Wendy Sherman or a woman or a Jewish American. She was the United States of America.
Commitment to public service propels Sherman from her beginnings as social worker to U.S. diplomat negotiating with Kim Jong Il of North Korea.
Putting pedophiles in prison with the help of one of the world's most loathed autocrats.
Zimbabwe's elected authoritarian, Robert Mugabe, seen from a human perspective.
The cult of Jim Jones - its last days as discovered by English, among the first American officials to arrive on the scene in 1978. You may never utter the expression "drink the Kool-Aid" again.
El Salvador: rocket-propelled grenades, driving at gunpoint, all for what reason?
Decapitating Greece's November 17 terrorist group; "We've all lost friends."
A friend is murdered in retaliation for DEA success in Asia's golden triangle.
Foreign Prison; a Night Under Desert Stars
Dennis Jett describes three warring factions in Liberia, evacuations and a flotilla of Marines off the African coast.
