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Home | News & Events | U.S. Embassy Statement on Attack on Formula TV Employees The U.S. Embassy condemns the attacks on Formula TV employees last night, including an assault and an act of vandalism. This follows the beating of Formula journalist Vakho Sanaia in February. We urge the authorities to conduct swift, thorough and impartial investigations into these incidents. Attacks against journalists are unacceptable. Journalists in a democracy must be free and able to conduct their work safely. This is essential in order to fulfill their role of informing the public and holding the cou...

‘The Book of Mormon’ turns 10 (Jeff Christensen | AP file photo) Andrew Rannells, left, and the cast of "The Book of Mormon" perform during the 65th annual Tony Awards, Sunday, June 12, 2011, in New York. Can you believe that “The Book of Mormon” musical is 10 years old? It’s true. It has been a decade since Elder Price (Andrew Rannells) first took to the Broadway stage to joyously sing about getting his own planet as his nerdy companion, Elder Cunningham (Josh Gad), lovingly lied his way to convert after convert in the jungles of Uganda. Since its March 24, 2011, premiere at the Eu...

Home | News & Events | How the Amistad helped America live up to its ideals The Spanish cargo schooner Amistad off the coast of Long Island, New York, in August 1839 (© The History Collection/Alamy) The Spanish cargo schooner Amistad off the coast of Long Island, New York, in August 1839 (© The History Collection/Alamy) Portrait of Joseph Cinque (whose real name was Sengbe Pieh), the leader of the revolt aboard the Amistad (© Interim Archives/Getty Images) In 1839, the  Amistad cargo schooner sailed from Havana to Puerto Principe, Cuba, with 53 Africans bound for a life of sl...

MICHAEL R. POMPEO, SECRETARY OF STATE The State Department has designated Cuba as a State Sponsor of Terrorism for repeatedly providing support for acts of international terrorism in granting safe harbor to terrorists. The Trump Administration has been focused from the start on denying the Castro regime the resources it uses to oppress its people at home, and countering its malign interference in Venezuela and the rest of the Western Hemisphere. With this action, we will once again hold Cuba’s government accountable and send a clear message: the Castro regime must end its support for intern...

MICHAEL R. POMPEO, SECRETARY OF STATE Five years ago last Friday, the United Nations Security Council unanimously adopted Resolution 2254, firmly laying out the only path for an enduring resolution to the Syrian conflict.  The United States and the vast majority of the international community remain committed to this dignified plan for ending the suffering of the Syrian people. The Assad regime, supported by its enablers and allies, however, refuses to end its needless, brutal war against the Syrian people, stalling efforts to reach a politi...