Category: Eyewitness
Filming Manhole Covers in Chile
by Susan Clyde
American speaker programs were long a staple of US Information Agency (USIA) programs overseas. Not all went as planned.
Trauma in Togo
by Mark Wentling In April 1991, while I was serving in Lomé, Togo as the USAID Representative for Togo and Benin, protests in Lomé against the dictatorial regime of President Eyadéma reached the boiling point. One night, President Eyadéma’s barbaric … Continued
Reporting on the Spread of HIV in China
by David Cowhig Chinese physician Dr. Wang Shuping predicted the HIV epidemic among Henan peasant blood sellers and eventually raised the alarm all the way to Beijing when local and provincial authorities ignored the rapid spread of HIV among the … Continued
Interns Reflect on Their Experiences at the State Department
Deja Gainey and Eric Kindelan were interns in the Bureau of Legislative Affairs (H) at the State Department during the Fall Semester of 2018.
Operation Vittles
A Recipe Book. An Airlift. A Song.
By Prudence Bushnell (U.S. Ambassador, Retired)
Rascals, hysterical women, and bankers: Dealing with American citizens abroad, 1921
by David A. Langbart