Port of Spain, Trinidad and Tobago 

The United States established diplomatic relations with Trinidad and Tobago on August 31, 1962, when it recognized the island nation’s independence. Since the 1960s, Trinidad and Tobago has emerged as one of the most industrialized countries in the English-speaking Caribbean, and is an active member of the international community. Today, the United States and Trinidad […] 

U.S. Embassy Port-au-Prince, Haiti 

Port-au-Prince, Haiti 

Haiti won independence from France in 1804, making it the second-oldest republic in the Western Hemisphere. However, the United States government was unwilling to recognize a free black republic until after the American Civil War, which ended slaveholding within the United States. In 1862, President Abraham Lincoln sent a representative to Haiti. When Haiti is […] 

U.S. Embassy Prague, Czech Republic 

Prague, Czech Republic 

The Czech Republic was established in 1993, out of the former Czech and Slovak Federal Republic (commonly known as Czechoslovakia). Since independence, the Czechs have made integration into Western institutions their chief foreign policy objective and are part of the North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO) and the European Union (EU). Relations between the United States […] 

U.S. Embassy Praia, Cabo Verde 

Praia, Cape Verde 

The first U.S. consulate in sub-Saharan Africa opened in Cabo Verde in 1818. The United States established full diplomatic relations with Cabo Verde in 1975, following its independence from Portugal. Cabo Verde was under one-party rule from independence until 1990; the first multiparty elections were held in 1991. Now a model of democratic governance, the country enjoys […] 

U.S. Embassy Pretoria, South Africa