Colombians have a message for the world: Stop misspelling our country's name. Seriously, it's not that hard. It's Colombia, NOT Columbia. The simple reminder has grown into a global campaign. Sure, it's just one pesky vowel, but, in this case, the difference between an "o" and a "u" is the difference between respect and disrespect.

Tags: colombia, south america, campaign, advertising, it's colombia not columbia

This month, Brazil marks a particularly grim moment in its history. Fifty years ago, the country’s military took power in a coup that ushered in two decades of brutal dictatorship. President Dilma Rousseff, who as a young leftist guerrilla fighting the generals was jailed and tortured, marked the occasion with a speech at Rio de Janeiro’s Galeão airport earlier this month.

Tags: diplomacy, brazil, dilma rousseff, military dictatorship, dictatorship, history, foreign policy, image, south america, united nations

For the past decade the Molotov song “Gimme the Power” has served as an anthem of youth rebellion decrying corrupt police and politicians in Mexico. This week, its lyrics became the banner under which thousands of young people protested online and in the streets against Mexico’s new telecommunications law, which they believe infringes on their civil rights.

Tags: televisa, carlos slim, media, communications, ICTs, internet, data, big data, mobile, digital diplomacy, mexico, enrique pena nieto, #yosoy132, youth, campaign, protest, telecommunications, telecom reform, mexico reform

On April 22, 1993, the opening ceremony of the United States Holocaust Memorial Museum took place in Washington, D.C., in the presence of numerous dignitaries, including U.S. President Bill Clinton and Israel’s president, Chaim Herzog.

Tags: holocaust, united states, judaism, history, diaspora, holocaust memorial museum, washington mall, elie wiesel

Among the hotly contested disputes between Russia and Ukraine is a recipe: chicken Kiev. Christiane Amanpour reports.

Tags: russia, ukraine, conflict, gastrodiplomacy, chicken, chicken kiev, food diplomacy, gastronomy, kiev

For nearly six decades, South Korea's (ROK) approach to security has focused on sustaining the status quo: Maintaining deterrence and a robust defence posture in order to prevent another major conflict on the Korean Peninsula.

Tags: cyber warfare, koreas, north korea, south korea, security, military diplomacy, digital diplomacy, surveillance, united states, asia pacific, foreign policy, korean war

Americans like to associate their spam with other countries. They joke about Chinese spammers or Nigerians or Russians. It's a time-honored nativist tradition. But, according to the new quarterly report from the security and spam monitoring company, Sophos, computers inside these United States relay—by far—the most spam. And we have in every quarter of the past year.

Tags: internet, united states, nigeria, china, russia, spam, botnets, digital diplomacy, data

My friend Jack likes to tell his favorite story about a summer he spent volunteering in Colombia. He recounts that story anytime he’s handed the opportunity, at parties, lunch meetings and airports. He highlights varying facets of the story on different occasions — the snake he found in his tent, his camaraderie with the locals and his skills at haggling.

Tags: tourism, volunteerism, op-ed, haiti, volunteer, aid diplomacy, Cultural Diplomacy, exchange diplomacy, voluntourism