diff --git a/africa/ag.json b/africa/ag.json index 2b2d9630..dbe378b6 100644 --- a/africa/ag.json +++ b/africa/ag.json @@ -581,6 +581,9 @@ "FAX": { "text": "[1] (202) 986-5906" }, + "email address and website": { + "text": "
mail@algerianembassy.org

https://www.algerianembassy.org/" + }, "consulate(s) general": { "text": "New York" } @@ -602,7 +605,7 @@ "text": "[213] (0) 770-08-2299" }, "email address and website": { - "text": "ACSAlgiers@state.gov

https://dz.usembassy.gov/" + "text": "
ACSAlgiers@state.gov

https://dz.usembassy.gov/" } }, "Flag description": { diff --git a/africa/ao.json b/africa/ao.json index 4b04de65..156da216 100644 --- a/africa/ao.json +++ b/africa/ao.json @@ -604,6 +604,9 @@ "FAX": { "text": "[1] (202) 822-9049" }, + "email address and website": { + "text": "
info@angola.org

https://angola.org/" + }, "consulate(s) general": { "text": "Houston, New York" } @@ -625,7 +628,7 @@ "text": "[244] (222) 64-1000" }, "email address and website": { - "text": "Consularluanda@state.gov

https://ao.usembassy.gov/" + "text": "
Consularluanda@state.gov

https://ao.usembassy.gov/" } }, "Flag description": { diff --git a/africa/bc.json b/africa/bc.json index dcdbc29e..5535ee5a 100644 --- a/africa/bc.json +++ b/africa/bc.json @@ -589,6 +589,9 @@ "FAX": { "text": "[1] (202) 244-4164" }, + "email address and website": { + "text": "
info@botswanaembassy.org

http://www.botswanaembassy.org/" + }, "consulate(s) general": { "text": "Atlanta" } @@ -610,7 +613,7 @@ "text": "[267] 318-0232" }, "email address and website": { - "text": "ConsularGabarone@state.gov

https://bw.usembassy.gov/" + "text": "
ConsularGabarone@state.gov

https://bw.usembassy.gov/" } }, "Flag description": { diff --git a/africa/bn.json b/africa/bn.json index 0e99aa5f..cebcddd6 100644 --- a/africa/bn.json +++ b/africa/bn.json @@ -612,10 +612,13 @@ "text": "2124 Kalorama Road NW, Washington, DC 20008" }, "telephone": { - "text": "[1] (202) 232-6656" + "text": "[1] (202) 232-6656/(202) 232-2611" }, "FAX": { "text": "[1] (202) 265-1996" + }, + "email address and website": { + "text": "
ambassade.washington@gouv.bj

https://beninembassy.us/" } }, "Diplomatic representation from the US": { @@ -635,7 +638,7 @@ "text": "[229] 21-30-03-84" }, "email address and website": { - "text": "ACSCotonou@state.gov

https://bj.usembassy.gov/" + "text": "
ACSCotonou@state.gov

https://bj.usembassy.gov/" } }, "Flag description": { diff --git a/africa/by.json b/africa/by.json index 45a06f3f..34ab3d6f 100644 --- a/africa/by.json +++ b/africa/by.json @@ -597,16 +597,19 @@ }, "Diplomatic representation in the US": { "chief of mission": { - "text": "Ambassador (vacant); Charge d'Affaires Aimable NIYONKURU (since 24 December 2020)" + "text": "Ambassador Jean de Dieu NDIKUMANA (since 7 July 2021)" }, "chancery": { - "text": "2233 Wisconsin Avenue NW, Suite 408, Washington, DC 20007" + "text": "2233 Wisconsin Avenue NW, Washington, DC 20007" }, "telephone": { "text": "[1] (202) 342-2574" }, "FAX": { "text": "[1] (202) 342-2578" + }, + "email address and website": { + "text": "
burundiembusadc@gmail.com

https://burundiembassy-usa.com/index.php" } }, "Diplomatic representation from the US": { @@ -626,7 +629,7 @@ "text": "[257] 22-222-926" }, "email address and website": { - "text": "BujumburaC@state.gov

https://bi.usembassy.gov/
" + "text": "
BujumburaC@state.gov

https://bi.usembassy.gov/" } }, "Flag description": { diff --git a/africa/cd.json b/africa/cd.json index fa584af7..eac3adbe 100644 --- a/africa/cd.json +++ b/africa/cd.json @@ -602,7 +602,7 @@ }, "Diplomatic representation in the US": { "chief of mission": { - "text": "Ambassador Ngote Gali KOUTOU (since 22 June 2018)" + "text": "Ambassador NGOTE GALI Koutou (since 22 June 2018)" }, "chancery": { "text": "2401 Massachusetts Avenue NW, Washington, DC 20008" @@ -611,7 +611,10 @@ "text": "[1] (202) 652-1312" }, "FAX": { - "text": "[1] (202) 758-0431" + "text": "[1] (202) 265-1937" + }, + "email address and website": { + "text": "
info@chadembassy.us

https://chadembassy.us/" } }, "Diplomatic representation from the US": { @@ -631,7 +634,7 @@ "text": "[235] 2253-9102" }, "email address and website": { - "text": "NdjamenaACS@state.gov" + "text": "
NdjamenaACS@state.gov

https://td.usembassy.gov/" } }, "Flag description": { @@ -1098,7 +1101,7 @@ "Military and Security": { "Military and security forces": { "text": "Chadian National Army (Armee Nationale du Tchad, ANT): Ground Forces (l'Armee de Terre, AdT), Chadian Air Force (l'Armee de l'Air Tchadienne, AAT), General Direction of the Security Services of State Institutions (Direction Generale des Services de Securite des Institutions de l'Etat, GDSSIE); National Gendarmerie; National Nomadic Guard of Chad (GNNT) (2021)", - "note": "note(s): the GDSSIE, formerly known as the Republican Guard, is the presidential guard force and considered Chad's elite military unit; the Chadian Army also includes the US-trained and equipped Special Anti-Terrorist Group (SATG)" + "note": "note(s): the GDSSIE, formerly known as the Republican Guard, is the presidential guard force and considered Chad's elite military unit; the Chadian Army also includes the Special Anti-Terrorist Group (SATG; aka Division of Special Anti-Terrorist Groups (DGSAT))" }, "Military expenditures": { "Military Expenditures 2019": { diff --git a/africa/cf.json b/africa/cf.json index 83d76dc2..94f4c18d 100644 --- a/africa/cf.json +++ b/africa/cf.json @@ -611,6 +611,12 @@ }, "FAX": { "text": "[1] (202) 726-1860" + }, + "email address and website": { + "text": "
info@ambacongo-us.org

http://www.ambacongo-us.org/en-us/home.aspx" + }, + "consulate(s)": { + "text": "New Orleans" } }, "Diplomatic representation from the US": { @@ -627,7 +633,7 @@ "text": "[242] 06 612-2000, [242] 05 387-9700" }, "email address and website": { - "text": "BrazzavilleACS@state.gov" + "text": "
BrazzavilleACS@state.gov

https://cg.usembassy.gov/" } }, "Flag description": { diff --git a/africa/cg.json b/africa/cg.json index 33c6d4d5..adaaf97d 100644 --- a/africa/cg.json +++ b/africa/cg.json @@ -614,7 +614,7 @@ }, "Diplomatic representation in the US": { "chief of mission": { - "text": "Ambassador Francois Nkuna BALUMUENE (since 23 September 2015)" + "text": "Ambassador Francois Nkuna BALUMUENE (since 17 September 2015)" }, "chancery": { "text": "1100 Connecticut Avenue NW, Suite 725, Washington DC 20036" @@ -625,6 +625,9 @@ "FAX": { "text": "[1] (202) 234-2609" }, + "email address and website": { + "text": "
https://www.ambardcusa.org/" + }, "representative office": { "text": "New York New York" } @@ -646,7 +649,7 @@ "text": "[243] 81 556-0175" }, "email address and website": { - "text": "ACSKinshasa@state.gov" + "text": "
ACSKinshasa@state.gov

https://cd.usembassy.gov/" } }, "Flag description": { @@ -1205,7 +1208,7 @@ }, "Refugees and internally displaced persons": { "refugees (country of origin)": { - "text": "213,329 (Rwanda) (refugees and asylum seekers), 206,346 (Central African Republic), 55,819 (South Sudan) (refugees and asylum seekers), 44,158 (Burundi) (2021)" + "text": "213,329 (Rwanda) (refugees and asylum seekers), 206,346 (Central African Republic), 55,819 (South Sudan) (refugees and asylum seekers), 42,725 (Burundi) (2021)" }, "IDPs": { "text": "5.268 million (fighting between government forces and rebels since mid-1990s; conflict in Kasai region since 2016) (2020)" diff --git a/africa/cm.json b/africa/cm.json index 6ca89e31..9fd2abb2 100644 --- a/africa/cm.json +++ b/africa/cm.json @@ -621,13 +621,16 @@ "text": "Ambassador Henri ETOUNDI ESSOMBA (since 27 June 2016)" }, "chancery": { - "text": "2349 Massachusetts Avenue, Washington, DC 20008" + "text": "2349 Massachusetts Avenue NW, Washington, DC 20008" }, "telephone": { "text": "[1] (202) 265-8790" }, "FAX": { "text": "[1] (202) 387-3826" + }, + "email address and website": { + "text": "
cs@cameroonembassyusa.org

https://www.cameroonembassyusa.org/mainFolder/index.html" } }, "Diplomatic representation from the US": { @@ -647,7 +650,7 @@ "text": "[237] 22220-1500, Ext. 4531" }, "email address and website": { - "text": "YaoundeACS@state.gov

https://cm.usembassy.gov/" + "text": "
YaoundeACS@state.gov

https://cm.usembassy.gov/" }, "branch office(s)": { "text": "Douala" diff --git a/africa/cn.json b/africa/cn.json index b116ea1e..406c3c75 100644 --- a/africa/cn.json +++ b/africa/cn.json @@ -556,16 +556,19 @@ }, "Diplomatic representation in the US": { "chief of mission": { - "text": "Ambassador Bocchit EDMOND (since 23 December 2020)" + "text": "Ambassador Issimail CHANFI (since 23 December 2020)" }, "chancery": { - "text": "Mission to the US, 866 United Nations Plaza, Suite 418, New York, NY 10017" + "text": "Mission to the UN, 866 United Nations Plaza, Suite 495, New York, NY 10017" }, "telephone": { "text": "[1] (212) 750-1637" }, "FAX": { "text": "[1] (212) 750-1657" + }, + "email address and website": { + "text": "
comoros@un.int

https://www.un.int/comoros/" } }, "Diplomatic representation from the US": { diff --git a/africa/ct.json b/africa/ct.json index b932039a..955970f0 100644 --- a/africa/ct.json +++ b/africa/ct.json @@ -602,6 +602,9 @@ }, "FAX": { "text": "[1] (202) 332-9893" + }, + "email address and website": { + "text": "
pc@usrcaembassy.org

https://www.usrcaembassy.org/" } }, "Diplomatic representation from the US": { @@ -619,6 +622,9 @@ }, "FAX": { "text": "[236] 2161-4494" + }, + "email address and website": { + "text": "
https://cf.usembassy.gov/" } }, "Flag description": { diff --git a/africa/cv.json b/africa/cv.json index f8b68a10..af235fdc 100644 --- a/africa/cv.json +++ b/africa/cv.json @@ -560,6 +560,9 @@ "FAX": { "text": "[1] (202) 965-1207" }, + "email address and website": { + "text": "
embassy@caboverdeus.net

https://www.embcv-usa.gov.cv/" + }, "consulate(s) general": { "text": "Boston" } @@ -581,7 +584,7 @@ "text": "[238] 261-1355" }, "email address and website": { - "text": "PraiaConsular@state.gov

https://cv.usembassy.gov/" + "text": "
PraiaConsular@state.gov

https://cv.usembassy.gov/" } }, "Flag description": { diff --git a/africa/dj.json b/africa/dj.json index 23de5b27..2cf7827b 100644 --- a/africa/dj.json +++ b/africa/dj.json @@ -602,7 +602,7 @@ "text": "[253] 21-45-31-29" }, "email address and website": { - "text": "DjiboutiACS@state.gov" + "text": "
DjiboutiACS@state.gov

https://dj.usembassy.gov/" } }, "Flag description": { diff --git a/africa/eg.json b/africa/eg.json index 0d7a59d6..58a49a2b 100644 --- a/africa/eg.json +++ b/africa/eg.json @@ -628,7 +628,7 @@ "text": "[20-2] 2797-3200" }, "email address and website": { - "text": "ConsularCairoACS@state.gov" + "text": "
ConsularCairoACS@state.gov

https://eg.usembassy.gov/" }, "consulate(s) general": { "text": "Alexandria" @@ -1149,7 +1149,7 @@ "text": "Ain Sukhna terminal, Sidi Kerir terminal" }, "container port(s) (TEUs)": { - "text": "Alexandria (1,613,000), Port Said (East) (2,968,308) (2017)" + "text": "Port Said (East) (3,816,084) (2019)" }, "LNG terminal(s) (export)": { "text": "Damietta, Idku (Abu Qir Bay)" diff --git a/africa/ek.json b/africa/ek.json index f61c8cbb..807617f6 100644 --- a/africa/ek.json +++ b/africa/ek.json @@ -597,7 +597,7 @@ "text": "[240] 333 09-57-41" }, "email address and website": { - "text": "Malaboconsular@state.gov" + "text": "
Malaboconsular@state.gov

https://gq.usembassy.gov/" } }, "Flag description": { diff --git a/africa/er.json b/africa/er.json index a830d395..3728c357 100644 --- a/africa/er.json +++ b/africa/er.json @@ -586,7 +586,7 @@ "text": "[291] (1) 12-75-84" }, "email address and website": { - "text": "consularasmara@state.gov" + "text": "
consularasmara@state.gov

https://er.usembassy.gov/" } }, "Flag description": { @@ -1086,7 +1086,7 @@ } }, "Military and security service personnel strengths": { - "text": "the Eritrean Defense Forces are comprised of an estimated 200,000 personnel, including about 2,000 in the naval and air forces; note – it is unclear how many of the EDF’s  personnel are on active duty; the force includes significant numbers of conscripts, many of which are reportedly not under arms (2021)" + "text": "limited available information; estimated 150,000-200,000 personnel, including about 2,000 in the naval and air forces (2021)" }, "Military equipment inventories and acquisitions": { "text": "the Eritrean Defense Forces inventory is comprised primarily of older Russian and Soviet-era systems; Eritrea was under a UN arms embargo from 2009 to 2018; from the 1990s to 2008, Russia was the leading supplier of arms to Eritrea, followed by Belarus; in 2019, Eritrea expressed interest in purchasing Russian arms, including missile boats, helicopters, and small arms; in January 2020, Russia announced it would provide two helicopters by the end of the year (2020)" diff --git a/africa/et.json b/africa/et.json index 3cde7cc7..1adcc4b5 100644 --- a/africa/et.json +++ b/africa/et.json @@ -648,7 +648,7 @@ "text": "[251] 111-24-24-01" }, "email address and website": { - "text": "AddisACS@state.gov" + "text": "
AddisACS@state.gov

https://et.usembassy.gov/" } }, "Flag description": { @@ -1173,7 +1173,7 @@ } }, "Military and security service personnel strengths": { - "text": "information varies; approximately 140,000 active duty troops, including about 3,000 Air Force personnel (no personnel numbers available for the newly-established Navy) (2020)" + "text": "information varies; approximately 150,000 active duty troops, including about 3,000 Air Force personnel (no personnel numbers available for the newly-established Navy) (2020)" }, "Military equipment inventories and acquisitions": { "text": "the ENDF's inventory is comprised mostly of Soviet-era equipment from the 1970s; since 2010, Russia and Ukraine are the leading suppliers of largely second-hand weapons and equipment to the ENDF, followed by China and Hungary; Ethiopia has a modest industrial defense base centered on small arms and production of armored vehicles (2020)" diff --git a/africa/ga.json b/africa/ga.json index 41496cd2..680da660 100644 --- a/africa/ga.json +++ b/africa/ga.json @@ -606,10 +606,13 @@ "text": "5630 16th Street NW, Washington, DC 20011" }, "telephone": { - "text": "[1] (202) 785-1399" + "text": "[1] (202) 785-1399/(202) 785-1428" }, "FAX": { - "text": "[1] (202) 342-0240" + "text": "[1] (202) 785-1430" + }, + "email address and website": { + "text": "
info@gambiaembassy.us

https://www.gambiaembassydc.us/home" } }, "Diplomatic representation from the US": { @@ -629,7 +632,7 @@ "text": "[220] 439-2475" }, "email address and website": { - "text": "ConsularBanjul@state.gov" + "text": "
ConsularBanjul@state.gov

https://gm.usembassy.gov/" } }, "Flag description": { diff --git a/africa/gb.json b/africa/gb.json index 87af9c22..51dfcf76 100644 --- a/africa/gb.json +++ b/africa/gb.json @@ -574,7 +574,7 @@ }, "Diplomatic representation in the US": { "chief of mission": { - "text": "Charge D'Affaires AD Interim- Rod Ciangillan REMBENDAMBYA, Counselor (3 March 2021)" + "text": "Charge D'Affaires Rod Ciangillan REMBENDAMBYA, Counselor (17 March 2021)" }, "chancery": { "text": "2034 20th Street NW, Suite 200, Washington, DC 20009" @@ -584,6 +584,9 @@ }, "FAX": { "text": "[1] (301) 332-0668" + }, + "email address and website": { + "text": "
info@gaboneembassyusa.org

https://gabonembassyusa.org/en/" } }, "Diplomatic representation from the US": { @@ -603,7 +606,7 @@ "text": "[241] 011-45-71-05" }, "email address and website": { - "text": "ACSLibreville@state.gov" + "text": "
ACSLibreville@state.gov

https://ga.usembassy.gov/" } }, "Flag description": { diff --git a/africa/gh.json b/africa/gh.json index a8e99384..6079a2b9 100644 --- a/africa/gh.json +++ b/africa/gh.json @@ -615,6 +615,9 @@ "FAX": { "text": "[1] (202) 686-4527" }, + "email address and website": { + "text": "
info@ghanaembassydc.org

https://ghanaembassydc.org/" + }, "consulate(s) general": { "text": "New York" } @@ -633,7 +636,7 @@ "text": "[233] (0) 30-274-1000" }, "email address and website": { - "text": "ACSAccra@state.gov" + "text": "
ACSAccra@state.gov

https://gh.usembassy.gov/" } }, "Flag description": { diff --git a/africa/gv.json b/africa/gv.json index 392db41f..1334ebc4 100644 --- a/africa/gv.json +++ b/africa/gv.json @@ -626,6 +626,9 @@ }, "FAX": { "text": "[1] (202) 986-3800" + }, + "email address and website": { + "text": "
http://guineaembassyusa.org/en/welcome-to-the-embassy-of-guinea-washington-usa/" } }, "Diplomatic representation from the US": { @@ -645,7 +648,7 @@ "text": "[224] 65-10-42-97" }, "email address and website": { - "text": "ConakryACS@state.gov" + "text": "
ConakryACS@state.gov

https://gn.usembassy.gov/" } }, "Flag description": { diff --git a/africa/iv.json b/africa/iv.json index 6027dcaf..e6ddb168 100644 --- a/africa/iv.json +++ b/africa/iv.json @@ -626,6 +626,9 @@ }, "FAX": { "text": "[1] (202) 462-9444" + }, + "email address and website": { + "text": "
info@ambacidc.org

https://ambaciusa.org/#" } }, "Diplomatic representation from the US": { @@ -645,7 +648,7 @@ "text": "[225] 27-22-49-43-23" }, "email address and website": { - "text": "AbjAmCit@state.gov" + "text": "
AbjAmCit@state.gov

https://ci.usembassy.gov/" } }, "Flag description": { diff --git a/africa/ke.json b/africa/ke.json index 8cb445ac..8741b9ed 100644 --- a/africa/ke.json +++ b/africa/ke.json @@ -650,7 +650,7 @@ "text": "[254] (20) 363-6157" }, "email address and website": { - "text": "kenya_acs@state.gov" + "text": "
kenya_acs@state.gov

https://ke.usembassy.gov/" } }, "Flag description": { diff --git a/africa/li.json b/africa/li.json index ddbd9a41..baa61003 100644 --- a/africa/li.json +++ b/africa/li.json @@ -619,7 +619,7 @@ "text": "[231] 77-677-7370" }, "email address and website": { - "text": "ACSMonrovia@state.gov" + "text": "
ACSMonrovia@state.gov

https://lr.usembassy.gov/" } }, "Flag description": { diff --git a/africa/lt.json b/africa/lt.json index e8ed347a..a7b64650 100644 --- a/africa/lt.json +++ b/africa/lt.json @@ -601,7 +601,7 @@ "text": "[266] 22310116" }, "email address and website": { - "text": "USConsularMaseru@state.gov" + "text": "
USConsularMaseru@state.gov

https://ls.usembassy.gov/" } }, "Flag description": { diff --git a/africa/ly.json b/africa/ly.json index 8841f89f..0589e42c 100644 --- a/africa/ly.json +++ b/africa/ly.json @@ -537,7 +537,7 @@ "text": "Ambassador Richard B. NORLAND (since 22 August 2019)" }, "embassy": { - "text": "Sidi Slim Area/Walie Al-Ahed Road, Tripoli (temporarily closed) " + "text": "Sidi Slim Area/Walie Al-Ahed Road, Tripoli (temporarily closed)" }, "mailing address": { "text": "8850 Tripoli Place, Washington, DC  20521-8850" @@ -546,7 +546,7 @@ "text": "[216] 71-107-000" }, "email address and website": { - "text": "LibyaACS@state.gov" + "text": "
LibyaACS@state.gov

https://ly.usembassy.gov/" }, "note": "note: the US Embassy in Tripoli closed in July 2014 due to fighting near the embassy related to Libyan civil unrest; embassy staff and operations temporarily first relocated to Valetta, Malta and currently are temporarily relocated to Tunis, Tunisia" }, diff --git a/africa/ma.json b/africa/ma.json index 91339983..043da56c 100644 --- a/africa/ma.json +++ b/africa/ma.json @@ -636,7 +636,7 @@ "text": "[261] 20-23-480-35" }, "email address and website": { - "text": "antanACS@state.gov" + "text": "
antanACS@state.gov

https://mg.usembassy.gov/" } }, "Flag description": { diff --git a/africa/mi.json b/africa/mi.json index 088a6fdf..1f083514 100644 --- a/africa/mi.json +++ b/africa/mi.json @@ -626,7 +626,7 @@ "text": "[265] (0) 177-0471" }, "email address and website": { - "text": "LilongweConsular@state.gov" + "text": "
LilongweConsular@state.gov

https://mw.usembassy.gov/" } }, "Flag description": { diff --git a/africa/ml.json b/africa/ml.json index 040192e4..82a410f3 100644 --- a/africa/ml.json +++ b/africa/ml.json @@ -631,7 +631,7 @@ "text": "[223] 20-70-24-79" }, "email address and website": { - "text": "ACSBamako@state.gov" + "text": "
ACSBamako@state.gov

https://ml.usembassy.gov/" } }, "Flag description": { diff --git a/africa/mo.json b/africa/mo.json index 30a462d3..cdef9b5c 100644 --- a/africa/mo.json +++ b/africa/mo.json @@ -658,7 +658,7 @@ "text": "[212] 0537-637-201" }, "email address and website": { - "text": "ACSCasablanca@state.gov (US Consulate General Casablanca)" + "text": "
ACSCasablanca@state.gov (US Consulate General Casablanca)

https://ma.usembassy.gov/" }, "consulate(s) general": { "text": "Casablanca" @@ -1174,7 +1174,7 @@ "text": "Ad Dakhla, Casablanca, Jorf Lasfar, Laayoune (El Aaiun), Mohammedia, Safi, Tangier" }, "container port(s) (TEUs)": { - "text": "Tangier (3,312,409) (2017)" + "text": "Tangier (4,801,713) (2019)" }, "LNG terminal(s) (import)": { "text": "Jorf Lasfar" diff --git a/africa/mp.json b/africa/mp.json index e93eae4d..c13c9146 100644 --- a/africa/mp.json +++ b/africa/mp.json @@ -581,7 +581,7 @@ "text": "[230] 208-9534" }, "email address and website": { - "text": "PTLConsular@state.gov" + "text": "
PTLConsular@state.gov

https://mu.usembassy.gov/" } }, "Flag description": { diff --git a/africa/mr.json b/africa/mr.json index f15427b6..a7b21855 100644 --- a/africa/mr.json +++ b/africa/mr.json @@ -637,7 +637,7 @@ "text": "[222] 4525-1592" }, "email address and website": { - "text": "consularnkc@state.gov" + "text": "
consularnkc@state.gov

https://mr.usembassy.gov/" } }, "Flag description": { diff --git a/africa/mz.json b/africa/mz.json index 12f5aaf5..3da4f055 100644 --- a/africa/mz.json +++ b/africa/mz.json @@ -636,7 +636,7 @@ "text": "[258] (21) 49-01-14" }, "email address and website": { - "text": "consularmaputos@state.gov" + "text": "
consularmaputos@state.gov

https://mz.usembassy.gov/" } }, "Flag description": { diff --git a/africa/ng.json b/africa/ng.json index 0eede391..d23ef2a1 100644 --- a/africa/ng.json +++ b/africa/ng.json @@ -635,7 +635,7 @@ "text": "[227] 20-73-55-60" }, "email address and website": { - "text": "consulateniamey@state.gov" + "text": "
consulateniamey@state.gov

https://ne.usembassy.gov/" } }, "Flag description": { diff --git a/africa/ni.json b/africa/ni.json index d82257e3..d4d538c6 100644 --- a/africa/ni.json +++ b/africa/ni.json @@ -639,7 +639,7 @@ "text": "[234] (9) 461-4036" }, "email address and website": { - "text": "AbujaACS@state.gov" + "text": "
AbujaACS@state.gov

https://ng.usembassy.gov/" }, "consulate(s) general": { "text": "Lagos" @@ -1164,6 +1164,9 @@ "major seaport(s)": { "text": "Bonny Inshore Terminal, Calabar, Lagos" }, + "oil terminal(s)": { + "text": "Bonny Terminal, Brass Terminal, Escravos Terminal, Forcados Terminal, Pennington Terminal, Qua Iboe Terminal" + }, "LNG terminal(s) (export)": { "text": "Bonny Island" } diff --git a/africa/od.json b/africa/od.json index a57f520c..7509bbf8 100644 --- a/africa/od.json +++ b/africa/od.json @@ -574,7 +574,7 @@ "text": "[211] 912-105-188" }, "email address and website": { - "text": "ACSJuba@state.gov" + "text": "
ACSJuba@state.gov

https://ss.usembassy.gov/" } }, "Flag description": { @@ -981,7 +981,7 @@ }, "Military and Security": { "Military and security forces": { - "text": "South Sudan People’s Defence Force (SSPDF): Ground Force, Air Force, Air Defense Forces, Presidential Guard (2021)" + "text": "South Sudan People’s Defence Force (SSPDF): Ground Force (includes Presidential Guard), Air Force, Air Defense Forces (2021)" }, "Military expenditures": { "Military Expenditures 2019": { @@ -1010,7 +1010,7 @@ "text": "18 is the legal minimum age for compulsory and voluntary military service; the Government of South Sudan signed agreements in March 2012 and August 2015 that included the demobilization of all child soldiers within the armed forces and opposition, but the recruitment of child soldiers by the warring parties continues; as of July 2019, UNICEF estimated that more than 19,000 child soldiers had been used in the country's civil war since it began in December 2013 (2019)" }, "Military - note": { - "text": "the South Sudan People’s Defense Force (SSPDF), formerly the Sudan People’s Liberation Army (SPLA), was founded as a guerrilla movement against the Sudanese Government in 1983 and participated in the Second Sudanese Civil War (1983-2005); the Juba Declaration that followed the Comprehensive Peace Agreement of 2005 unified the SPLA and the South Sudan Defense Forces (SSDF), the second-largest rebel militia remaining from the civil war, under the SPLA name; in 2017, the SPLA was renamed the South Sudan Defense Forces (SSDF) and in September 2018 was renamed again as the SSPDF

under the September 2018 peace agreement, all armed groups in South Sudan were to assemble at designated sites where fighters could be either disarmed and demobilized, or integrated into unified military and police forces; the unified forces were then to be retrained and deployed prior to the formation of a national unity government; all fighters were ordered to these sites in July 2019; some progress toward merging the various armed forces into a national army has been made; for example, in May 2020, South Sudan announced that it was graduating some unified forces at various training centers across the country, and in June the SSPDF incorporated some senior officers from the main opposition force, the Sudan People's Liberation Movement Army - in Opposition (SPLM/A-IO) into its rank structure; nevertheless, progress has been slow, and as of December 2020 armed clashes continued to occur between government forces and armed militant groups in Eastern Equatorial, Western Equatorial, Central Equatorial, Lakes, Jonglei, and Warrap states

the United Nations Mission in South Sudan (UNMISS) has operated in the country since 2011 with the objectives of consolidating peace and security and helping establish conditions for the successful economic and political development of South Sudan; UNMISS had more than 19,000 personnel, including about 14,000 troops, deployed in the country as of December 2020

United Nations Interim Security Force for Abyei (UNISFA) has operated in the disputed Abyei region along the border between Sudan and South Sudan since 2011; UNISFA's mission includes ensuring security, protecting civilians, strengthening the capacity of the Abyei Police Service, de-mining, monitoring/verifying the redeployment of armed forces from the area, and facilitating the flow of humanitarian aid; as of January 2021, UNISFA had some 3,700 personnel deployed, including about 3,200 military troops; UNISFA's mandate has been extended to May 2021" + "text": "the South Sudan People’s Defense Force (SSPDF), formerly the Sudan People’s Liberation Army (SPLA), was founded as a guerrilla movement against the Sudanese Government in 1983 and participated in the Second Sudanese Civil War (1983-2005); the Juba Declaration that followed the Comprehensive Peace Agreement of 2005 unified the SPLA and the South Sudan Defense Forces (SSDF), the second-largest rebel militia remaining from the civil war, under the SPLA name; in 2017, the SPLA was renamed the South Sudan Defense Forces (SSDF) and in September 2018 was renamed again as the SSPDF

under the September 2018 peace agreement, all armed groups in South Sudan were to assemble at designated sites where fighters could be either disarmed and demobilized, or integrated into unified military and police forces; the unified forces were then to be retrained and deployed prior to the formation of a national unity government; all fighters were ordered to these sites in July 2019; some progress toward merging the various armed forces into a national army has been made; for example, in May 2020, South Sudan announced that it was graduating some unified forces at various training centers across the country, and in June the SSPDF incorporated some senior officers from the main opposition force, the Sudan People's Liberation Movement Army - in Opposition (SPLM/A-IO) into its rank structure; nevertheless, overall progress has been slow, and as of early 2021 armed clashes continued to occur between government forces and armed militant groups in several states

the United Nations Mission in South Sudan (UNMISS) has operated in the country since 2011 with the objectives of consolidating peace and security and helping establish conditions for the successful economic and political development of South Sudan; UNMISS had more than 19,000 personnel, including about 14,000 troops, deployed in the country as of March 2021

United Nations Interim Security Force for Abyei (UNISFA) has operated in the disputed Abyei region along the border between Sudan and South Sudan since 2011; UNISFA's mission includes ensuring security, protecting civilians, strengthening the capacity of the Abyei Police Service, de-mining, monitoring/verifying the redeployment of armed forces from the area, and facilitating the flow of humanitarian aid; as of July 2021, UNISFA had some 3,800 personnel deployed" } }, "Transnational Issues": { diff --git a/africa/pu.json b/africa/pu.json index ac9d7bb2..70916d93 100644 --- a/africa/pu.json +++ b/africa/pu.json @@ -580,7 +580,7 @@ "text": "2080 Bissau Place, Washington DC  20521-2080" }, "email address and website": { - "text": "dakarACS@state.gov" + "text": "
dakarACS@state.gov

https://gw.usmission.gov/" } }, "Flag description": { diff --git a/africa/rw.json b/africa/rw.json index 124ad3ca..3e0132ca 100644 --- a/africa/rw.json +++ b/africa/rw.json @@ -612,7 +612,7 @@ "text": "[250] 252 580-325" }, "email address and website": { - "text": "consularkigali@state.gov" + "text": "
consularkigali@state.gov

https://rw.usembassy.gov/" } }, "Flag description": { @@ -1114,10 +1114,10 @@ } }, "Military and security service personnel strengths": { - "text": "the Rwanda Defense Force (RDF) has approximately 31,000 active personnel (30,000 Army; 1,000 Air Force) (2020)" + "text": "the Rwanda Defense Force (RDF) has approximately 33,000 active personnel (32,000 Army; 1,000 Air Force) (2021)" }, "Military equipment inventories and acquisitions": { - "text": "the RDF's inventory includes mostly Soviet-era and older Western - mostly French and South African - equipment; Rwanda has received a limited supply of imports since 2010 from a variety of countries, including Israel, Russia, and Turkey (2020)" + "text": "the RDF's inventory includes mostly Soviet-era and older Western - mostly French and South African - equipment; Rwanda has received a limited supply of imports since 2010 from a variety of countries, including China, Israel, Russia, and Turkey (2020)" }, "Military deployments": { "text": "1,370 Central African Republic (MINUSCA); 1,125 Sudan (UNAMID); 2,750 South Sudan (UNMISS) (2021)" diff --git a/africa/sf.json b/africa/sf.json index 8767ab81..ed16238e 100644 --- a/africa/sf.json +++ b/africa/sf.json @@ -625,7 +625,7 @@ "text": "[27] (12) 342-2299" }, "email address and website": { - "text": "ACSJohannesburg@state.gov" + "text": "
ACSJohannesburg@state.gov

https://za.usembassy.gov/" }, "consulate(s) general": { "text": "Cape Town, Durban, Johannesburg" @@ -1154,7 +1154,7 @@ "text": "Cape Town, Durban, Port Elizabeth, Richards Bay, Saldanha Bay" }, "container port(s) (TEUs)": { - "text": "Durban (2,699,978) (2017)" + "text": "Durban (2,769,869) (2019)" }, "LNG terminal(s) (import)": { "text": "Mossel Bay" diff --git a/africa/sg.json b/africa/sg.json index dc9d0c2b..a757be3a 100644 --- a/africa/sg.json +++ b/africa/sg.json @@ -641,7 +641,7 @@ "text": "[221] 33-879-4000" }, "email address and website": { - "text": "DakarACS@state.gov" + "text": "
DakarACS@state.gov

https://sn.usembassy.gov/" } }, "Flag description": { diff --git a/africa/sl.json b/africa/sl.json index b6d34f1f..6f4a90aa 100644 --- a/africa/sl.json +++ b/africa/sl.json @@ -621,7 +621,7 @@ "text": "[232] 99 105 000" }, "email address and website": { - "text": "consularfreetown@state.gov" + "text": "
consularfreetown@state.gov

https://sl.usembassy.gov/" } }, "Flag description": { diff --git a/africa/so.json b/africa/so.json index badc72a9..9e052ea4 100644 --- a/africa/so.json +++ b/africa/so.json @@ -577,7 +577,7 @@ "text": "[254] 20 363-6451" }, "email address and website": { - "text": "Kenya_ACS@state.gov" + "text": "
Kenya_ACS@state.gov

https://so.usembassy.gov/" } }, "Flag description": { diff --git a/africa/su.json b/africa/su.json index 49703134..b83c2dac 100644 --- a/africa/su.json +++ b/africa/su.json @@ -635,7 +635,7 @@ "text": "[249] 187-0-22000" }, "email address and website": { - "text": "ACSKhartoum@state.gov" + "text": "
ACSKhartoum@state.gov

https://sd.usembassy.gov/" } }, "Flag description": { @@ -1175,7 +1175,7 @@ "text": "18-33 years of age for male and female compulsory or voluntary military service; 1-2 year service obligation (2019)" }, "Military - note": { - "text": "

in October 2020, after almost a year of negotiations, Sudan’s transitional government and a broad alliance of armed rebel groups known as the Sudanese Revolutionary Front (SRF) signed a peace agreement; the SRF rebels had operated in Darfur, South Kordofan, and the Blue Nile provinces; under the agreement, SRF fighters are to be slowly incorporated into joint units with government security forces over a period of 39 months; however, two rebel groups – the Darfur-based Sudan Liberation Movement/Army (SLM/A) and the Sudan People’s Liberation Movement-North (SPLM-N), which controls territory in the South Kordofan and Blue Nile provinces, are not part of the agreement; in March 2021, the Sudanese Government and the SPLM-N agreed to re-start peace talks

the Sudanese military and security forces reportedly control over 200 commercial companies, including businesses involved in gold mining, rubber production, agriculture, and meat exports

United Nations Interim Security Force for Abyei (UNISFA) has operated in the disputed Abyei region along the border between Sudan and South Sudan since 2011; UNISFA's mission includes ensuring security, protecting civilians, strengthening the capacity of the Abyei Police Service, de-mining, monitoring/verifying the redeployment of armed forces from the area, and facilitating the flow of humanitarian aid; UNISFA had about 3,700 personnel, including some 3,200 troops, deployed as of January 2021; UNISFA's mandate has been extended to May 2021

in addition, the United Nations African Union Hybrid Operation in Darfur (UNAMID) has operated in the war-torn Darfur region since 2007; UNAMID is a joint African Union-UN peacekeeping force with the mission of bringing stability to Darfur, including protecting civilians, facilitating humanitarian assistance, and promoting mediation efforts, while peace talks on a final settlement continue; in 2020, UNAMID had about 8,000 total personnel (civilians, military, and police) deployed, down from an earlier peak of 16,000; UNAMID ended its mandate on 31 Dec 2020; all UNAMID personnel are scheduled to be withdrawn by June 2021; note: in October 2020, Sudan’s transitional government signed a peace agreement with several armed groups in Darfur; the agreement provided for the establishment of a joint security force comprised of 12,000 members tasked with securing the region of Darfur in place of UNAMID" + "text": "

in October 2020, after almost a year of negotiations, Sudan’s transitional government and a broad alliance of armed rebel groups known as the Sudanese Revolutionary Front (SRF) signed a peace agreement; the SRF rebels had operated in Darfur, South Kordofan, and the Blue Nile provinces; under the agreement, SRF fighters are to be slowly incorporated into joint units with government security forces over a period of 39 months; however, two rebel groups – the Darfur-based Sudan Liberation Movement/Army (SLM/A) and the Sudan People’s Liberation Movement-North (SPLM-N), which controls territory in the South Kordofan and Blue Nile provinces, are not part of the agreement; in March 2021, the Sudanese Government and the SPLM-N agreed to re-start peace talks

the Sudanese military and security forces reportedly control over 200 commercial companies, including businesses involved in gold mining, rubber production, agriculture, and meat exports

United Nations Interim Security Force for Abyei (UNISFA) has operated in the disputed Abyei region along the border between Sudan and South Sudan since 2011; UNISFA's mission includes ensuring security, protecting civilians, strengthening the capacity of the Abyei Police Service, de-mining, monitoring/verifying the redeployment of armed forces from the area, and facilitating the flow of humanitarian aid; UNISFA had about 3,800 personnel deployed as of July 2021

in addition, the United Nations African Union Hybrid Operation in Darfur (UNAMID) operated in the war-torn Darfur region since 2007 until its mission was completed in mid-2021; UNAMID was a joint African Union-UN peacekeeping force with the mission of bringing stability to Darfur, including protecting civilians, facilitating humanitarian assistance, and promoting mediation efforts, while peace talks on a final settlement continued; in July 2021, UNAMID entered a year-long liquidation phase in which it will maintain a guard unit consisting of about 360 police to protect UN personnel, facilities, and assets inside the El Fasher Logistics Base; Sudanese joint security forces will continue to be deployed outside the base and assist the remaining UN contingent with securing its perimeter; note - the October 2020 peace agreement provided for the establishment of a joint security force comprised of 12,000 members tasked with securing the Darfur region in the place of UNAMID; in June 2021, Sudan's transitional government announced it would increase the size of this force to 20,000 and expand its mission scope to include the capital and other parts of the country suffering from violence; the force would include the SAF, RSF, police, intelligence, and representatives from armed groups involved in peace negotiations" } }, "Transnational Issues": { @@ -1184,7 +1184,7 @@ }, "Refugees and internally displaced persons": { "refugees (country of origin)": { - "text": "772,313 (South Sudan) (refugees and asylum seekers), 125,115 (Eritrea) (refugees and asylum seekers), 93,494 (Syria) (refugees and asylum seekers), 67,550 (Ethiopia) (refugees and asylum seekers), 27,347 (Central African Republic) (2021)" + "text": "776,427 (South Sudan) (refugees and asylum seekers), 125,115 (Eritrea) (refugees and asylum seekers), 93,494 (Syria) (refugees and asylum seekers), 67,550 (Ethiopia) (refugees and asylum seekers), 27,350 (Central African Republic) (2021)" }, "IDPs": { "text": "2,276,000 (civil war 1983-2005; ongoing conflict in Darfur region; government and rebel fighting along South Sudan border; inter-tribal clashes) (2020)" diff --git a/africa/to.json b/africa/to.json index 72cfcdb8..af260bf6 100644 --- a/africa/to.json +++ b/africa/to.json @@ -638,7 +638,7 @@ "text": "[228] 2261-5501" }, "email address and website": { - "text": "consularLome@state.gov" + "text": "
consularLome@state.gov

https://tg.usembassy.gov/" } }, "Flag description": { diff --git a/africa/ts.json b/africa/ts.json index d4cbe1a6..0287b38a 100644 --- a/africa/ts.json +++ b/africa/ts.json @@ -598,7 +598,7 @@ "text": "[216] 71-107-090" }, "email address and website": { - "text": "tunisacs@state.gov" + "text": "
tunisacs@state.gov

https://tn.usembassy.gov/" } }, "Flag description": { diff --git a/africa/tz.json b/africa/tz.json index 3cd1d8dd..41e960fb 100644 --- a/africa/tz.json +++ b/africa/tz.json @@ -639,7 +639,7 @@ "text": "[255] (22) 229-4721" }, "email address and website": { - "text": "DRSACS@state.gov" + "text": "
DRSACS@state.gov

https://tz.usembassy.gov/" } }, "Flag description": { diff --git a/africa/ug.json b/africa/ug.json index c00aa89b..d700bfe4 100644 --- a/africa/ug.json +++ b/africa/ug.json @@ -622,7 +622,7 @@ "text": "[256] (0) 414-259-794" }, "email address and website": { - "text": "KampalaUScitizen@state.gov" + "text": "
KampalaUScitizen@state.gov

https://ug.usembassy.gov/" } }, "Flag description": { diff --git a/africa/uv.json b/africa/uv.json index a2cbee3c..8782b705 100644 --- a/africa/uv.json +++ b/africa/uv.json @@ -618,6 +618,9 @@ }, "FAX": { "text": "[1] (202) 667-1882" + }, + "email address and website": { + "text": "
contact@burkina-usa.org

https://burkina-usa.org/" } }, "Diplomatic representation from the US": { @@ -637,7 +640,7 @@ "text": "(226) 25-49-56-23" }, "email address and website": { - "text": "ouagaACS@state.gov

https://bf.usembassy.gov/" + "text": "
ouagaACS@state.gov

https://bf.usembassy.gov/" } }, "Flag description": { diff --git a/africa/wa.json b/africa/wa.json index b73b602c..55a596d0 100644 --- a/africa/wa.json +++ b/africa/wa.json @@ -626,7 +626,7 @@ "text": "[264] (061) 295-8603" }, "email address and website": { - "text": "ConsularWindhoek@state.gov" + "text": "
ConsularWindhoek@state.gov

https://na.usembassy.gov/" } }, "Flag description": { diff --git a/africa/wz.json b/africa/wz.json index d737d2b4..f50d3918 100644 --- a/africa/wz.json +++ b/africa/wz.json @@ -613,7 +613,7 @@ "text": "[268] 2416-3344" }, "email address and website": { - "text": "ConsularMbabane@state.gov" + "text": "
ConsularMbabane@state.gov

https://sz.usembassy.gov/" } }, "Flag description": { diff --git a/africa/za.json b/africa/za.json index 1655f0a3..4e4768f7 100644 --- a/africa/za.json +++ b/africa/za.json @@ -535,13 +535,13 @@ }, "Legislative branch": { "description": { - "text": "unicameral National Assembly (165 seats; 156 members directly elected in single-seat constituencies by simple majority vote in 2 rounds if needed, and up to 8 appointed by the president; members serve 5-year terms); note - 6 additional electoral seats were added for the 11 August 2016 election, up from 150 electoral seats in the 2011 election" + "text": "unicameral National Assembly (167 seats; 156 members directly elected in single-seat constituencies by simple majority vote in 2 rounds if needed, and up to 8 appointed by the president; members serve 5-year terms); 11 are appointed" }, "elections": { - "text": "last held on 11 August 2016 (next to be held on 12 August 2021)" + "text": "last held on 12 August 2021 (next to be held on 12 August 2026)" }, "election results": { - "text": "percent of vote by party - PF 42%, UPND 41.7%, MMD 2.7%, FDD 2.2%, other 1.9%,independent 9.5%; seats by party - PF 89, UPND 54, MMD 5, FDD 1, NDC 1, independent 14; composition - men 135, women 30, percent of women 18.2%" + "text": "percent of vote by party - United Party for National Development 49%, Patriotic Front 37%, Party of National Unity and Progress .59%, independent 5.98% seats by party - UPND 82, PF 61, PNUP 1,  independent 11; composition - men 135, women 20, percent of women 13.5%
155 seats were filled, one seat vacant,  a by-election will be held." } }, "Executive branch": { @@ -558,7 +558,7 @@ "text": "president directly elected by absolute majority popular vote in 2 rounds if needed for a 5-year term (eligible for a second term); last held on 12 August 2021 (next to be held in 2026)" }, "election results": { - "text": "Hakainde Hichilema (United Party for National Development) wins 57.9% of the vote and incumbent Edgar Lungu (Patriotic Front) 37.3% 


" + "text": "Hakainde Hichilema (United Party for National Development) wins 57.9% of the vote and incumbent Edgar Lungu (Patriotic Front) 37.3% 
" } }, "Judicial branch": { @@ -609,7 +609,7 @@ "text": "[260]  (0) 211-357-224" }, "email address and website": { - "text": "ACSLusaka@state.gov" + "text": "
ACSLusaka@state.gov

https://zm.usembassy.gov/" } }, "Flag description": { diff --git a/africa/zi.json b/africa/zi.json index ceca5b91..d654baaa 100644 --- a/africa/zi.json +++ b/africa/zi.json @@ -625,7 +625,7 @@ "text": "[263] 24-233-4320" }, "email address and website": { - "text": "consularharare@state.gov" + "text": "
consularharare@state.gov

https://zw.usembassy.gov/" } }, "Flag description": { diff --git a/antarctica/hm.json b/antarctica/hm.json index 26a6fd3b..681f0f63 100644 --- a/antarctica/hm.json +++ b/antarctica/hm.json @@ -1,7 +1,7 @@ { "Introduction": { "Background": { - "text": "The UK transferred these uninhabited, barren, sub-Antarctic islands to Australia in 1947. Populated by large numbers of seal and bird species, the islands have been designated a nature preserve." + "text": "

American sailor John HEARD discovered Heard Island in 1853 and thought it was a glacier that had broken away from Antarctica. Fellow American William MCDONALD discovered the McDonald Islands the following year. Starting in 1855, sealers lived on the islands harvesting elephant seal oil; by the time the practice was ended in 1877, most of the islands’ seals were killed. The UK formally claimed the islands in 1910 and Australian explorer Douglas MAWSON visited Heard Island in 1929. In 1947, the UK transferred the islands to Australia for its Antarctica research, but Australia closed the research station on Heard Island in 1954 when it opened a new research station on the Antarctic continent. McDonald Island has been an active volcano since it emerged from dormancy in 1992, and the island doubled in size after an eruption in 1996. In 1997, the islands were named a UNESCO World Heritage Site. Populated by a large number of bird species, seals, and penguins, the islands are primarily used for research with limited fishing being permitted in the surrounding waters.

 

" } }, "Geography": { diff --git a/australia-oceania/as.json b/australia-oceania/as.json index d8fd3913..12a1457a 100644 --- a/australia-oceania/as.json +++ b/australia-oceania/as.json @@ -1,7 +1,7 @@ { "Introduction": { "Background": { - "text": "

Prehistoric settlers arrived on the continent from Southeast Asia at least 40,000 years before the first Europeans began exploration in the 17th century. No formal territorial claims were made until 1770, when Capt. James COOK took possession of the east coast in the name of Great Britain (all of Australia was claimed as British territory in 1829 with the creation of the colony of Western Australia). Six colonies were created in the late 18th and 19th centuries; they federated and became the Commonwealth of Australia in 1901. The new country took advantage of its natural resources to rapidly develop agricultural and manufacturing industries and to make a major contribution to the Allied effort in World Wars I and II.

In recent decades, Australia has become an internationally competitive, advanced market economy due in large part to economic reforms adopted in the 1980s and its location in one of the fastest growing regions of the world economy. Long-term concerns include an aging population, pressure on infrastructure, and environmental issues such as floods, droughts, and bushfires. Australia is the driest inhabited continent on earth, making it particularly vulnerable to the challenges of climate change. Australia is home to 10% of the world's biodiversity, and a great number of its flora and fauna exist nowhere else in the world.

" + "text": "

Aboriginal Australians arrived on the continent at least 60,000 years ago and developed complex hunter-gatherer societies and oral histories. Dutch navigators led by Abel TASMAN were the first Europeans to land in Australia in 1606, and they mapped the western and northern coasts. They named the continent New Holland but made no attempts to permanently settle it. In 1770, English captain James COOK sailed to the east coast of Australia, named it New South Wales, and claimed it for Great Britain. In 1788 and 1825, Great Britain established New South Wales and then Tasmania as penal colonies respectively. Great Britain and Ireland sent more than 150,000 convicts to Australia before ending the practice in 1868. As Europeans began settling areas away from the coasts, they came into more direct contact with Aboriginal Australians. Europeans also cleared land for agriculture, impacting Aboriginal Australians’ ways of life. These issues, along with disease and a policy in the 1900s that forcefully removed Aboriginal children from their parents, reduced the Aboriginal Australian population from more than 700,000 pre-European contact to a low of 74,000 in 1933.

Four additional colonies were established in Australia in the mid-1800s: Western Australia (1829), South Australia (1836), Victoria (1851), and Queensland (1859). Gold rushes beginning in the 1850s brought thousands of new immigrants to New South Wales and Victoria, helping to reorient Australia away from its penal colony roots. In the second half of the 1800s, the colonies were all gradually granted self-government, and in 1901, they federated and became the Commonwealth of Australia. Australia contributed more than 400,000 troops to allied efforts during World War I, and Australian troops played a large role in the defeat of Japanese troops in the Pacific in World War II. Australia severed most constitutional links with the UK in 1942, and in 1951 signed the Australia, New Zealand, and US (ANZUS) Treaty, cementing its military alliance with the US. Australia’s post-war economy boomed and by the 1970s, racial policies that prevented most non-whites from immigrating to Australia were removed, greatly increasing Asian immigration to the country. In recent decades, Australia has become an internationally competitive, advanced market economy due in large part to economic reforms adopted in the 1980s and its proximity to East and Southeast Asia.

In the early 2000s, Australian politics became unstable with frequent attempts to oust party leaders, including five changes of prime minister between 2010 and 2018. As a result, both major parties instituted rules to make it harder to remove a party leader.

" } }, "Geography": { @@ -101,7 +101,7 @@ "text": "

cyclones along the coast; severe droughts; forest fires

volcanism: volcanic activity on Heard and McDonald Islands

" }, "Geography - note": { - "text": "note 1: world's smallest continent but sixth-largest country; the largest country in Oceania, the largest country entirely in the Southern Hemisphere, and the largest country without land borders; the only continent without glaciers; the invigorating sea breeze known as the \"Fremantle Doctor\" affects the city of Perth on the west coast and is one of the most consistent winds in the world

note 2: the Great Dividing Range that runs along eastern Australia is that continent’s longest mountain range and the third-longest land-based range in the world; the term \"Great Dividing Range\" refers to the fact that the mountains form a watershed crest from which all of the rivers of eastern Australia flow – east, west, north, and south" + "text": "note 1: world's smallest continent but sixth-largest country; the largest country in Oceania, the largest country entirely in the Southern Hemisphere, and the largest country without land borders

note 2: the Great Dividing Range that runs along eastern Australia is that continent’s longest mountain range and the third-longest land-based range in the world; the term \"Great Dividing Range\" refers to the fact that the mountains form a watershed crest from which all of the rivers of eastern Australia flow – east, west, north, and south

note 3: Australia is the only continent without glaciers; it is the driest inhabited continent on earth, making it particularly vulnerable to the challenges of climate change; the invigorating sea breeze known as the \"Fremantle Doctor\" affects the city of Perth on the west coast and is one of the most consistent winds in the world; Australia is home to 10% of the world's biodiversity, and a great number of its flora and fauna exist nowhere else in the world" } }, "People and Society": { @@ -539,7 +539,7 @@ }, "Diplomatic representation in the US": { "chief of mission": { - "text": "Ambassador Arthur SINODINOS (since 6 February 2020)" + "text": "Ambassador Arthur SINODINOS (since 6 February 2020)" }, "chancery": { "text": "1601 Massachusetts Avenue NW, Washington, DC 20036" @@ -551,7 +551,7 @@ "text": "[1] (202) 797-3168" }, "consulate(s) general": { - "text": "Atlanta, Chicago, Honolulu, Houston, Los Angeles, New York, San Francisco" + "text": "Chicago, Honolulu, Houston, Los Angeles, New York, San Francisco" } }, "Diplomatic representation from the US": { @@ -571,7 +571,7 @@ "text": "[61] (02) 9373-9184" }, "email address and website": { - "text": "AskEmbassyCanberra@state.gov

https://au.usembassy.gov/
" + "text": "
AskEmbassyCanberra@state.gov

https://au.usembassy.gov/" }, "consulate(s) general": { "text": "Melbourne, Perth, Sydney" @@ -1093,7 +1093,7 @@ "text": "Brisbane, Cairns, Darwin, Fremantle, Geelong, Gladstone, Hobart, Melbourne, Newcastle, Port Adelaide, Port Kembla, Sydney" }, "container port(s) (TEUs)": { - "text": "Melbourne (2,806,436), Sydney (2,530,122) (2017)" + "text": "Melbourne (2,967,315), Sydney (2,572,714) (2019)" }, "LNG terminal(s) (export)": { "text": "Australia Pacific, Barrow Island, Burrup (Pluto), Curtis Island, Darwin, Karratha, Bladin Point (Ichthys), Gladstone, Prelude (offshore FLNG), Wheatstone" diff --git a/australia-oceania/at.json b/australia-oceania/at.json index e295c095..d5c5b36c 100644 --- a/australia-oceania/at.json +++ b/australia-oceania/at.json @@ -1,7 +1,7 @@ { "Introduction": { "Background": { - "text": "These uninhabited islands came under Australian authority in 1931; formal administration began two years later. Ashmore Reef supports a rich and diverse avian and marine habitat; in 1983, it became a National Nature Reserve. Cartier Island, a former bombing range, became a marine reserve in 2000." + "text": "

Indonesian fishermen have long fished in the area around Ashmore Reef and Cartier Island. British explorers were the first Europeans to see Cartier Island and Ashmore Reef in 1800 and 1811, respectively. American whalers frequently sailed by the islands in the 1850s and later settled to mine the phosphate deposits on Ashmore Reef, which were exhausted by 1891. The UK disputed US access to Ashmore Reef and formally annexed it in 1878. Cartier Island was annexed in 1909. In 1931, the UK transferred the islands to Australia, which accepted them in 1934 as part of Western Australia. In 1938, Australia transferred governance to the Northern Territory. During World War II, the islands saw several Allied ship visits and post-war, Cartier Island became a bombing range. In 1978, governance of Ashmore and Cartier Islands was moved to the federal government. Ashmore Reef and Cartier Island became marine reserves in 1983 and 2000 respectively.

In 1974, Australia and Indonesia signed a memorandum of understanding (MOU) to allow Indonesian fishermen to continue fishing around the islands. The MOU also allows Indonesian fishermen to visit the graves of past fishermen, replenish their fresh water, and shelter in the West Island Lagoon of Ashmore Reef. In the 1990s, Indonesia challenged Australia’s claims to the islands, which was settled in a maritime boundary treaty in 1997. The islands were a popular first point of contact for migrants and refugees seeking to enter Australia, so in 2001, Australia declared the islands outside the Australian migration zone.

" } }, "Geography": { diff --git a/australia-oceania/ck.json b/australia-oceania/ck.json index 27369bf5..6b37cad3 100644 --- a/australia-oceania/ck.json +++ b/australia-oceania/ck.json @@ -1,7 +1,7 @@ { "Introduction": { "Background": { - "text": "There are 27 coral islands in the group. Captain William KEELING discovered the islands in 1609, but they remained uninhabited until the 19th century. From the 1820s to 1978, members of the CLUNIES-ROSS family controlled the islands and the copra produced from local coconuts. Annexed by the UK in 1857, the Cocos Islands were transferred to the Australian Government in 1955. Apart from North Keeling Island, which lies 30 kilometers north of the main group, the islands form a horseshoe-shaped atoll surrounding a lagoon. North Keeling Island was declared a national park in 1995 and is administered by Parks Australia. The population on the two inhabited islands generally is split between the ethnic Europeans on West Island and the ethnic Malays on Home Island." + "text": "

British captain William KEELING discovered Cocos (Keeling) Islands in 1609 and they were named the Cocos Islands in 1622 for their coconut trees. Some maps began referring to them as the Keeling Islands in 1703. In 1825, Scottish trader John CLUNIES-ROSS was trying to get to Christmas Island but was blown off-course and landed on Cocos (Keeling) Islands. The next year, a British trader hired John’s brother to bring slaves and a harem of Malay women to create the first permanent settlement on the island. By the 1830s, the Clunies-Ross family had firmly established themselves as the leaders of the islands and they ruled Cocos (Keeling) Islands in a feudal style until 1978.

The UK annexed the islands in 1857 and administered them from Ceylon after 1878 and from Singapore after 1886. Cocos (Keeling) Islands hosted a cable relaying station and was attacked by the Germans in World War I. The Japanese similarly attacked the islands in World War II. The UK transferred the islands to Australia in 1955, which officially named the islands the Cocos (Keeling) Islands, and in 1978, Australia bought all the land held by the Clunies-Ross family, ending their control of the islands’ governance. In a referendum in 1984, most islanders voted to integrate with Australia, and Western Australian laws have applied on the islands since 1992.

 

" } }, "Geography": { @@ -83,7 +83,7 @@ "text": "cyclone season is October to April" }, "Geography - note": { - "text": "islands are thickly covered with coconut palms and other vegetation; site of a World War I naval battle in November 1914 between the Australian light cruiser HMAS Sydney and the German raider SMS Emden; after being heavily damaged in the engagement, the Emden was beached by her captain on North Keeling Island" + "text": "note 1: there are 27 coral islands in the group; apart from North Keeling Island, which lies 30 km north of the main group, the islands form a horseshoe-shaped atoll surrounding a lagoon; North Keeling Island was declared a national park in 1995 and is administered by Parks Australia; the population on the two inhabited islands generally is split between the ethnic Europeans on West Island and the ethnic Malays on Home Island; the islands are thickly covered with coconut palms and other vegetation

note 2: site of a World War I naval battle in November 1914 between the Australian light cruiser HMAS Sydney and the German raider SMS Emden; after being heavily damaged in the engagement, the Emden was beached by her captain on North Keeling Island" } }, "People and Society": { diff --git a/australia-oceania/cr.json b/australia-oceania/cr.json index 5246d90e..24c2ed75 100644 --- a/australia-oceania/cr.json +++ b/australia-oceania/cr.json @@ -1,7 +1,7 @@ { "Introduction": { "Background": { - "text": "Scattered over more than three-quarters of a million square kilometers of ocean, the Coral Sea Islands were declared a territory of Australia in 1969. They are uninhabited except for a small meteorological staff on the Willis Islets. Automated weather stations, beacons, and a lighthouse occupy many other islands and reefs. The Coral Sea Islands Act 1969 was amended in 1997 to extend the boundaries of the Coral Sea Islands Territory around Elizabeth and Middleton Reefs." + "text": "

The widely scattered islands were first charted in 1803, but they were too small to host any permanent human habitation. The 1870s and 1880s, saw attempts at guano mining, but these were soon abandoned. The islands became an Australian territory in 1969 and its boundaries were extended in 1997. A small meteorological staff has operated on the Willis Islets since 1921, and several other islands host unmanned weather stations, beacons, and lighthouses. Much of the territory lies within marine national nature reserves.

" } }, "Geography": { diff --git a/australia-oceania/cw.json b/australia-oceania/cw.json index 040c9a09..e3d79ca6 100644 --- a/australia-oceania/cw.json +++ b/australia-oceania/cw.json @@ -1,7 +1,7 @@ { "Introduction": { "Background": { - "text": "Polynesians from Tahiti were probably the first people to settle Rarotonga around A.D. 900. Over time, Samoans and Tongans also settled in Rarotonga, and Rarotongans voyaged to the northern Cook Islands, settling Manihiki and Rakahanga. Pukapuka and Penrhyn in the northern Cook Islands were settled directly from Samoa. Prior to European contact, there was considerable travel and trade between inhabitants of the different islands and atolls but they were not united in a single entity. Spanish navigators were the first Europeans to spot the northern Cook Islands in 1595 followed by the first landing in 1606. The Cook Islands remained free of further European contact until the 1760s, and in 1773, British explorer James COOK saw Manuae in the southern Cook Islands. The islands were named after COOK in the 1820s by Russian mapmakers. English missionary activity during the 1820s and 1830s banned singing and dancing and converted most of the population.

Fearing France would militarily occupy the islands like it did in Tahiti, Rarotongans asked the UK for protectorate status in the 1840s and 1860s, which the UK ignored. In 1888, Queen MAKEA TAKAU of Rarotonga formally petitioned for protectorate status, which the UK reluctantly agreed to. In 1901, the UK placed Rarotonga and the rest of the islands in the New Zealand Colony and in 1915, the Cook Islands Act organized the Cook Islands into one political entity. It remained a protectorate until 1965, when New Zealand granted the Cook Islands self-government status. The Cook Islands has a great deal of local autonomy and is an independent member of international organizations, but it is in free association with New Zealand, which is responsible for defense and foreign affairs. Economic opportunities in the Cook Islands are sparse, and more Cook Islanders live in New Zealand than in the Cook Islands.

In a referendum in 1994, voters chose to keep the name Cook Islands rather than changing to a Maori name for the islands. The issue was revived in 2019, but after being poorly received by the diaspora in New Zealand, the government decided to retain the name Cook Islands but to provide a Maori name alongside it. The Maori name has not yet been determined.

The Cook Islands’ economy relies on tourism, fisheries, and foreign aid. More recently a growing offshore financial sector exposed the country to vulnerabilities which the government has addressed with legislation and regulations for the oversight of all banks and financial institutions, and with enforcement measures. The Cook Islands continues to face challenges with the emigration of skilled workers, government deficits, inadequate infrastructure, and natural resource depletion. The Cook Islands is expected to graduate to the high-income threshold set by the World Bank, which will limit the country’s access to Official Development Assistance under OECD guidelines." + "text": "Polynesians from Tahiti were probably the first people to settle Rarotonga around A.D. 900. Over time, Samoans and Tongans also settled in Rarotonga, and Rarotongans voyaged to the northern Cook Islands, settling Manihiki and Rakahanga. Pukapuka and Penrhyn in the northern Cook Islands were settled directly from Samoa. Prior to European contact, there was considerable travel and trade between inhabitants of the different islands and atolls but they were not united in a single entity. Spanish navigators were the first Europeans to spot the northern Cook Islands in 1595 followed by the first landing in 1606. The Cook Islands remained free of further European contact until the 1760s, and in 1773, British explorer James COOK saw Manuae in the southern Cook Islands. The islands were named after COOK in the 1820s by Russian mapmakers. English missionary activity during the 1820s and 1830s banned singing and dancing and converted most of the population.

Fearing France would militarily occupy the islands like it did in Tahiti, Rarotongans asked the UK for protectorate status in the 1840s and 1860s, which the UK ignored. In 1888, Queen MAKEA TAKAU of Rarotonga formally petitioned for protectorate status, which the UK reluctantly agreed to. In 1901, the UK placed Rarotonga and the rest of the islands in the New Zealand Colony and in 1915, the Cook Islands Act organized the Cook Islands into one political entity. It remained a protectorate until 1965, when New Zealand granted the Cook Islands self-government status. The Cook Islands has a great deal of local autonomy and is an independent member of international organizations, but it is in free association with New Zealand, which is responsible for defense and foreign affairs. Economic opportunities in the Cook Islands are sparse, and more Cook Islanders live in New Zealand than in the Cook Islands.

In a referendum in 1994, voters chose to keep the name Cook Islands rather than changing to a Maori name for the islands. The issue was revived in 2019, but after being poorly received by the diaspora in New Zealand, the government decided to retain the name Cook Islands but to provide a Maori name alongside it. The Maori name has not yet been determined." } }, "Geography": { diff --git a/australia-oceania/fj.json b/australia-oceania/fj.json index 07d59388..ec937142 100644 --- a/australia-oceania/fj.json +++ b/australia-oceania/fj.json @@ -1,7 +1,7 @@ { "Introduction": { "Background": { - "text": "Fiji became independent in 1970 after nearly a century as a British colony. Democratic rule was interrupted by two military coups in 1987 caused by concern over a government perceived as dominated by the Indian community (descendants of contract laborers brought to the islands by the British in the 19th century). The coups and a 1990 constitution that cemented native Melanesian control of Fiji led to heavy Indian emigration; the population loss resulted in economic difficulties, but ensured that Melanesians became the majority. A new constitution enacted in 1997 was more equitable. Free and peaceful elections in 1999 resulted in a government led by an Indo-Fijian, but a civilian-led coup in 2000 ushered in a prolonged period of political turmoil. Parliamentary elections held in 2001 provided Fiji with a democratically elected government led by Prime Minister Laisenia QARASE. Reelected in May 2006, QARASE was ousted in a December 2006 military coup led by Commodore Voreqe BAINIMARAMA, who initially appointed himself acting president but in January 2007 became interim prime minister. Following years of political turmoil, long-delayed legislative elections were held in September 2014 that were deemed \"credible\" by international observers and that resulted in BAINIMARAMA being reelected. He was reelected in November 2018 in elections deemed free and fair." + "text": "

Austronesians settled Fiji around 1000 B.C., followed by successive waves of Melanesians starting around the first century A.D. Fijians traded with Polynesian groups in Samoa and Tonga, and by about 900, much of Fiji was in the Tu’i Tongan Empire’s sphere of influence. The Tongan influence declined significantly by 1200 while Melanesian seafarers continued to periodically arrive in Fiji, further mixing Melanesian and Polynesian cultural traditions. Dutch explorer Abel TASMAN was the first European to spot Fiji in 1643, followed by British explorer James COOK in 1774. Captain William BLIGH plotted the islands in 1789. In the 1800s, merchants, traders, and whalers frequented the islands and the first missionaries arrived in 1835. Rival kings and chiefs competed for power, at times aided by Europeans and their weapons, and in 1865, Seru Epenisa CAKOBAU united many groups into the Confederacy of Independent Kingdoms of Viti. The arrangement proved weak and a subsequent attempt in 1871 to centralize power as a Kingdom of Fiji also faltered. Fearing a hostile takeover by a foreign power, CAKOBAU ceded Fiji to the UK in 1874.

The first British governor set up a plantation-style economy and brought in more than 60,000 Indians as indentured laborers, most of whom chose to stay in Fiji rather than return to India when their contracts expired. In the early 1900s, society was divided along ethnic lines, with iTaukei (indigenous Fijians), Europeans, and Indo-Fijians living in separate areas and maintaining their own languages and traditions. ITaukei fears of an Indo-Fijian takeover of government delayed independence through the 1960s; Fiji achieved independence in 1970 with agreements in place to allocate parliamentary seats by ethnic groups. Long-serving Prime Minister Kamisese MARA largely balanced these ethnic divisions but concerns about growing Indo-Fijian political influence led to two coups in 1987. A new constitution in 1990 cemented iTaukei control of politics, leading thousands of Indo-Fijians to leave. A reformed constitution in 1997 was more equitable and led to the election of an Indo-Fijian prime minister in 1999, who was ousted in a coup the following year. In 2005, the new prime minister put forward a bill that would grant pardons to the coup perpetrators, leading Commodore Josaia BAINIMARAMA to launch a coup in 2006. BAINIMARAMA  appointed himself prime minister in 2007 and continues to hold the position after elections in 2014 and 2018 that international observers deemed credible.

With well-developed infrastructure, Fiji has become a hub for the Pacific, hosting the secretariat for the Pacific Islands Forum and the main campus of the University of the South Pacific. In addition, Fiji is a center for Pacific tourism, and Nadi International Airport is by far the busiest airport in a pacific island country.

" } }, "Geography": { @@ -592,7 +592,7 @@ "text": "[679] 330-2267" }, "email address and website": { - "text": "SuvaACS@state.gov" + "text": "
SuvaACS@state.gov

https://fj.usembassy.gov/" } }, "Flag description": { diff --git a/australia-oceania/fm.json b/australia-oceania/fm.json index 9387c983..83da26f0 100644 --- a/australia-oceania/fm.json +++ b/australia-oceania/fm.json @@ -532,7 +532,7 @@ "text": "[691] 320-2186" }, "email address and website": { - "text": "koloniaacs@state.gov" + "text": "
koloniaacs@state.gov

https://fm.usembassy.gov/" } }, "Flag description": { diff --git a/australia-oceania/kt.json b/australia-oceania/kt.json index 55cfaeda..ead3b586 100644 --- a/australia-oceania/kt.json +++ b/australia-oceania/kt.json @@ -1,7 +1,7 @@ { "Introduction": { "Background": { - "text": "Although Europeans had sighted the island at least as early as 1615, it was only named in 1643 for the day of its rediscovery. The island was annexed and settlement began by the UK in 1888 with the discovery of the island's phosphate deposits. Following the Second World War, Christmas Island came under the jurisdiction of the new British Colony of Singapore. The island existed as a separate Crown colony from 1 January 1958 to 1 October 1958 when its transfer to Australian jurisdiction was finalized. That date is still celebrated on the first Monday in October as Territory Day. Almost two-thirds of the island has been declared a national park." + "text": "

Although Europeans sighted the island as early as 1615, it was only named in 1643 by English Captain William MYNORS for the day of its rediscovery. Another English ship sailed by the island in 1688 and found it uninhabited. Attempts to explore the island over the next two centuries were hampered by steep cliffs and dense jungle. Phosphate discovery on the island in 1887, lead to the UK annexing it the following year. In 1898, the Christmas Island Phosphate Company brought in 200 Chinese indentured servants to work the mines, along with Malays, Sikhs, and a small number of Europeans. The UK administered Christmas Island from Singapore.

Japan invaded the island in 1942, but islanders sabotaged Japanese mining operations, making the mines relatively unproductive. After World War II, Australia and New Zealand bought the Christmas Island Phosphate Company, and in 1958, the UK transferred sovereignty from Singapore to Australia in exchange for $20 million for the loss of future phosphate income. In 1980, Australia set up the Christmas Island National Park and expanded its boundaries throughout the 1980s until it covered more than 60% of the island’s territory. The phosphate mine was closed in 1987 because of environmental concerns and Australia has rejected several efforts to reopen it.

In the 1980s, boats of asylum seekers started landing on Christmas Island and the migrants claimed refugee status since they were on Australian territory. In 2001, Australia declared Christmas Island outside the Australian migration zone and built an immigration detention center on the island. Completed in 2008, the controversial detention center was officially closed in 2018, although plans to reopen it were announced in early 2019.

" } }, "Geography": { diff --git a/australia-oceania/nz.json b/australia-oceania/nz.json index bd9d7889..e0dbd7a9 100644 --- a/australia-oceania/nz.json +++ b/australia-oceania/nz.json @@ -1,7 +1,7 @@ { "Introduction": { "Background": { - "text": "The Polynesian Maori reached New Zealand sometime between A.D. 1250 and 1300. In 1840, their chieftains entered into a compact with Great Britain, the Treaty of Waitangi, in which they ceded sovereignty to Queen Victoria while retaining territorial rights. That same year, the British began the first organized colonial settlement. A series of land wars between 1843 and 1872 ended with the defeat of the native peoples. The British colony of New Zealand became an independent dominion in 1907 and supported the UK militarily in both world wars. New Zealand's full participation in a number of defense alliances lapsed by the 1980s. In recent years, the government has sought to address longstanding Maori grievances." + "text": "

Polynesian settlers may have arrived in New Zealand in the late 1200s, with widespread settlement in the mid-1300s. They called the land Aotearoa, which legend holds is the name of the canoe that Kupe, the first Polynesian in New Zealand, used to sail to the country; the name Aotearoa is now in widespread use as the local Maori name for the country. Competition for land and resources led to intermittent fighting between different Maori iwi (tribes) by the 1500s as large game became extinct. Dutch explorer Abel TASMAN was the first European to see the islands in 1642 but after an encounter with local Maori, he sailed away. British captain James COOK was the next European to arrive in New Zealand in 1769, followed by whalers, sealers, and traders. The UK only nominally claimed New Zealand and included it as part of New South Wales in Australia. Concerns about increasing lawlessness led the UK to appoint its first British Resident in New Zealand in 1832, although he had few legal powers. In 1835, some Maori iwi from the North Island declared independence as the United Tribes of New Zealand. Fearing an impending French settlement and takeover, they asked the British for protection. In 1840, the British negotiated their protection in the Treaty of Waitangi, which was eventually signed by more than 500 different Maori chiefs, although many chiefs did not or were not asked to sign. In the English-language version of the treaty, the British thought the Maori ceded their land to the UK, but translations of the treaty appeared to give the British less authority, and land tenure issues stemming from the treaty are still present and being actively negotiated in New Zealand.

The UK declared New Zealand a separate colony in 1841 and gave it limited self-government in 1852. Different traditions of authority and land use led to a series of wars from the 1840s to the 1870s fought between Europeans and various Maori iwi. Along with disease, these conflicts halved the Maori population. In the 1890s, New Zealand initially expressed interest in joining independence talks with Australia but ultimately opted against it and changed its status to an independent dominion in 1907. New Zealand provided more than 100,000 troops during each World War, many of whom fought as part of the Australia and New Zealand Army Corps (ANZAC). New Zealand reaffirmed its independence in 1947, signed the Australia, New Zealand, and US (ANZUS) Treaty, and militarily supported the US in the Korean and Vietnam Wars. Beginning in 1984, New Zealand began to adopt nuclear-free policies, contributing to a dispute with the US over naval ship visits that led the US to suspend its defense obligations to New Zealand in 1986.

In recent years, New Zealand has explored reducing some of its ties to the UK. There in an active, minority movement about changing New Zealand to a republic, and in 2015-16, a referendum on changing the New Zealand flag to remove the Union Jack failed 57% to 43%.

" } }, "Geography": { @@ -580,7 +580,7 @@ "text": "[64] (4) 499-0490" }, "email address and website": { - "text": "AucklandACS@state.gov" + "text": "
AucklandACS@state.gov

https://nz.usembassy.gov/" }, "consulate(s) general": { "text": "Auckland" diff --git a/australia-oceania/ps.json b/australia-oceania/ps.json index e9366164..03669e63 100644 --- a/australia-oceania/ps.json +++ b/australia-oceania/ps.json @@ -564,7 +564,7 @@ "text": "[680] 587-2911" }, "email address and website": { - "text": "ConsularKoror@state.gov" + "text": "
ConsularKoror@state.gov

https://pw.usembassy.gov/" } }, "Flag description": { diff --git a/australia-oceania/rm.json b/australia-oceania/rm.json index 79b6cb88..8eaf98a3 100644 --- a/australia-oceania/rm.json +++ b/australia-oceania/rm.json @@ -583,7 +583,7 @@ "text": "[692] 247-4012" }, "email address and website": { - "text": "MAJConsular@state.gov" + "text": "
MAJConsular@state.gov

https://mh.usembassy.gov/" } }, "Flag description": { diff --git a/australia-oceania/ws.json b/australia-oceania/ws.json index 86cf164b..06b164d9 100644 --- a/australia-oceania/ws.json +++ b/australia-oceania/ws.json @@ -594,7 +594,7 @@ "text": "[685] 22-030 (2018)" }, "email address and website": { - "text": "ApiaConsular@state.gov" + "text": "
ApiaConsular@state.gov

https://ws.usembassy.gov/" } }, "Flag description": { diff --git a/central-america-n-caribbean/ac.json b/central-america-n-caribbean/ac.json index 6e5d2158..1d968dd3 100644 --- a/central-america-n-caribbean/ac.json +++ b/central-america-n-caribbean/ac.json @@ -509,7 +509,10 @@ "text": "[1] (202) 362-5122" }, "FAX": { - "text": "[1] (202) 362-5525" + "text": "[1] (202) 362-5225" + }, + "email address and website": { + "text": "
embantbar@aol.com" }, "consulate(s) general": { "text": "Miami, New York" diff --git a/central-america-n-caribbean/bb.json b/central-america-n-caribbean/bb.json index 9851bbd5..6b1ba12c 100644 --- a/central-america-n-caribbean/bb.json +++ b/central-america-n-caribbean/bb.json @@ -530,6 +530,9 @@ "FAX": { "text": "[1] (202) 332-7467" }, + "email address and website": { + "text": "
washington@foreign.gov.bb" + }, "consulate(s) general": { "text": "Miami, New York" } @@ -551,7 +554,7 @@ "text": "(246) 431-0179" }, "email address and website": { - "text": "BridgetownACS@state.gov

https://bb.usembassy.gov/
" + "text": "
BridgetownACS@state.gov

https://bb.usembassy.gov/" } }, "Flag description": { diff --git a/central-america-n-caribbean/bf.json b/central-america-n-caribbean/bf.json index ba773d89..e8558b64 100644 --- a/central-america-n-caribbean/bf.json +++ b/central-america-n-caribbean/bf.json @@ -494,6 +494,9 @@ "FAX": { "text": "[1] (202) 319-2668" }, + "email address and website": { + "text": "
embassy@bahamasembdc.org

https://www.bahamasembdc.org/" + }, "consulate(s) general": { "text": "Atlanta, Miami, New York, Washington, DC" }, @@ -518,7 +521,7 @@ "text": "[1] (242) 356-7174" }, "email address and website": { - "text": "acsnassau@state.gov

https://bs.usembassy.gov/" + "text": "
acsnassau@state.gov

https://bs.usembassy.gov/" } }, "Flag description": { @@ -1003,7 +1006,7 @@ "text": "Nassau" }, "container port(s) (TEUs)": { - "text": "Freeport (1,116,272)(2011)" + "text": "Freeport (1,396,568) (2019)" } } }, diff --git a/central-america-n-caribbean/bh.json b/central-america-n-caribbean/bh.json index 236e53e2..6ad3bfef 100644 --- a/central-america-n-caribbean/bh.json +++ b/central-america-n-caribbean/bh.json @@ -544,7 +544,7 @@ "text": "Ambassador Lynn Raymond YOUNG (since 7 July 2021)" }, "chancery": { - "text": "2535 Massachusetts Avenue NW, Washington, DC 20008" + "text": "2535 Massachusetts Avenue NW, Washington, DC 20008-2826" }, "telephone": { "text": "[1] (202) 332-9636" @@ -552,8 +552,11 @@ "FAX": { "text": "[1] (202) 332-6888" }, + "email address and website": { + "text": "
reception.usa@mfa.gov.bz

https://www.belizeembassyusa.mfa.gov.bz/" + }, "consulate(s) general": { - "text": "Los Angeles" + "text": "Los Angeles, New York (consular services temporarily suspended beginning 18 December 2020)" }, "consulate(s)": { "text": "Miami" @@ -576,7 +579,7 @@ "text": "(501) 822-4012" }, "email address and website": { - "text": "ACSBelize@state.gov

https://bz.usembassy.gov/" + "text": "
ACSBelize@state.gov

https://bz.usembassy.gov/" } }, "Flag description": { diff --git a/central-america-n-caribbean/cs.json b/central-america-n-caribbean/cs.json index 6b9d9119..2f723ad8 100644 --- a/central-america-n-caribbean/cs.json +++ b/central-america-n-caribbean/cs.json @@ -597,16 +597,22 @@ "text": "2114 S Street NW, Washington, DC 20008" }, "telephone": { - "text": "[1] (202) 499-2980" + "text": "[1] (202) 499-2984" }, "FAX": { "text": "[1] (202) 265-4795" }, + "email address and website": { + "text": "
embcr-us@rree.go.cr

http://www.costarica-embassy.org/index.php?q=node/21" + }, "consulate(s) general": { "text": "Atlanta, Chicago, Houston, Los Angeles, Miami, New York, Washington DC" }, "consulate(s)": { "text": "Saint Paul (MN), San Juan (Puerto Rico), Tucson (AZ)" + }, + "honorary consulate(s)": { + "text": "San Juan (Puerto Rico), Saint Paul (MN), Tucson (AZ)" } }, "Diplomatic representation from the US": { @@ -626,7 +632,7 @@ "text": "[506] 2519-2305" }, "email address and website": { - "text": "acssanjose@state.gov" + "text": "
acssanjose@state.gov

https://cr.usembassy.gov/" } }, "Flag description": { @@ -1161,7 +1167,7 @@ }, "Refugees and internally displaced persons": { "refugees (country of origin)": { - "text": "13,199 (Venezuela) (economic and political crisis; includes Venezuelans who have claimed asylum, are recognized as refugees, or received alternative legal stay) (2021)" + "text": "29,820 (Venezuela) (economic and political crisis; includes Venezuelans who have claimed asylum, are recognized as refugees, or received alternative legal stay) (2020)" }, "stateless persons": { "text": "199 (2020)" diff --git a/central-america-n-caribbean/cu.json b/central-america-n-caribbean/cu.json index 0ac0e792..5e340625 100644 --- a/central-america-n-caribbean/cu.json +++ b/central-america-n-caribbean/cu.json @@ -540,13 +540,13 @@ }, "Legislative branch": { "description": { - "text": "unicameral National Assembly of People's Power or Asamblea Nacional del Poder Popular (605 seats; members directly elected by absolute majority vote; members serve 5-year terms); note 1 - the National Candidature Commission submits a slate of approved candidates; to be elected, candidates must receive more than 50% of valid votes otherwise the seat remains vacant or the Council of State can declare another election; note 2 - in july 2019, the National Assembly passed a law which reduces the number of members from 605 to 474, effective with the 2023 general election" + "text": "unicameral National Assembly of People's Power or Asamblea Nacional del Poder Popular (605 seats; (586 seats filled in 2021); members directly elected by absolute majority vote; members serve 5-year terms); note 1 - the National Candidature Commission submits a slate of approved candidates; to be elected, candidates must receive more than 50% of valid votes otherwise the seat remains vacant or the Council of State can declare another election; note 2 - in July 2019, the National Assembly passed a law which reduces the number of members from 605 to 474, effective with the 2023 general election" }, "elections": { "text": "last held on 11 March 2018 (next to be held in early 2023)" }, "election results": { - "text": "Cuba's Communist Party is the only legal party, and officially sanctioned candidates run unopposed; composition - men 283, women 322, percent of women 53.2%" + "text": "Cuba's Communist Party is the only legal party, and officially sanctioned candidates run unopposed; composition (as of June 2021) - men 273, women 313, percent of women 53.4%" } }, "Executive branch": { @@ -592,7 +592,13 @@ "text": "2630 16th Street NW, Washington, DC 20009" }, "telephone": { - "text": "[1] (202) 797-8518" + "text": "[1] (202) 797-8515 through 8518" + }, + "FAX": { + "text": "[1] (202) 797-8521" + }, + "email address and website": { + "text": "
recepcion@usadc.embacuba.cu

http://misiones.minrex.gob.cu/en/usa" } }, "Diplomatic representation from the US": { @@ -612,7 +618,7 @@ "text": "[53] (7) 839-4247" }, "email address and website": { - "text": "acshavana@state.gov" + "text": "
acshavana@state.gov

https://cu.usembassy.gov/" } }, "Flag description": { diff --git a/central-america-n-caribbean/dr.json b/central-america-n-caribbean/dr.json index 8095e1d0..5fbbdb7d 100644 --- a/central-america-n-caribbean/dr.json +++ b/central-america-n-caribbean/dr.json @@ -551,7 +551,7 @@ }, "Legislative branch": { "description": { - "text": "bicameral National Congress or Congreso Nacional consists of:
Senate or Senado (32 seats; note - electoral system changes by the Central Election Commission are being challenged by the ruling party and opposition)
House of Representatives or Camara de Diputados (190 seats; members directly elected in multi-seat constituencies by proportional representation vote; members serve 4-year terms)" + "text": "bicameral National Congress or Congreso Nacional consists of:
Senate or Senado (32 seats; members elected in single-seat constituencies by simple majority vote to serve 4-year terms; note - electoral system changes by the Central Election Commission are being challenged by the ruling party and opposition)
House of Representatives or Camara de Diputados (190 seats; 178 members directly elected in multi-seat constituencies by closed party-list proportional representation vote using the D'Hondt method, 5 members in a nationwide constituency and 7 diaspora members directly elected by simple majority vote; members serve 4-year terms)" }, "elections": { "text": "
Senate - last held on 5 July 2020 (next to be held 2024)
House of Representatives - last held on 5 July 2020 (next to be held in 2024); note - the 2020 election was rescheduled from 17 May to 5 July 2020 due to COVID-19 pandemic" @@ -628,7 +628,7 @@ "text": "(809) 567-7775" }, "email address and website": { - "text": "SDOAmericans@state.gov" + "text": "
SDOAmericans@state.gov

https://do.usembassy.gov/" } }, "Flag description": { @@ -1180,7 +1180,7 @@ }, "Refugees and internally displaced persons": { "refugees (country of origin)": { - "text": "8,192 (Venezuela) (economic and political crisis; includes Venezuelans who have claimed asylum or have received alternative legal stay) (2019)" + "text": "114,050 (Venezuela) (economic and political crisis; includes Venezuelans who have claimed asylum or have received alternative legal stay) (2020)" }, "stateless persons": { "text": "133,770 (2016); note - a September 2013 Constitutional Court ruling revoked the citizenship of those born after 1929 to immigrants without proper documentation, even though the constitution at the time automatically granted citizenship to children born in the Dominican Republic and the 2010 constitution provides that constitutional provisions cannot be applied retroactively; the decision overwhelmingly affected people of Haitian descent whose relatives had come to the Dominican Republic since the 1890s as a cheap source of labor for sugar plantations; a May 2014 law passed by the Dominican Congress regularizes the status of those with birth certificates but will require those without them to prove they were born in the Dominican Republic and to apply for naturalization; the government has issued documents to thousands of individuals who may claim citizenship under this law, but no official estimate has been released" diff --git a/central-america-n-caribbean/es.json b/central-america-n-caribbean/es.json index 90ad4a02..da90bbf1 100644 --- a/central-america-n-caribbean/es.json +++ b/central-america-n-caribbean/es.json @@ -623,7 +623,7 @@ "text": "[503] 2501-2150" }, "email address and website": { - "text": "ACSSanSal@state.gov" + "text": "
ACSSanSal@state.gov

https://sv.usembassy.gov/" } }, "Flag description": { diff --git a/central-america-n-caribbean/gj.json b/central-america-n-caribbean/gj.json index f88f219a..26b6f483 100644 --- a/central-america-n-caribbean/gj.json +++ b/central-america-n-caribbean/gj.json @@ -506,8 +506,11 @@ "FAX": { "text": "[1] (202) 265-2468" }, + "email address and website": { + "text": "
embassy@grenadaembassyusa.org

https://grenadaembassyusa.org/" + }, "consulate(s) general": { - "text": "Miami" + "text": "Miami, New York" } }, "Diplomatic representation from the US": { @@ -527,7 +530,7 @@ "text": "[1] (473) 444-4820" }, "email address and website": { - "text": "StgeorgesACS@state.gov" + "text": "
StgeorgesACS@state.gov

https://bb.usembassy.gov/embassy/grenada/" } }, "Flag description": { diff --git a/central-america-n-caribbean/gt.json b/central-america-n-caribbean/gt.json index b18bc306..89e7545b 100644 --- a/central-america-n-caribbean/gt.json +++ b/central-america-n-caribbean/gt.json @@ -595,16 +595,19 @@ "text": "2220 R Street NW, Washington, DC 20008" }, "telephone": { - "text": "[1] (202) 745-4952" + "text": "[1] (202) 745-4953" }, "FAX": { "text": "[1] (202) 745-1908" }, + "email address and website": { + "text": "
infoembaguateeuu@minex.gob.gt" + }, "consulate(s) general": { "text": "Atlanta, Chicago, Del Rio (TX), Denver, Houston, Los Angeles, McAllen (TX), Miami, New York, Oklahoma City, Philadelphia, Phoenix, Providence (RI), Raleigh (NC), San Bernardino (CA), San Francisco, Seattle" }, "consulate(s)": { - "text": "Lake Worth (FL), Tucson (AZ)" + "text": "Lake Worth (FL), Silver Spring (MD), Tucson (AZ)" } }, "Diplomatic representation from the US": { @@ -624,7 +627,7 @@ "text": "[502] 2326-4654" }, "email address and website": { - "text": "AmCitsGuatemala@state.gov" + "text": "
AmCitsGuatemala@state.gov

https://gt.usembassy.gov/" } }, "Flag description": { diff --git a/central-america-n-caribbean/ha.json b/central-america-n-caribbean/ha.json index 363490dc..a5d5db3d 100644 --- a/central-america-n-caribbean/ha.json +++ b/central-america-n-caribbean/ha.json @@ -531,13 +531,13 @@ }, "Legislative branch": { "description": { - "text": "bicameral legislature or le Corps l'egislatif ou le Parlement consists of:
le S'enat or Senate (30 seats, 29 filled as of June 2019; members directly elected in multi-seat constituencies by absolute majority vote in 2 rounds if needed; members serve 6-year terms with one-third of the membership renewed every 2 years)
la Chambre de deput'es or Chamber of Deputies (119 seats; 116 filled as of June 2019; members directly elected in single-seat constituencies by absolute majority vote in 2 rounds if needed; members serve 4-year terms); note - when the 2 chambers meet collectively it is known as L'Assembl'ee nationale or the National Assembly and is convened for specific purposes spelled out in the constitution" + "text": "bicameral legislature or le Corps l'egislatif ou le Parlement consists of:
le S'enat or Senate (30 seats; 10 filled as of July 2021; members directly elected in multi-seat constituencies by absolute majority vote in 2 rounds if needed; members serve 6-year terms (2-term limit) with one-third of the membership renewed every 2 years)
la Chambre de deput'es or Chamber of Deputies (119 seats; 116 filled as of June 2019; members directly elected in single-seat constituencies by absolute majority vote in 2 rounds if needed; members serve 4-year terms; no term limits); note - when the 2 chambers meet collectively it is known as L'Assembl'ee nationale or the National Assembly and is convened for specific purposes spelled out in the constitution" }, "elections": { - "text": "
Senate - last held on 20 November 2016 with runoff on 29 January 2017 (next scheduled for 27 October 2019)
Chamber of Deputies - last held on 9 August 2015 with runoff on 25 October 2015 and 20 November 2016 (next scheduled for 27 October 2019)" + "text": "
Senate - last held on 20 November 2016 with runoff on 29 January 2017 (next originally scheduled for 27 October 2019, but postponed to 26 September 2021)
Chamber of Deputies - last held on 9 August 2015 with runoff on 25 October 2015 and 20 November 2016 (next originally scheduled for 27 October 2019, but postponed to 26 September 2021)" }, "election results": { - "text": "
Senate - percent of vote by party - NA; seats by party - NA; composition - men 27, women 1, percent of women 3.6%
Chamber of Deputies - percent of vote by party - NA; seats by party - NA; composition - men 115, women 3, percent of women 2.5%; note - total legislature percent of women 2.7%" + "text": "
Senate - percent of vote by party - NA; seats by party - NA; composition - men 27, women 1, percent of women 3.6%
Chamber of Deputies - percent of vote by party - NA; seats by party - NA; composition - men 115, women 3, percent of women 2.5%; note - total legislature percent of women 2.7%" } }, "Executive branch": { @@ -588,6 +588,9 @@ "FAX": { "text": "[1] (202) 745-7215" }, + "email address and website": { + "text": "
amb.washington@diplomatie.ht

https://www.haiti.org/" + }, "consulate(s) general": { "text": "Atlanta, Boston, Chicago, Miami, Orlando (FL), New York, San Juan (Puerto Rico)" } @@ -609,7 +612,7 @@ "text": "[011] (529) 2229-8027" }, "email address and website": { - "text": "acspap@state.gov" + "text": "
acspap@state.gov

https://ht.usembassy.gov/" } }, "Flag description": { diff --git a/central-america-n-caribbean/ho.json b/central-america-n-caribbean/ho.json index b3328c6c..d1a7ebfa 100644 --- a/central-america-n-caribbean/ho.json +++ b/central-america-n-caribbean/ho.json @@ -595,7 +595,7 @@ "text": "Ambassador Luis Fernando SUAZO BARAHONA (since 17 September 2020)" }, "chancery": { - "text": "Suite 700, 1250 Connecticut Avenue NW, Washington, DC 20036" + "text": "1220 19th Street NW, Suite #320, Washington, DC 20036" }, "telephone": { "text": "[1] (202) 966-7702" @@ -603,6 +603,9 @@ "FAX": { "text": "[1] (202) 966-9751" }, + "email address and website": { + "text": "
https://hondurasembusa.org/" + }, "consulate(s) general": { "text": "Atlanta, Chicago, Houston, Los Angeles, Miami, New Orleans, New York, San Francisco" }, @@ -621,13 +624,13 @@ "text": "3480 Tegucigalpa Place, Washington DC  20521-3480" }, "telephone": { - "text": "[504] 2236-9320, " + "text": "[504] 2236-9320," }, "FAX": { "text": "[504] 2236-9037" }, "email address and website": { - "text": "usahonduras@state.gov" + "text": "
usahonduras@state.gov

https://hn.usembassy.gov/" } }, "Flag description": { diff --git a/central-america-n-caribbean/jm.json b/central-america-n-caribbean/jm.json index b9fe655c..aaa7fac4 100644 --- a/central-america-n-caribbean/jm.json +++ b/central-america-n-caribbean/jm.json @@ -506,13 +506,13 @@ }, "Legislative branch": { "description": { - "text": "bicameral Parliament consists of:
Senate (21 seats; members appointed by the governor general on the recommendation of the prime minister and the opposition leader - 13 seats allocated to the ruling party and 8 to the opposition party; members serve 5-year terms or until Parliament is dissolved)
House of Representatives (63 seats; members directly elected in single-seat constituencies by simple majority vote to serve 5-year terms or until Parliament is dissolved)" + "text": "bicameral Parliament consists of:
Senate (21 seats; 13 members appointed by the governor general on the advice of the prime minister and 8 members appointed by the governor general on the advice of the opposition party leader; members serve 5-year terms (no term limits) or until Parliament is dissolved)
House of Representatives (63 seats; members directly elected in single-seat constituencies by simple majority vote to serve 5-year terms (no term limits) or until Parliament is dissolved)" }, "elections": { "text": "Senate - last full slate of appointments on 10 March 2016 (next full slate early on 3 September 2020, following dissolution in mid-August)
House of Representatives - last held on 3 September 2020 (next to be held in 2025)" }, "election results": { - "text": "Senate - percent by party - NA; seats by party - NA; composition - men 16, women 5, percent of women 23.8%
House of Representatives - percent of vote by party - JLP 57%, PNP 42.8%, independent 0.2%; seats by party - JLP 48, PNP 15; composition - men 45, women 18; percent of women 28.6%; note - total Parliament percent of women 27.4%" + "text": "Senate - percent by party - NA; seats by party - NA; composition (as of June 2021) - men 13, women 8, percent of women 38.1%
House of Representatives - percent of vote by party - JLP 57%, PNP 42.8%, independent 0.2%; seats by party - JLP 48, PNP 15; composition (as of June 2021) - men 45, women 18; percent of women 28.6%; note - total Parliament percent of women 31%" } }, "Executive branch": { @@ -559,6 +559,9 @@ "FAX": { "text": "[1] (202) 452-0036" }, + "email address and website": { + "text": "
firstsec@jamaicaembassy.org

http://www.embassyofjamaica.org/" + }, "consulate(s) general": { "text": "Miami, New York" }, @@ -583,7 +586,7 @@ "text": "(876) 702-6348 (2018)" }, "email address and website": { - "text": "KingstonACS@state.gov" + "text": "
KingstonACS@state.gov

https://jm.usembassy.gov/" } }, "Flag description": { @@ -1064,7 +1067,7 @@ "text": "Discovery Bay (Port Rhoades), Kingston, Montego Bay, Port Antonio, Port Esquivel, Port Kaiser, Rocky Point" }, "container port(s) (TEUs)": { - "text": "Kingston (1,681,706) (2017)" + "text": "Kingston (1,647,609) (2019)" } } }, diff --git a/central-america-n-caribbean/nu.json b/central-america-n-caribbean/nu.json index e7433091..2e444f78 100644 --- a/central-america-n-caribbean/nu.json +++ b/central-america-n-caribbean/nu.json @@ -532,7 +532,7 @@ }, "Legislative branch": { "description": { - "text": "unicameral National Assembly or Asamblea Nacional (92 seats; 70 members in multi-seat constituencies and 20 members in a single nationwide constituency directly elected by proportional representation vote; 2 seats reserved for the previous president and the runner-up candidate in the previous presidential election; members serve 5-year terms)" + "text": "unicameral National Assembly or Asamblea Nacional (92 seats; 70 members in multi-seat constituencies, representing the country's 15 departments and 2 autonomous regions, and 20 members in a single nationwide constituency directly elected by party-list proportional representation vote; 2 seats reserved for the previous president and the runner-up candidate in the previous presidential election; members serve 5-year terms)" }, "elections": { "text": "last held on 6 November 2016 (next to be held on 7 November 2021)" @@ -603,13 +603,13 @@ "text": "3240 Managua Place, Washington DC  20521-3240" }, "telephone": { - "text": "[505] 2252-7100, " + "text": "[505] 2252-7100," }, "FAX": { "text": "[505] 2252-7250" }, "email address and website": { - "text": "ACS.Managua@state.gov" + "text": "
ACS.Managua@state.gov

https://ni.usembassy.gov/" } }, "Flag description": { diff --git a/central-america-n-caribbean/pm.json b/central-america-n-caribbean/pm.json index ed4ce3eb..70f44939 100644 --- a/central-america-n-caribbean/pm.json +++ b/central-america-n-caribbean/pm.json @@ -541,7 +541,7 @@ }, "Legislative branch": { "description": { - "text": "unicameral National Assembly or Asamblea Nacional (71 seats; 45 members directly elected in multi-seat constituencies - populous towns and cities - by proportional representation vote and 26 directly elected in single-seat constituencies - outlying rural districts - by plurality vote; members serve 5-year terms)" + "text": "unicameral National Assembly or Asamblea Nacional (71 seats; 45 members directly elected in multi-seat constituencies - populous towns and cities - by open list proportional representation vote and 26 directly elected in single-seat constituencies - outlying rural districts - by simple majority vote; members serve 5-year terms)" }, "elections": { "text": "last held on 5 May 2019 (next to be held in May 2024)" @@ -618,7 +618,7 @@ "text": "[507] 317-5568 (2018)" }, "email address and website": { - "text": "Panama-ACS@state.gov" + "text": "
Panama-ACS@state.gov

https://pa.usembassy.gov/" } }, "Flag description": { @@ -1123,7 +1123,7 @@ "text": "Balboa, Colon, Cristobal" }, "container port(s) (TEUs)": { - "text": "Balboa (2,905,049), Colon (3,891,209) (2017)" + "text": "Balboa (2,894,654), Colon (4,379,477) (2019)" } } }, @@ -1162,7 +1162,7 @@ }, "Refugees and internally displaced persons": { "refugees (country of origin)": { - "text": "80,024 (Venezuela) (economic and political crisis; includes Venezuelans who have claimed asylum or have received alternative legal stay) (2021)" + "text": "80,021 (Venezuela) (economic and political crisis; includes Venezuelans who have claimed asylum or have received alternative legal stay) (2021)" } }, "Illicit drugs": { diff --git a/central-america-n-caribbean/rq.json b/central-america-n-caribbean/rq.json index 265888d3..8f8b35aa 100644 --- a/central-america-n-caribbean/rq.json +++ b/central-america-n-caribbean/rq.json @@ -903,7 +903,7 @@ "text": "Ensenada Honda, Mayaguez, Playa de Guayanilla, Playa de Ponce, San Juan" }, "container port(s) (TEUs)": { - "text": "San Juan (1,210,503) (2015)" + "text": "San Juan (2,142,662) (2019)" }, "LNG terminal(s) (import)": { "text": "Guayanilla Bay" diff --git a/central-america-n-caribbean/td.json b/central-america-n-caribbean/td.json index e702afbf..b3d0c455 100644 --- a/central-america-n-caribbean/td.json +++ b/central-america-n-caribbean/td.json @@ -550,7 +550,7 @@ "text": "(868) 822-5905" }, "email address and website": { - "text": "acspos@state.gov" + "text": "
acspos@state.gov

https://tt.usembassy.gov/" } }, "Flag description": { @@ -1053,7 +1053,7 @@ }, "Refugees and internally displaced persons": { "refugees (country of origin)": { - "text": "16,755 (Venezuela) (economic and political crisis; includes Venezuelans who have claimed asylum, are recognized as refugees, or have received alternative legal stay) (2020)" + "text": "24,200 (Venezuela) (economic and political crisis; includes Venezuelans who have claimed asylum, are recognized as refugees, or have received alternative legal stay) (2020)" } }, "Illicit drugs": { diff --git a/central-america-n-caribbean/uc.json b/central-america-n-caribbean/uc.json index 7dfe1c68..b08effd0 100644 --- a/central-america-n-caribbean/uc.json +++ b/central-america-n-caribbean/uc.json @@ -453,7 +453,7 @@ "text": "[599] (9) 461-6489" }, "email address and website": { - "text": "ACSCuracao@state.gov" + "text": "
ACSCuracao@state.gov

https://cw.usconsulate.gov/" } }, "Flag description": { diff --git a/central-asia/kg.json b/central-asia/kg.json index 1ea0d6b3..cb4e9cfe 100644 --- a/central-asia/kg.json +++ b/central-asia/kg.json @@ -585,7 +585,7 @@ "text": "[996] (312) 597-744" }, "email address and website": { - "text": "ConsularBishkek@state.gov" + "text": "
ConsularBishkek@state.gov

https://kg.usembassy.gov/" } }, "Flag description": { diff --git a/central-asia/kz.json b/central-asia/kz.json index 2e933147..747db87e 100644 --- a/central-asia/kz.json +++ b/central-asia/kz.json @@ -597,7 +597,7 @@ "text": "[7] (7172) 54-09-14" }, "email address and website": { - "text": "USAKZ@state.gov" + "text": "
USAKZ@state.gov

https://kz.usembassy.gov/" }, "consulate(s) general": { "text": "Almaty" diff --git a/central-asia/rs.json b/central-asia/rs.json index 8faac9b7..b73cb16c 100644 --- a/central-asia/rs.json +++ b/central-asia/rs.json @@ -637,7 +637,7 @@ "text": "[7] (495) 728-5090" }, "email address and website": { - "text": "MoscowACS@state.gov" + "text": "
MoscowACS@state.gov

https://ru.usembassy.gov/" }, "consulate(s) general": { "text": "Vladivostok, Yekaterinburg" @@ -1171,7 +1171,7 @@ "text": "Kavkaz oil terminal" }, "container port(s) (TEUs)": { - "text": "Saint Petersburg (1,848,700) (2017)" + "text": "Saint Petersburg (2,221,724) (2019)" }, "LNG terminal(s) (export)": { "text": "Sakhalin Island" diff --git a/central-asia/ti.json b/central-asia/ti.json index ca555341..f35b575b 100644 --- a/central-asia/ti.json +++ b/central-asia/ti.json @@ -600,7 +600,7 @@ "text": "[992] (37) 229-20-50" }, "email address and website": { - "text": "DushanbeConsular@state.gov" + "text": "
DushanbeConsular@state.gov

https://tj.usembassy.gov/" } }, "Flag description": { diff --git a/central-asia/tx.json b/central-asia/tx.json index 4bb792c0..01137bf7 100644 --- a/central-asia/tx.json +++ b/central-asia/tx.json @@ -573,7 +573,7 @@ "text": "[993] (12) 94-26-14" }, "email address and website": { - "text": "ConsularAshgab@state.gov" + "text": "
ConsularAshgab@state.gov

https://tm.usembassy.gov/" } }, "Flag description": { diff --git a/central-asia/uz.json b/central-asia/uz.json index 67b822e4..c9680801 100644 --- a/central-asia/uz.json +++ b/central-asia/uz.json @@ -575,7 +575,7 @@ "text": "[998] 78-120-6335" }, "email address and website": { - "text": "ACSTashkent@state.gov" + "text": "
ACSTashkent@state.gov

https://uz.usembassy.gov/" } }, "Flag description": { diff --git a/east-n-southeast-asia/bm.json b/east-n-southeast-asia/bm.json index 731085ab..73c38500 100644 --- a/east-n-southeast-asia/bm.json +++ b/east-n-southeast-asia/bm.json @@ -615,11 +615,14 @@ "text": "2300 S Street NW, Washington, DC 20008" }, "telephone": { - "text": "[1] (202) 332-3344" + "text": "[1] (202) 332-3344/(202) 332-4250" }, "FAX": { "text": "[1] (202) 332-4351" }, + "email address and website": { + "text": "
pyi.thayar@verizon.net; washington-embassy@mofa.gov.mm

http://www.mewashingtondc.com/wordpress/" + }, "consulate(s) general": { "text": "Los Angeles, New York" } @@ -641,7 +644,7 @@ "text": "[95] (1) 751-1069" }, "email address and website": { - "text": "ACSRangoon@state.gov

https://mm.usembassy.gov/" + "text": "
ACSRangoon@state.gov

https://mm.usembassy.gov/" } }, "Flag description": { diff --git a/east-n-southeast-asia/bx.json b/east-n-southeast-asia/bx.json index 5461c477..a87b54c0 100644 --- a/east-n-southeast-asia/bx.json +++ b/east-n-southeast-asia/bx.json @@ -523,6 +523,9 @@ "FAX": { "text": "[1] (202) 885-0560" }, + "email address and website": { + "text": "
info@bruneiembassy.org

http://www.bruneiembassy.org/index.html" + }, "consulate(s)": { "text": "New York" } @@ -544,7 +547,7 @@ "text": "(673) 238-7533" }, "email address and website": { - "text": "ConsularBrunei@state.gov

https://bn.usembassy.gov/" + "text": "
ConsularBrunei@state.gov

https://bn.usembassy.gov/" } }, "Flag description": { diff --git a/east-n-southeast-asia/cb.json b/east-n-southeast-asia/cb.json index 7055d35a..710c5eb2 100644 --- a/east-n-southeast-asia/cb.json +++ b/east-n-southeast-asia/cb.json @@ -601,6 +601,9 @@ }, "FAX": { "text": "[1] (202) 726-8381" + }, + "email address and website": { + "text": "
camemb.usa@mfaic.gov

https://www.embassyofcambodiadc.org/" } }, "Diplomatic representation from the US": { @@ -620,7 +623,7 @@ "text": "[855] (23) 728-700" }, "email address and website": { - "text": "ACSPhnomPenh@state.gov

https://kh.usembassy.gov/
" + "text": "
ACSPhnomPenh@state.gov

https://kh.usembassy.gov/" } }, "Flag description": { @@ -1150,10 +1153,10 @@ } }, "Military and security service personnel strengths": { - "text": "information varies; approximately 110,000 total active troops including about 3,000 Navy and 1,000 Air Force; est. 10,000 Gendarmerie (2020)" + "text": "information varies; approximately 100,000 total active troops including about 3,000 Navy and 1,000 Air Force; est. 10,000 Gendarmerie (2020)" }, "Military equipment inventories and acquisitions": { - "text": "the Royal Cambodian Armed Forces are armed largely with older Chinese and Russian-origin equipment; it has received limited amounts of more modern (mostly second-hand) equipment since 2010 with China as the principal provider, followed by Ukraine (2020)" + "text": "the Royal Cambodian Armed Forces are armed largely with older Chinese and Russian-origin equipment; it has received limited amounts of more modern (mostly second-hand) equipment since 2010 with China as the principal provider (2020)" }, "Military deployments": { "text": "200 Central African Republic (MINUSCA); 175 Lebanon (UNIFIL); 290 Mali (MINUSMA) (Jan 2021)" diff --git a/east-n-southeast-asia/ch.json b/east-n-southeast-asia/ch.json index 983b154c..74cc80f5 100644 --- a/east-n-southeast-asia/ch.json +++ b/east-n-southeast-asia/ch.json @@ -595,7 +595,7 @@ }, "Diplomatic representation in the US": { "chief of mission": { - "text": "Ambassador QIN Gangas (since August 2021)" + "text": "Ambassador QIN Gangas (since 29 July 2021)" }, "chancery": { "text": "3505 International Place NW, Washington, DC 20008" @@ -606,6 +606,9 @@ "FAX": { "text": "[1] (202) 495-2138" }, + "email address and website": { + "text": "
chinaemppress_us@mfa.gov.cn

http://www.china-embassy.org/eng/" + }, "consulate(s) general": { "text": "Chicago, Los Angeles, New York, San Francisco; note - the US ordered closure of the Houston consulate in late July 2020" } @@ -627,7 +630,7 @@ "text": "[86] (10) 8531-4200" }, "email address and website": { - "text": "BeijingACS@state.gov" + "text": "
BeijingACS@state.gov

https://china.usembassy-china.org.cn/" }, "consulate(s) general": { "text": "Guangzhou, Shanghai, Shenyang, Wuhan; note - the Chinese Government ordered closure of the US consulate in Chengdu in late July 2020" @@ -1154,7 +1157,7 @@ "text": "Dalian, Ningbo, Qingdao, Qinhuangdao, Shanghai, Shenzhen, Tianjin" }, "container port(s) (TEUs)": { - "text": "Dalian (9,707,000), Guangzhou (18,858,000), Ningbo (24,607,000), Qingdao (18,262,000), Shanghai (40,233,000), Shenzhen (25,208,000), Tianjin (15,040,000) (2017)" + "text": "Dalian (8,760,000), Guangzhou (23,236,200), Ningbo (27,530,000), Qingdao (21,010,000), Shanghai (43,303,000), Shenzhen (25,770,000), Tianjin (17,264,000) (2019)" }, "LNG terminal(s) (import)": { "text": "Fujian, Guangdong, Jiangsu, Shandong, Shanghai, Tangshan, Zhejiang" diff --git a/east-n-southeast-asia/hk.json b/east-n-southeast-asia/hk.json index 85a85e84..d7e8520b 100644 --- a/east-n-southeast-asia/hk.json +++ b/east-n-southeast-asia/hk.json @@ -476,7 +476,7 @@ }, "Diplomatic representation in the US": { "chief of mission": { - "text": "none (Special Administrative Region of China); Hong Kong Economic and Trade Office (HKETO) carries out normal liaison activities and communication with the US Government and other US entities; Eddie MAK, JP (since 3 July 2018) is the Hong Kong Commissioner to the US Government of the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region; address: 1520 18th Street NW, Washington, DC 20036; telephone: [1] 202 331-8947; FAX: [1] 202 331-8958" + "text": "none (Special Administrative Region of China); Hong Kong Economic and Trade Office (HKETO) carries out normal liaison activities and communication with the US Government and other US entities; Eddie MAK, JP (since 3 July 2018) is the Hong Kong Commissioner to the US Government of the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region; address: 1520 18th Street NW, Washington, DC 20036; telephone: [1] 202 331-8947; FAX: [1] 202 331-8958; hketo@hketowashington.gov.hk" }, "HKETO offices": { "text": "New York, San Francisco" @@ -499,7 +499,7 @@ "text": "[852] 2845-1598" }, "email address and website": { - "text": "acshk@state.gov" + "text": "
acshk@state.gov

https://hk.usconsulate.gov/" } }, "Flag description": { @@ -979,7 +979,7 @@ "text": "Hong Kong" }, "container port(s) (TEUs)": { - "text": "Hong Kong (20,770,000) (2017)" + "text": "Hong Kong (18,361,000) (2019)" } } }, diff --git a/east-n-southeast-asia/id.json b/east-n-southeast-asia/id.json index f2a79d30..3fb9d9e1 100644 --- a/east-n-southeast-asia/id.json +++ b/east-n-southeast-asia/id.json @@ -598,7 +598,7 @@ }, "Diplomatic representation in the US": { "chief of mission": { - "text": "Ambassador Muhammad LUTFI (since 17 September 2020)" + "text": "Ambassador (vacant); Iwan Freddy Hari SUSANTO, Minister (since 1 April 2021)" }, "chancery": { "text": "2020 Massachusetts Avenue NW, Washington, DC 20036" @@ -609,6 +609,9 @@ "FAX": { "text": "[1] (202) 775-5365" }, + "email address and website": { + "text": "
http://www.embassyofindonesia.org/" + }, "consulate(s) general": { "text": "Chicago, Houston, Los Angeles, New York, San Francisco" } @@ -630,7 +633,7 @@ "text": "[62] (21) 385-7189 (2018)" }, "email address and website": { - "text": "jakartaacs@state.gov" + "text": "
jakartaacs@state.gov

https://id.usembassy.gov/" }, "consulate(s) general": { "text": "Surabaya" @@ -1157,7 +1160,7 @@ "text": "Banjarmasin, Belawan, Kotabaru, Krueg Geukueh, Palembang, Panjang, Sungai Pakning, Tanjung Perak, Tanjung Priok" }, "container port(s) (TEUs)": { - "text": "Tanjung Perak (3,553,370), Tanjung Priok (6,090,000) (2017)" + "text": "Tanjung Perak (3,900,000), Tanjung Priok (7,600,000) (2019)" }, "LNG terminal(s) (export)": { "text": "Bontang, Tangguh" diff --git a/east-n-southeast-asia/ja.json b/east-n-southeast-asia/ja.json index 21777e50..c0e032de 100644 --- a/east-n-southeast-asia/ja.json +++ b/east-n-southeast-asia/ja.json @@ -540,7 +540,7 @@ }, "Diplomatic representation in the US": { "chief of mission": { - "text": "Ambassador Koji TOMITA (since 17 February 2021) (2018)" + "text": "Ambassador TOMITA Koji (since 17 February 2021) (2018)" }, "chancery": { "text": "2520 Massachusetts Avenue NW, Washington, DC 20008" @@ -551,8 +551,11 @@ "FAX": { "text": "[1] (202) 328-2187" }, + "email address and website": { + "text": "
https://www.us.emb-japan.go.jp/itprtop_en/index.html" + }, "consulate(s) general": { - "text": "Anchorage (AK), Atlanta, Boston, Chicago, Dallas, Denver (CO), Detroit (MI), Honolulu, Houston, Las Vegas (NV), Los Angeles, Miami, Nashville (TN), New Orleans, New York, Oklahoma City (OK), Orlando (FL), Philadelphia, Phoenix (AZ), Portland (OR), San Francisco, Seattle, Saipan (Northern Mariana Islands), Tamuning (Guam)" + "text": "Anchorage (AK), Atlanta, Boston, Chicago, Denver (CO), Detroit (MI), Hagatna (Guam), Honolulu, Houston, Los Angeles, Miami, Nashville (TN), New York, Portland (OR), San Francisco, Saipan (Northern Mariana Islands), Seattle (WA)" } }, "Diplomatic representation from the US": { @@ -572,7 +575,7 @@ "text": "[81] (03) 3224-5856" }, "email address and website": { - "text": "TokyoACS@state.gov" + "text": "
TokyoACS@state.gov

https://jp.usembassy.gov/" }, "consulate(s) general": { "text": "Naha (Okinawa), Osaka-Kobe, Sapporo" @@ -1098,7 +1101,7 @@ "text": "Chiba, Kawasaki, Kobe, Mizushima, Moji, Nagoya, Osaka, Tokyo, Tomakomai, Yokohama" }, "container port(s) (TEUs)": { - "text": "Kobe (2,924,179), Nagoya (2,784,109), Osaka (2,326,852), Tokyo (4,500,156), Yokohama (2,926,698) (2017)" + "text": "Kobe (2,871,642), Nagoya (2,844,004), Osaka (2,456,028), Tokyo (4,510,000), Yokohama (2,990,000) (2019)" }, "LNG terminal(s) (import)": { "text": "Chita, Fukwoke, Futtsu, Hachinone, Hakodate, Hatsukaichi, Higashi Ohgishima, Higashi Niigata, Himeiji, Joetsu, Kagoshima, Kawagoe, Kita Kyushu, Mizushima, Nagasaki, Naoetsu, Negishi, Ohgishima, Oita, Sakai, Sakaide, Senboku, Shimizu, Shin Minato, Sodegaura, Tobata, Yanai, Yokkaichi" diff --git a/east-n-southeast-asia/ks.json b/east-n-southeast-asia/ks.json index 7f224a28..364b3ff8 100644 --- a/east-n-southeast-asia/ks.json +++ b/east-n-southeast-asia/ks.json @@ -593,7 +593,7 @@ "text": "[82] (2) 397-4101" }, "email address and website": { - "text": "seoulinfoACS@state.gov" + "text": "
seoulinfoACS@state.gov

https://kr.usembassy.gov/" }, "consulate(s)": { "text": "Busan" @@ -1109,7 +1109,7 @@ "text": "Busan, Incheon, Gunsan, Kwangyang, Mokpo, Pohang, Ulsan, Yeosu" }, "container port(s) (TEUs)": { - "text": "Busan (20,493,000), Incheon (3,050,000), Kwangyang (2,230,000) (2017)" + "text": "Busan (21,992,001), Incheon (3,091,955), Kwangyang (2,378,337) (2019)" }, "LNG terminal(s) (import)": { "text": "Incheon, Kwangyang, Pyeongtaek, Samcheok, Tongyeong, Yeosu" diff --git a/east-n-southeast-asia/la.json b/east-n-southeast-asia/la.json index 9e2152c8..42decc8d 100644 --- a/east-n-southeast-asia/la.json +++ b/east-n-southeast-asia/la.json @@ -611,7 +611,7 @@ "text": "[856] 21-48-7040" }, "email address and website": { - "text": "CONSLAO@state.gov" + "text": "
CONSLAO@state.gov

https://la.usembassy.gov/" } }, "Flag description": { diff --git a/east-n-southeast-asia/mg.json b/east-n-southeast-asia/mg.json index 0f8ea548..7e66ec19 100644 --- a/east-n-southeast-asia/mg.json +++ b/east-n-southeast-asia/mg.json @@ -595,7 +595,7 @@ "text": "[976] 7007-6174" }, "email address and website": { - "text": "UlaanbaatarACS@state.gov" + "text": "
UlaanbaatarACS@state.gov

https://mn.usembassy.gov/" } }, "Flag description": { diff --git a/east-n-southeast-asia/my.json b/east-n-southeast-asia/my.json index eb6a1a48..f77470f4 100644 --- a/east-n-southeast-asia/my.json +++ b/east-n-southeast-asia/my.json @@ -570,7 +570,7 @@ "text": "King Sultan ABDULLAH Sultan Ahmad Shah (since 24 January 2019); note - King MUHAMMAD V (formerly known as Tuanku Muhammad Faris Petra) (selected on 14 October 2016; installed on 13 December 2016) resigned on 6 January 2019; the position of the king is primarily ceremonial, but he is the final arbiter on the appointment of the prime minister" }, "head of government": { - "text": "Prime Minister Tan Sri MUHYIDDIN Yassin (since 1 March 2020); note - MUHYIDDIN resigned on 16 August 2021, but will stay on until King ABDULLAH appoints a successor; MUHYIDEEN will not have a cabinet, but will perform executive functions and advise the king until a new prime minister is appointed" + "text": "Prime Minister ISMAIL Sabri Yaakob (since 21 August 2021); note - Tan Sri MUHYIDDIN Yassin resigned on 16 August 2021" }, "cabinet": { "text": "Cabinet appointed by the prime minister from among members of Parliament with the consent of the king; note - cabinet dissolved 24 February 2020 with Prime Minister MAHATHIR resignation" @@ -630,7 +630,7 @@ "text": "[60] (3) 2142-2207" }, "email address and website": { - "text": "KLACS@state.gov" + "text": "
KLACS@state.gov

https://my.usembassy.gov/" } }, "Flag description": { @@ -1149,7 +1149,7 @@ "text": "Bintulu, Johor Bahru, George Town (Penang), Port Kelang (Port Klang), Tanjung Pelepas" }, "container port(s) (TEUs)": { - "text": "Port Kelang (Port Klang) (11,978,000), Tanjung Pelepas (8,260,000) (2017)" + "text": "Port Kelang (Port Klang) (13,580,717), Tanjung Pelepas (9,100,000) (2019)" }, "LNG terminal(s) (export)": { "text": "Bintulu (Sarawak)" diff --git a/east-n-southeast-asia/pp.json b/east-n-southeast-asia/pp.json index 7a2785f1..4c5a9ab8 100644 --- a/east-n-southeast-asia/pp.json +++ b/east-n-southeast-asia/pp.json @@ -598,7 +598,7 @@ "text": "[675] 308-2100" }, "email address and website": { - "text": "ConsularPortMoresby@state.gov" + "text": "
ConsularPortMoresby@state.gov

https://pg.usembassy.gov/" } }, "Flag description": { diff --git a/east-n-southeast-asia/rp.json b/east-n-southeast-asia/rp.json index 6d5061ee..5ef6cded 100644 --- a/east-n-southeast-asia/rp.json +++ b/east-n-southeast-asia/rp.json @@ -634,7 +634,7 @@ "text": "[63] (2) 5301-2017" }, "email address and website": { - "text": "acsinfomanila@state.gov" + "text": "
acsinfomanila@state.gov

https://ph.usembassy.gov/" } }, "Flag description": { @@ -1160,7 +1160,7 @@ "text": "Batangas, Cagayan de Oro, Cebu, Davao, Liman, Manila" }, "container port(s) (TEUs)": { - "text": "Manila (4,782,240) (2017)" + "text": "Manila (5,315,500) (2019)" } } }, diff --git a/east-n-southeast-asia/sn.json b/east-n-southeast-asia/sn.json index 974c7d25..751d69cf 100644 --- a/east-n-southeast-asia/sn.json +++ b/east-n-southeast-asia/sn.json @@ -583,7 +583,7 @@ "text": "[65] 6476-9340" }, "email address and website": { - "text": "singaporeusembassy@state.gov" + "text": "
singaporeusembassy@state.gov

https://sg.usembassy.gov/" } }, "Flag description": { @@ -1072,7 +1072,7 @@ "text": "Singapore" }, "container port(s) (TEUs)": { - "text": "Singapore (33,666,000) (2017)" + "text": "Singapore (37,195,636) (2019)" }, "LNG terminal(s) (import)": { "text": "Singapore" diff --git a/east-n-southeast-asia/th.json b/east-n-southeast-asia/th.json index c6883417..51aafb5f 100644 --- a/east-n-southeast-asia/th.json +++ b/east-n-southeast-asia/th.json @@ -628,7 +628,7 @@ "text": "[66] 2-205-4103" }, "email address and website": { - "text": "acsbkk@state.gov" + "text": "
acsbkk@state.gov

https://th.usembassy.gov/" }, "consulate(s) general": { "text": "Chiang Mai" @@ -1149,7 +1149,7 @@ "text": "Bangkok, Laem Chabang, Map Ta Phut, Prachuap Port, Si Racha" }, "container port(s) (TEUs)": { - "text": "Laem Chabang (7,227,431) (2017)" + "text": "Laem Chabang (8,106,928) (2019)" }, "LNG terminal(s) (import)": { "text": "Map Ta Phut" diff --git a/east-n-southeast-asia/tt.json b/east-n-southeast-asia/tt.json index 90c59044..18939326 100644 --- a/east-n-southeast-asia/tt.json +++ b/east-n-southeast-asia/tt.json @@ -615,7 +615,7 @@ "text": "(670) 331-3206" }, "email address and website": { - "text": "ConsDili@state.gov" + "text": "
ConsDili@state.gov

https://tl.usembassy.gov/" } }, "Flag description": { diff --git a/east-n-southeast-asia/tw.json b/east-n-southeast-asia/tw.json index 27ead7f8..cbaa6e47 100644 --- a/east-n-southeast-asia/tw.json +++ b/east-n-southeast-asia/tw.json @@ -443,7 +443,7 @@ "text": "[886] 2-2162-2251" }, "email address and website": { - "text": "TaipeiACS@state.gov" + "text": "
TaipeiACS@state.gov

https://www.ait.org.tw/" }, "branch office(s)": { "text": "American Institute in Taiwan
No. 100, Jinhu Road,
Neihu District 11461, Taipei City" @@ -951,7 +951,7 @@ "text": "Keelung (Chi-lung), Kaohsiung, Hualian, Taichung" }, "container port(s) (TEUs)": { - "text": "Kaohsiung (10,271,018), Taichung (1,660,663), Taipei (1,561,743) (2017)" + "text": "Kaohsiung (10,428,634), Taichung (1,793,966), Taipei (1,620,392) (2019)" }, "LNG terminal(s) (import)": { "text": "Yung An (Kaohsiung), Taichung" diff --git a/east-n-southeast-asia/vm.json b/east-n-southeast-asia/vm.json index 72ad4518..2ae0ebf8 100644 --- a/east-n-southeast-asia/vm.json +++ b/east-n-southeast-asia/vm.json @@ -131,7 +131,7 @@ } }, "Religions": { - "text": "Buddhist 7.9%, Catholic 6.6%, Hoa Hao 1.7%, Cao Dai 0.9%, Protestant 0.9%, Muslim 0.1%, none 81.8% (2009 est.)" + "text": "Catholic 6.1%, Buddhist 5.8%, Protestant 1%, other 0.8%, none 86.3% (2009 est.)" }, "Demographic profile": { "text": "

When Vietnam was reunified in 1975, the country had a youthful age structure and a high fertility rate.  The population growth rate slowed dramatically during the next 25 years, as fertility declined and infant mortality and life expectancy improved.  The country’s adoption of a one-or-two-child policy in 1988 led to increased rates of contraception and abortion.  The total fertility rate dropped rapidly from nearly 5 in 1979 to 2.1 or replacement level in 1990, and at 1.8 is below replacement level today.  Fertility is higher in the more rural central highlands and northern uplands, which are inhabited primarily by poorer ethnic minorities, and is lower among the majority Kinh, ethnic Chinese, and a few other ethnic groups, particularly in urban centers.  With more than two-thirds of the population of working age (15-64), Vietnam has the potential to reap a demographic dividend for approximately three decades (between 2010 and 2040).  However, its ability to do so will depend on improving the quality of education and training for its workforce and creating jobs.  The Vietnamese Government is also considering changes to the country’s population policy because if the country’s fertility rate remains below replacement level, it could lead to a worker shortage in the future.

Vietnam has experienced both internal migration and net emigration, both for humanitarian and economic reasons, for the last several decades.  Internal migration – rural-rural and rural-urban, temporary and permanent – continues to be a means of coping with Vietnam’s extreme weather and flooding.  Although Vietnam’s population is still mainly rural, increasing numbers of young men and women have been drawn to the country’s urban centers where they are more likely to find steady jobs and higher pay in the growing industrial and service sectors.

The aftermath of the Vietnam War in 1975 resulted in an outpouring of approximately 1.6 million Vietnamese refugees over the next two decades.  Between 1975 and 1997, programs such as the Orderly Departure Program and the Comprehensive Plan of Action resettled hundreds of thousands of Vietnamese refugees abroad, including the United States (880,000), China (260,000, mainly ethnic Chinese Hoa), Canada (160,000), Australia (155,000), and European countries (150,000). 

In the 1980s, some Vietnamese students and workers began to migrate to allied communist countries, including the Soviet Union, Czechoslovakia, Bulgaria, and East Germany.  The vast majority returned home following the fall of communism in Eastern Europe in the early 1990s.  Since that time, Vietnamese labor migrants instead started to pursue opportunities in Asia and the Middle East.  They often perform low-skilled jobs under harsh conditions for low pay and are vulnerable to forced labor, including debt bondage to the private brokers who arrange the work contracts.  Despite Vietnam’s current labor surplus, the country has in recent years attracted some foreign workers, mainly from China and other Asian countries." @@ -622,7 +622,7 @@ "text": "[84] (24) 3850-5010" }, "email address and website": { - "text": "ACShanoi@state.gov" + "text": "
ACShanoi@state.gov

https://vn.usembassy.gov/" }, "consulate(s) general": { "text": "Ho Chi Minh City" @@ -1139,7 +1139,7 @@ "text": "Cam Pha Port, Da Nang, Haiphong, Phu My, Quy Nhon" }, "container port(s) (TEUs)": { - "text": "Saigon (6,155,535), Cai Mep (3,065,014) (2017)" + "text": "Saigon (7,220,377), Cai Mep (3,742,384), Haiphong (5,133,150) (2019)" }, "river port(s)": { "text": "Ho Chi Minh (Mekong)" diff --git a/europe/al.json b/europe/al.json index b3d9f45e..11681e19 100644 --- a/europe/al.json +++ b/europe/al.json @@ -121,7 +121,7 @@ "text": "Albanian 98.8% (official - derived from Tosk dialect), Greek 0.5%, other 0.6% (including Macedonian, Romani, Vlach, Turkish, Italian, and Serbo-Croatian), unspecified 0.1% (2011 est.)" }, "major-language sample(s)": { - "text": "
Libri i Fakteve Boterore, burimi vital per informacione elementare. (Albanian)

The World Factbook, the indispensable source for basic information." + "text": "
Libri i fakteve boterore, burim i pa zevendesueshem  per informacione elementare. (Albanian)

The World Factbook, the indispensable source for basic information." } }, "Religions": { @@ -569,7 +569,7 @@ }, "Diplomatic representation in the US": { "chief of mission": { - "text": "Ambassador Yuri KIM (since 27 January 2020)" + "text": "Ambassador Floreta LULI-FABER (since 18 May 2015)" }, "chancery": { "text": "2100 S Street NW, Washington, DC 20008" @@ -580,6 +580,9 @@ "FAX": { "text": "[1] (202) 628-7342" }, + "email address and website": { + "text": "
embassy.washington@mfa.gov.al

http://www.ambasadat.gov.al/usa/en" + }, "consulate(s) general": { "text": "New York" } @@ -601,7 +604,7 @@ "text": "[355] 4 2232-222" }, "email address and website": { - "text": "ACSTirana@state.gov

https://al.usembassy.gov/" + "text": "
ACSTirana@state.gov

https://al.usembassy.gov/" } }, "Flag description": { diff --git a/europe/an.json b/europe/an.json index fe65b050..1567074f 100644 --- a/europe/an.json +++ b/europe/an.json @@ -499,10 +499,13 @@ "text": "2 United Nations Plaza, 27th Floor, New York, NY 10017" }, "telephone": { - "text": "[1] (212) 750-8064" + "text": "[1] (212) 750-8064/8065" }, "FAX": { "text": "[1] (212) 750-6630" + }, + "email address and website": { + "text": "
contact@andorraun.org" } }, "Diplomatic representation from the US": { diff --git a/europe/au.json b/europe/au.json index 79c2d1c8..feda90b7 100644 --- a/europe/au.json +++ b/europe/au.json @@ -560,8 +560,11 @@ "FAX": { "text": "[1] (202) 895-6750" }, + "email address and website": { + "text": "
washington-ka@bmeia.gv.at

https://www.austria.org/" + }, "consulate(s) general": { - "text": "Los Angeles, New York" + "text": "Los Angeles, New York, Washington" }, "consulate(s)": { "text": "Chicago" @@ -584,7 +587,7 @@ "text": "[43] (1) 310-06-82" }, "email address and website": { - "text": "ConsulateVienna@state.gov

https://at.usembassy.gov/" + "text": "
ConsulateVienna@state.gov

https://at.usembassy.gov/" } }, "Flag description": { diff --git a/europe/be.json b/europe/be.json index 46e3f2a6..9692ad42 100644 --- a/europe/be.json +++ b/europe/be.json @@ -559,16 +559,19 @@ }, "Diplomatic representation in the US": { "chief of mission": { - "text": "Ambassador Jean Arthur REGIBEAU (since 17 September 2020)" + "text": "Ambassador Jean-Arthur REGIBEAU (since 17 September 2020)" }, "chancery": { - "text": "3330 Garfield Street NW, Washington, DC 20008" + "text": "1430 K Street NW, Washington DC 20005" }, "telephone": { "text": "[1] (202) 333-6900" }, "FAX": { - "text": "[1] (202) 333-3079" + "text": "[1] (202) 338-4960" + }, + "email address and website": { + "text": "
Washington@diplobel.fed.be

https://unitedstates.diplomatie.belgium.be/en" }, "consulate(s) general": { "text": "Atlanta, Los Angeles, New York" @@ -591,7 +594,7 @@ "text": "[32] (2) 811-4500" }, "email address and website": { - "text": "uscitizenBrussels@state.gov

https://be.usembassy.gov/" + "text": "
uscitizenBrussels@state.gov

https://be.usembassy.gov/" } }, "Flag description": { @@ -1099,7 +1102,7 @@ "text": "Oostende, Zeebrugge" }, "container port(s) (TEUs)": { - "text": "Antwerp (10,450,000) (2017)" + "text": "Antwerp (11,860,204) (2019)" }, "LNG terminal(s) (import)": { "text": "Zeebrugge" diff --git a/europe/bk.json b/europe/bk.json index 06ad4148..3955c2f5 100644 --- a/europe/bk.json +++ b/europe/bk.json @@ -580,6 +580,9 @@ "FAX": { "text": "[1] (202) 337-1502" }, + "email address and website": { + "text": "
consularaffairs@bhembassy; info@bhembassy.org

http://www.bhembassy.org/index.html" + }, "consulate(s) general": { "text": "Chicago, New York" } @@ -601,7 +604,7 @@ "text": "[387] (33) 659-722" }, "email address and website": { - "text": "sarajevoACS@state.gov

https://ba.usembassy.gov/" + "text": "
sarajevoACS@state.gov

https://ba.usembassy.gov/" }, "branch office(s)": { "text": "Banja Luka, Mostar" @@ -1155,7 +1158,7 @@ "stateless persons": { "text": "66 (2020)" }, - "note": "note: 80,500 estimated refugee and migrant arrivals (January 2015-July 2021)" + "note": "note: 81,661 estimated refugee and migrant arrivals (January 2015-August 2021)" }, "Trafficking in persons": { "current situation": { diff --git a/europe/bo.json b/europe/bo.json index fe82003d..c0079a40 100644 --- a/europe/bo.json +++ b/europe/bo.json @@ -565,7 +565,7 @@ }, "Diplomatic representation in the US": { "chief of mission": { - "text": "Ambassador (vacant; recalled by Belarus in 2008); Charge d'Affaires Dmitriy BASIK (since July 2019)" + "text": "Ambassador (vacant; recalled by Belarus in 2008); Charge d'Affaires Dmitry BASIK (since 9 July 2019)" }, "chancery": { "text": "1619 New Hampshire Avenue NW, Washington, DC 20009" @@ -576,6 +576,9 @@ "FAX": { "text": "[1] (202) 986-1805" }, + "email address and website": { + "text": "
usa@mfa.gov.by" + }, "consulate(s) general": { "text": "New York" } @@ -597,7 +600,7 @@ "text": "[375] (17) 334-78-53" }, "email address and website": { - "text": "ConsularMinsk@state.gov

https://by.usembassy.gov/" + "text": "
ConsularMinsk@state.gov

https://by.usembassy.gov/" } }, "Flag description": { diff --git a/europe/bu.json b/europe/bu.json index 4a8a2e50..ac285615 100644 --- a/europe/bu.json +++ b/europe/bu.json @@ -578,11 +578,14 @@ "text": "1621 22nd Street NW, Washington, DC 20008" }, "telephone": { - "text": "[1] (202) 387-0174" + "text": "[1] (202) 387-0174/(202) 299-0273/(202) 483-1386" }, "FAX": { "text": "[1] (202) 234-7973" }, + "email address and website": { + "text": "
office@bulgaria-embassy.org; Embassy.Washington@mfa.bg

https://www.bulgaria-embassy.org/en/homepage/" + }, "consulate(s) general": { "text": "Chicago, Los Angeles, New York" } @@ -604,7 +607,7 @@ "text": "[359] (2) 937-5320" }, "email address and website": { - "text": "acs_sofia@state.gov

https://bg.usembassy.gov/" + "text": "
acs_sofia@state.gov

https://bg.usembassy.gov/" } }, "Flag description": { diff --git a/europe/cy.json b/europe/cy.json index f44aa82e..9a644f91 100644 --- a/europe/cy.json +++ b/europe/cy.json @@ -581,14 +581,20 @@ "text": "2211 R Street NW, Washington, DC 20008" }, "telephone": { - "text": "[1] (202) 462-5772, 462-0873" + "text": "[1] (202) 462-5772" }, "FAX": { "text": "[1] (202) 483-6710" }, + "email address and website": { + "text": "
info@cyprusembassy.net

https://www.cyprusembassy.net/" + }, "consulate(s) general": { "text": "New York" }, + "honorary consulate(s)": { + "text": "Atlanta, Chicago, Houston, Kirkland (WA), Los Angeles, New Orleans, San Francisco" + }, "note": "note: representative of the Turkish Cypriot community in the US is Mustafa LAKADAMYALI; office at 1667 K Street NW, Washington, DC; telephone [1] (202) 887-6198" }, "Diplomatic representation from the US": { @@ -608,7 +614,7 @@ "text": "[357] (22) 780944" }, "email address and website": { - "text": "ACSNicosia@state.gov" + "text": "
ACSNicosia@state.gov

https://cy.usembassy.gov/" } }, "Flag description": { diff --git a/europe/da.json b/europe/da.json index 19bc2162..3cc60b5d 100644 --- a/europe/da.json +++ b/europe/da.json @@ -589,7 +589,7 @@ "text": "[45] 35-43-02-23" }, "email address and website": { - "text": "CopenhagenACS@state.gov" + "text": "
CopenhagenACS@state.gov

https://dk.usembassy.gov/" } }, "Flag description": { diff --git a/europe/ee.json b/europe/ee.json index ef027cfd..ca695255 100644 --- a/europe/ee.json +++ b/europe/ee.json @@ -340,6 +340,9 @@ }, "telephone": { "text": "[32] (2) 811-4100" + }, + "email address and website": { + "text": "
https://useu.usmission.gov/" } }, "Flag description": { diff --git a/europe/ei.json b/europe/ei.json index 755421a1..400d901b 100644 --- a/europe/ei.json +++ b/europe/ei.json @@ -556,6 +556,9 @@ "FAX": { "text": "[1] (202) 232-5993" }, + "email address and website": { + "text": "
https://www.dfa.ie/irish-embassy/usa/" + }, "consulate(s) general": { "text": "Atlanta, Austin (TX), Boston, Chicago, New York, San Francisco" } @@ -577,7 +580,7 @@ "text": "[353] (1) 688-8056" }, "email address and website": { - "text": "ACSDublin@state.gov" + "text": "
ACSDublin@state.gov

https://ie.usembassy.gov/" } }, "Flag description": { @@ -1092,7 +1095,7 @@ "text": "Dublin, Shannon Foynes" }, "cruise port(s)": { - "text": "Cork, Dublin" + "text": "Cork (250,000), Dublin (359,966) (2020)" }, "container port(s) (TEUs)": { "text": "Dublin (529,563) (2016)" diff --git a/europe/en.json b/europe/en.json index ac5b8c4c..5f498bb8 100644 --- a/europe/en.json +++ b/europe/en.json @@ -614,7 +614,7 @@ "text": "[372] 668-8265" }, "email address and website": { - "text": "acstallinn@state.gov" + "text": "
acstallinn@state.gov

https://ee.usembassy.gov/" } }, "Flag description": { diff --git a/europe/ez.json b/europe/ez.json index a3dc52b0..dc63d0b9 100644 --- a/europe/ez.json +++ b/europe/ez.json @@ -560,7 +560,7 @@ "text": "Ambassador Hynek KMONICEK (since 24 April 2017)" }, "chancery": { - "text": "3900 Spring of Freedom Street NW, Washington, DC 20008" + "text": "3900 Spring of Freedom Lane NW, Washington, DC 20008-3803" }, "telephone": { "text": "[1] (202) 274-9100" @@ -568,6 +568,9 @@ "FAX": { "text": "[1] (202) 966-8540" }, + "email address and website": { + "text": "
washington@embassy.mzv.cz

https://www.mzv.cz/washington/" + }, "consulate(s) general": { "text": "Chicago, Los Angeles, New York" } @@ -589,7 +592,7 @@ "text": "[420] 257-022-809" }, "email address and website": { - "text": "ACSPrg@state.gov" + "text": "
ACSPrg@state.gov

https://cz.usembassy.gov/" } }, "Flag description": { diff --git a/europe/fi.json b/europe/fi.json index 1b847a9f..b4acb6f5 100644 --- a/europe/fi.json +++ b/europe/fi.json @@ -590,7 +590,7 @@ "text": "[358] (9) 174-681" }, "email address and website": { - "text": "HelsinkiACS@state.gov" + "text": "
HelsinkiACS@state.gov

https://fi.usembassy.gov/" } }, "Flag description": { diff --git a/europe/fr.json b/europe/fr.json index ce8f2a82..e5771dfb 100644 --- a/europe/fr.json +++ b/europe/fr.json @@ -611,7 +611,7 @@ "text": "[33] (1) 42-66-97-83" }, "email address and website": { - "text": "Citizeninfo@state.gov" + "text": "
Citizeninfo@state.gov

https://fr.usembassy.gov/" }, "consulate(s) general": { "text": "Marseille, Strasbourg" @@ -1143,7 +1143,7 @@ "text": "Brest, Calais, Dunkerque, Le Havre, Marseille, Nantes," }, "container port(s) (TEUs)": { - "text": "Le Havre (2,870,000) (2017)" + "text": "Le Havre (2,822,910) (2019)" }, "LNG terminal(s) (import)": { "text": "Fos Cavaou, Fos Tonkin, Montoir de Bretagne" diff --git a/europe/gm.json b/europe/gm.json index 8335ba1e..dc96e3cb 100644 --- a/europe/gm.json +++ b/europe/gm.json @@ -573,7 +573,10 @@ "text": "[1] (202) 298-4000" }, "FAX": { - "text": "[1] (202) 298-4249" + "text": "[1] (202) 298-4261" + }, + "email address and website": { + "text": "
info@washington.diplo.de

https://www.germany.info/us-en" }, "consulate(s) general": { "text": "Atlanta, Boston, Chicago, Houston, Los Angeles, Miami, New York, San Francisco" @@ -596,7 +599,7 @@ "text": "[49] (30) 8305-1215" }, "email address and website": { - "text": "BerlinPCO@state.gov" + "text": "
BerlinPCO@state.gov

https://de.usembassy.gov/" }, "consulate(s) general": { "text": "Dusseldorf, Frankfurt am Main, Hamburg, Leipzig, Munich" @@ -1122,7 +1125,7 @@ "text": "Brunsbuttel Canal terminals" }, "container port(s) (TEUs)": { - "text": "Bremen/Bremerhaven (5,510,000), Hamburg (8,860,000) (2017)" + "text": "Bremen/Bremerhaven (4,856,900), Hamburg (9,274,215) (2019)" }, "LNG terminal(s) (import)": { "text": "Hamburg" diff --git a/europe/gr.json b/europe/gr.json index 5b7bdedb..dc74b25f 100644 --- a/europe/gr.json +++ b/europe/gr.json @@ -569,7 +569,7 @@ }, "Diplomatic representation in the US": { "chief of mission": { - "text": "Ambassador Theocharis LALAKOS (since 27 June 2016)" + "text": "Ambassador Alexandra PAPADOPOULOU (since 6 February 2021)" }, "chancery": { "text": "2217 Massachusetts Avenue NW, Washington, DC 20008" @@ -580,6 +580,9 @@ "FAX": { "text": "[1] (202) 939-1324" }, + "email address and website": { + "text": "
gremb.was@mfa.gr

https://www.mfa.gr/usa/en/the-embassy/" + }, "consulate(s) general": { "text": "Boston, Chicago, Los Angeles, New York, Tampa (FL), San Francisco" }, @@ -604,7 +607,7 @@ "text": "[30] (210) 724-5313" }, "email address and website": { - "text": "athensamericancitizenservices@state.gov" + "text": "
athensamericancitizenservices@state.gov

https://gr.usembassy.gov/" }, "consulate(s) general": { "text": "Thessaloniki" @@ -1122,7 +1125,7 @@ "text": "Agioi Theodoroi" }, "container port(s) (TEUs)": { - "text": "Piraeus (4,145,079) (2017)" + "text": "Piraeus (5,648,000) (2019)" }, "LNG terminal(s) (import)": { "text": "Revithoussa" @@ -1183,7 +1186,7 @@ "stateless persons": { "text": "5,557 (2020)" }, - "note": "note: 1,208,843 estimated refugee and migrant arrivals (January 2015-July 2021); as of the end of December 2020, an estimated 119,700 migrants and refugees were stranded in Greece since 2015-16" + "note": "note: 1,209,491 estimated refugee and migrant arrivals (January 2015-August 2021); as of the end of December 2020, an estimated 119,700 migrants and refugees were stranded in Greece since 2015-16" }, "Illicit drugs": { "text": "a gateway to Europe for traffickers smuggling cannabis and heroin from the Middle East and Southwest Asia to the West and precursor chemicals to the East; some South American cocaine transits or is consumed in Greece; money laundering related to drug trafficking and organized crime" diff --git a/europe/hr.json b/europe/hr.json index 9b974e27..ffee9ab6 100644 --- a/europe/hr.json +++ b/europe/hr.json @@ -595,10 +595,16 @@ "text": "[1] (202) 588-5899" }, "FAX": { - "text": "[1] (202) 588-8936" + "text": "[1] (202) 588-8936/(202) 588-8936" + }, + "email address and website": { + "text": "
washington@mvep.hr

http://us.mvep.hr/en/" }, "consulate(s) general": { - "text": "Chicago, Los Angeles, New York" + "text": "Chicago, Los Angeles, New York, Washington, DC" + }, + "honorary consulate(s)": { + "text": "Houston, New Orleans, Seattle, Pittsburgh, Kansas City (MO)" } }, "Diplomatic representation from the US": { @@ -618,7 +624,7 @@ "text": "[385] (1) 661-8933" }, "email address and website": { - "text": "ZagrebACS@state.gov" + "text": "
ZagrebACS@state.gov

https://hr.usembassy.gov/" } }, "Flag description": { @@ -1178,7 +1184,7 @@ "stateless persons": { "text": "2,900 (2020)" }, - "note": "note: 729,079 estimated refugee and migrant arrivals (January 2015-May 2021); flows slowed considerably in 2017; Croatia is predominantly a transit country and hosts about 340 asylum seekers as of the end of June 2018" + "note": "note: 727,610 estimated refugee and migrant arrivals (January 2015-May 2021); flows slowed considerably in 2017; Croatia is predominantly a transit country and hosts about 340 asylum seekers as of the end of June 2018" }, "Illicit drugs": { "text": "primarily a transit country along the Balkan route for maritime shipments of South American cocaine bound for Western Europe and other illicit drugs and chemical precursors to and from Western Europe; no significant domestic production of illicit drugs" diff --git a/europe/hu.json b/europe/hu.json index 460a405a..60d4d94d 100644 --- a/europe/hu.json +++ b/europe/hu.json @@ -585,6 +585,9 @@ "FAX": { "text": "[1] (202) 966-8135" }, + "email address and website": { + "text": "
info@mfa.gov.hu

https://washington.mfa.gov.hu/eng" + }, "consulate(s) general": { "text": "Chicago, Los Angeles, New York" } @@ -606,7 +609,7 @@ "text": "[36] (1) 475-4248" }, "email address and website": { - "text": "acs.budapest@state.gov" + "text": "
acs.budapest@state.gov

https://hu.usembassy.gov/" } }, "Flag description": { diff --git a/europe/ic.json b/europe/ic.json index d3a7ea60..9a661d42 100644 --- a/europe/ic.json +++ b/europe/ic.json @@ -543,7 +543,7 @@ }, "Diplomatic representation in the US": { "chief of mission": { - "text": "Ambassador Geir Hilmar HAARDE (since 23 February 2015)" + "text": "Ambassador Bergdis ELLERTSDOTTIR (since 16 September 2019)" }, "chancery": { "text": "House of Sweden, 2900 K Street NW, #509, Washington, DC 20007" @@ -554,6 +554,9 @@ "FAX": { "text": "[1] (202) 265-6656" }, + "email address and website": { + "text": "
washington@mfa.is

https://www.government.is/diplomatic-missions/embassy-of-iceland-in-washington-d.c/" + }, "consulate(s) general": { "text": "New York" } @@ -575,7 +578,7 @@ "text": "[354] 562-9118" }, "email address and website": { - "text": "ReykjavikConsular@state.gov" + "text": "
ReykjavikConsular@state.gov

https://is.usembassy.gov/" } }, "Flag description": { diff --git a/europe/it.json b/europe/it.json index 062d300f..96590943 100644 --- a/europe/it.json +++ b/europe/it.json @@ -581,7 +581,7 @@ }, "Diplomatic representation in the US": { "chief of mission": { - "text": "Ambassador Armando VARRICCHIO (since 2 March 2016)" + "text": "Ambassador (vacant); Maurizio GREGANTI, Minister (since 15 June 2021)" }, "chancery": { "text": "3000 Whitehaven Street NW, Washington, DC 20008" @@ -590,7 +590,10 @@ "text": "[1] (202) 612-4400" }, "FAX": { - "text": "[1] (202) 518-2151" + "text": "[1] (202) 518-2154" + }, + "email address and website": { + "text": "
amb.washington@cert.esteri.it

https://ambwashingtondc.esteri.it/ambasciata_washington/en/" }, "consulate(s) general": { "text": "Boston, Chicago, Detroit, Houston, Miami, New York, Los Angeles, Philadelphia, San Francisco" @@ -616,7 +619,7 @@ "text": "[39] 06-4674-2244" }, "email address and website": { - "text": "uscitizenrome@state.gov" + "text": "
uscitizenrome@state.gov

https://it.usembassy.gov/" }, "consulate(s) general": { "text": "Florence, Milan, Naples" @@ -1141,7 +1144,7 @@ "text": "Melilli (Santa Panagia) oil terminal, Sarroch oil terminal" }, "container port(s) (TEUs)": { - "text": "Genoa (2,622,200), Gioia Tauro (2,448,600) (2017)" + "text": "Genoa (2,621,472), Gioia Tauro (2,523,000) (2019)" }, "LNG terminal(s) (import)": { "text": "La Spezia, Panigaglia, Porto Levante" @@ -1202,7 +1205,7 @@ "stateless persons": { "text": "3,000 (2020)" }, - "note": "note: 553,966 estimated refugee and migrant arrivals (January 2015-August 2021)" + "note": "note: 558,676 estimated refugee and migrant arrivals (January 2015-August 2021)" }, "Illicit drugs": { "text": "important gateway for and consumer of Latin American cocaine and Southwest Asian heroin entering the European market; money laundering by organized crime and from smuggling" diff --git a/europe/kv.json b/europe/kv.json index 02012de7..34224d83 100644 --- a/europe/kv.json +++ b/europe/kv.json @@ -448,7 +448,7 @@ "text": "[383] 38-604-890" }, "email address and website": { - "text": "PristinaACS@state.gov" + "text": "
PristinaACS@state.gov

https://xk.usembassy.gov/" } }, "Flag description": { diff --git a/europe/lg.json b/europe/lg.json index d4e64971..e9f1062e 100644 --- a/europe/lg.json +++ b/europe/lg.json @@ -614,7 +614,7 @@ "text": "[371] 6710-7050" }, "email address and website": { - "text": "askconsular-riga@state.gov" + "text": "
askconsular-riga@state.gov

https://lv.usembassy.gov/" } }, "Flag description": { diff --git a/europe/lh.json b/europe/lh.json index 68ca3fa0..cbcab178 100644 --- a/europe/lh.json +++ b/europe/lh.json @@ -610,7 +610,7 @@ "text": "[370] (5) 266-5510" }, "email address and website": { - "text": "consec@state.gov" + "text": "
consec@state.gov

https://lt.usembassy.gov/" } }, "Flag description": { diff --git a/europe/lo.json b/europe/lo.json index 63a4f0fd..0eb86c15 100644 --- a/europe/lo.json +++ b/europe/lo.json @@ -576,7 +576,7 @@ "text": "[421] (2) 5441-8861" }, "email address and website": { - "text": "consulbratislava@state.gov" + "text": "
consulbratislava@state.gov

https://sk.usembassy.gov/" } }, "Flag description": { diff --git a/europe/lu.json b/europe/lu.json index 7c2c1671..9106b194 100644 --- a/europe/lu.json +++ b/europe/lu.json @@ -568,7 +568,7 @@ "text": "[352] 46-14-01" }, "email address and website": { - "text": "Luxembourgconsular@state.gov" + "text": "
Luxembourgconsular@state.gov

https://lu.usembassy.gov/" } }, "Flag description": { diff --git a/europe/md.json b/europe/md.json index a4042d53..46ecd307 100644 --- a/europe/md.json +++ b/europe/md.json @@ -595,7 +595,7 @@ "text": "[373] (22) 233-044" }, "email address and website": { - "text": "ChisinauACS@state.gov" + "text": "
ChisinauACS@state.gov

https://md.usembassy.gov/" } }, "Flag description": { diff --git a/europe/mj.json b/europe/mj.json index 57c58de9..36404fb9 100644 --- a/europe/mj.json +++ b/europe/mj.json @@ -624,7 +624,7 @@ "text": "[382]  (0)20-241-358" }, "email address and website": { - "text": "PodgoricaACS@state.gov" + "text": "
PodgoricaACS@state.gov

https://me.usembassy.gov/" } }, "Flag description": { @@ -1154,7 +1154,7 @@ "stateless persons": { "text": "472 (2020)" }, - "note": "note: 19,434 estimated refugee and migrant arrivals (January 2015-August 2021)" + "note": "note: 19,599 estimated refugee and migrant arrivals (January 2015-August 2021)" } } } \ No newline at end of file diff --git a/europe/mk.json b/europe/mk.json index 8ebe8057..65bbcf23 100644 --- a/europe/mk.json +++ b/europe/mk.json @@ -599,7 +599,7 @@ "text": "[389] (2) 310-2499" }, "email address and website": { - "text": "SkopjeACS@state.gov" + "text": "
SkopjeACS@state.gov

https://mk.usembassy.gov/" } }, "Flag description": { @@ -1112,7 +1112,7 @@ "stateless persons": { "text": "558 (2020)" }, - "note": "note: 517,455 estimated refugee and migrant arrivals (January 2015-July 2021)" + "note": "note: 518,354 estimated refugee and migrant arrivals (January 2015-July 2021)" }, "Illicit drugs": { "text": "major transshipment point for Southwest Asian heroin and hashish; minor transit point for South American cocaine destined for Europe; although not a financial center and most criminal activity is thought to be domestic, money laundering is a problem due to a mostly cash-based economy and weak enforcement" diff --git a/europe/mt.json b/europe/mt.json index 956e358b..dd417fb2 100644 --- a/europe/mt.json +++ b/europe/mt.json @@ -584,7 +584,7 @@ "text": "[356] 2561-4000" }, "email address and website": { - "text": "ACSMalta@state.gov" + "text": "
ACSMalta@state.gov

https://mt.usembassy.gov/" } }, "Flag description": { @@ -1067,7 +1067,7 @@ "text": "Marsaxlokk (Malta Freeport), Valletta" }, "container port(s) (TEUs)": { - "text": "Marsaxlokk (3,150,000) (2017)" + "text": "Marsaxlokk (2,722,889) (2019)" } } }, diff --git a/europe/nl.json b/europe/nl.json index 48b25c89..2c85e5d9 100644 --- a/europe/nl.json +++ b/europe/nl.json @@ -594,7 +594,7 @@ "text": "[31] (70) 310-2207" }, "email address and website": { - "text": "AmsterdamUSC@state.gov" + "text": "
AmsterdamUSC@state.gov

https://nl.usembassy.gov/" }, "consulate(s) general": { "text": "Amsterdam" @@ -1106,7 +1106,7 @@ "text": "IJmuiden, Vlissingen" }, "container port(s) (TEUs)": { - "text": "Rotterdam (13,734,000) (2017)" + "text": "Rotterdam (14,810,804) (2019)" }, "LNG terminal(s) (import)": { "text": "Rotterdam" diff --git a/europe/no.json b/europe/no.json index ed28b2e6..6aeb390e 100644 --- a/europe/no.json +++ b/europe/no.json @@ -591,7 +591,7 @@ "text": "[47] 22-56-27-51" }, "email address and website": { - "text": "OsloACS@state.gov" + "text": "
OsloACS@state.gov

https://no.usembassy.gov/" } }, "Flag description": { diff --git a/europe/pl.json b/europe/pl.json index 02d2984f..22617c0e 100644 --- a/europe/pl.json +++ b/europe/pl.json @@ -621,7 +621,7 @@ "text": "[48] (22) 504-2088" }, "email address and website": { - "text": "acswarsaw@state.gov" + "text": "
acswarsaw@state.gov

https://pl.usembassy.gov/" }, "consulate(s) general": { "text": "Krakow" @@ -1145,7 +1145,7 @@ "text": "Gdansk, Gdynia, Swinoujscie" }, "container port(s) (TEUs)": { - "text": "Gdansk (1,593,761) (2017)" + "text": "Gdansk (2,073,215) (2019)" }, "LNG terminal(s) (import)": { "text": "Swinoujscie" diff --git a/europe/po.json b/europe/po.json index e8ebe52d..438823b8 100644 --- a/europe/po.json +++ b/europe/po.json @@ -607,7 +607,7 @@ "text": "[351] (21) 726-9109" }, "email address and website": { - "text": "conslisbon@state.gov" + "text": "
conslisbon@state.gov

https://pt.usembassy.gov/" }, "consulate(s)": { "text": "Ponta Delgada (Azores)" @@ -1127,7 +1127,7 @@ "text": "Leixoes, Lisbon, Setubal, Sines" }, "container port(s) (TEUs)": { - "text": "Sines (1,669,057) (2017)" + "text": "Sines (1,420,000) (2019)" }, "LNG terminal(s) (import)": { "text": "Sines" diff --git a/europe/ri.json b/europe/ri.json index 3ccb04d1..d31858a4 100644 --- a/europe/ri.json +++ b/europe/ri.json @@ -626,7 +626,7 @@ "text": "[381] (11) 706-4481" }, "email address and website": { - "text": "belgradeacs@state.gov" + "text": "
belgradeacs@state.gov

https://rs.usembassy.gov/" } }, "Flag description": { @@ -1171,7 +1171,7 @@ "stateless persons": { "text": "2,144 (includes stateless persons in Kosovo) (2020)" }, - "note": "note: 778,038 estimated refugee and migrant arrivals (January 2015-August 2021); Serbia is predominantly a transit country and hosts an estimated 6,165 migrants and refugees as of April 2021" + "note": "note: 779,905 estimated refugee and migrant arrivals (January 2015-August 2021); Serbia is predominantly a transit country and hosts an estimated 6,165 migrants and refugees as of April 2021" }, "Illicit drugs": { "text": "transshipment point for Southwest Asian heroin moving to Western Europe on the Balkan route; economy vulnerable to money laundering" diff --git a/europe/ro.json b/europe/ro.json index 486c759c..63ce553d 100644 --- a/europe/ro.json +++ b/europe/ro.json @@ -606,7 +606,7 @@ "text": "[40] (21) 200-3442" }, "email address and website": { - "text": "ACSBucharest@state.gov" + "text": "
ACSBucharest@state.gov

https://ro.usembassy.gov/" } }, "Flag description": { @@ -1179,7 +1179,7 @@ "stateless persons": { "text": "275 (2020)" }, - "note": "note: 7,942 estimated refugee and migrant arrivals (January 2015-July 2021)" + "note": "note: 7,988 estimated refugee and migrant arrivals (January 2015-August 2021)" }, "Trafficking in persons": { "current situation": { diff --git a/europe/si.json b/europe/si.json index 3f7299fc..871dd40a 100644 --- a/europe/si.json +++ b/europe/si.json @@ -595,7 +595,7 @@ "text": "[386] (1) 200-5555" }, "email address and website": { - "text": "LjubljanaACS@state.gov" + "text": "
LjubljanaACS@state.gov

https://si.usembassy.gov/" } }, "Flag description": { diff --git a/europe/sp.json b/europe/sp.json index 09cc3a91..bb7696d2 100644 --- a/europe/sp.json +++ b/europe/sp.json @@ -625,7 +625,7 @@ "text": "[34] (91) 587-2303" }, "email address and website": { - "text": "askACS@state.gov" + "text": "
askACS@state.gov

https://es.usembassy.gov/" }, "consulate(s) general": { "text": "Barcelona" @@ -1146,7 +1146,7 @@ "text": "Algeciras, Barcelona, Bilbao, Cartagena, Huelva, Tarragona, Valencia (all in Spain); Las Palmas, Santa Cruz de Tenerife (in the Canary Islands)" }, "container port(s) (TEUs)": { - "text": "Algeciras (4,389,836), Barcelona (2,968,757), Valencia (4,832,156) (2017)" + "text": "Algeciras (5,125,385), Barcelona (3,324,650), Valencia (5,439,827) (2019)" }, "LNG terminal(s) (import)": { "text": "Barcelona, Bilbao, Cartagena, Huelva, Mugardos, Sagunto" @@ -1203,12 +1203,12 @@ }, "Refugees and internally displaced persons": { "refugees (country of origin)": { - "text": "14,133 (Syria) (2019); 76,456 (Venezuela) (economic and political crisis; includes Venezuelans who have claimed asylum, are recognized as refugees, or have received alternative legal stay) (2021)" + "text": "14,133 (Syria) (2019); 415,000 (Venezuela) (economic and political crisis; includes Venezuelans who have claimed asylum, are recognized as refugees, or have received alternative legal stay) (2021)" }, "stateless persons": { "text": "5,914 (2020)" }, - "note": "note: 223,820 estimated refugee and migrant arrivals (January 2015-August 2021)" + "note": "note: 226,489 estimated refugee and migrant arrivals (January 2015-August 2021)" }, "Illicit drugs": { "text": "despite rigorous law enforcement efforts, North African, Latin American, Galician, and other European traffickers take advantage of Spain's long coastline to land large shipments of cocaine and hashish for distribution to the European market; consumer for Latin American cocaine and North African hashish; destination and minor transshipment point for Southwest Asian heroin; money-laundering site for Colombian narcotics trafficking organizations and organized crime" diff --git a/europe/sw.json b/europe/sw.json index 8f30bdfa..834136f2 100644 --- a/europe/sw.json +++ b/europe/sw.json @@ -587,7 +587,7 @@ "text": "[46] (08) 661-19-64" }, "email address and website": { - "text": "STKACSinfo@state.gov" + "text": "
STKACSinfo@state.gov

https://se.usembassy.gov/" } }, "Flag description": { diff --git a/europe/sz.json b/europe/sz.json index 2df441aa..1809d5b7 100644 --- a/europe/sz.json +++ b/europe/sz.json @@ -584,6 +584,9 @@ }, "FAX": { "text": "[41] (031) 357-73-20" + }, + "email address and website": { + "text": "
https://ch.usembassy.gov/" } }, "Flag description": { diff --git a/europe/uk.json b/europe/uk.json index 85bdb55d..6f00916a 100644 --- a/europe/uk.json +++ b/europe/uk.json @@ -599,7 +599,7 @@ "text": "[44] (0) 20-7891-3845" }, "email address and website": { - "text": "SCSLondon@state.gov" + "text": "
SCSLondon@state.gov

https://uk.usembassy.gov/" }, "consulate(s) general": { "text": "Belfast, Edinburgh" @@ -1125,7 +1125,7 @@ "text": "Fawley Marine terminal, Liverpool Bay terminal (England); Braefoot Bay terminal, Finnart oil terminal, Hound Point terminal (Scotland)" }, "container port(s) (TEUs)": { - "text": "Felixstowe (3,849,700), London (2,431,000), Southampton (2,040,000) (2017)" + "text": "Felixstowe (3,584,000), London (2,790,000), Southampton (1,924,847) (2019)" }, "LNG terminal(s) (import)": { "text": "Isle of Grain, Milford Haven, Teesside" diff --git a/europe/up.json b/europe/up.json index 564f4643..903a3cf1 100644 --- a/europe/up.json +++ b/europe/up.json @@ -609,11 +609,11 @@ "text": "[380] (44) 521-5544" }, "email address and website": { - "text": "kyivacs@state.gov" + "text": "
kyivacs@state.gov

https://ua.usembassy.gov/" } }, "Flag description": { - "text": "two equal horizontal bands of azure (top) and golden yellow represent grain fields under a blue sky" + "text": "two equal horizontal bands of azure (top) and golden yellow; although the colors date back to medieval heraldry, in modern times they are sometimes claimed to represent grain fields under a blue sky" }, "National symbol(s)": { "text": "tryzub (trident); national colors: blue, yellow" diff --git a/europe/vt.json b/europe/vt.json index 01641260..cddb9d51 100644 --- a/europe/vt.json +++ b/europe/vt.json @@ -308,6 +308,9 @@ }, "FAX": { "text": "[1] (202) 337-4036" + }, + "email address and website": { + "text": "
nuntiususa@nuntiususa.org

http://www.nuntiususa.org/" } }, "Diplomatic representation from the US": { @@ -325,6 +328,9 @@ }, "FAX": { "text": "[39] (06) 4674-3411" + }, + "email address and website": { + "text": "
https://va.usembassy.gov/" } }, "Flag description": { diff --git a/middle-east/ae.json b/middle-east/ae.json index 91e0d90b..17a6678c 100644 --- a/middle-east/ae.json +++ b/middle-east/ae.json @@ -585,7 +585,7 @@ "text": "[971] (2) 414-2241" }, "email address and website": { - "text": "abudhabiacs@state.gov" + "text": "
abudhabiacs@state.gov

https://ae.usembassy.gov/" }, "consulate(s) general": { "text": "Dubai" @@ -1089,7 +1089,7 @@ "text": "Al Fujayrah, Mina' Jabal 'Ali (Dubai), Khor Fakkan (Khawr Fakkan) (Sharjah), Mubarraz Island (Abu Dhabi), Mina' Rashid (Dubai), Mina' Saqr (Ra's al Khaymah)" }, "container port(s) (TEUs)": { - "text": "Dubai Port (15,368,000), Khor Fakkan (Khawr Fakkan) (Sharjah) (2,321,000) (2017)" + "text": "Dubai Port (14,111,000) (2019)" }, "LNG terminal(s) (export)": { "text": "Das Island" diff --git a/middle-east/aj.json b/middle-east/aj.json index 9a819796..be1d5a0c 100644 --- a/middle-east/aj.json +++ b/middle-east/aj.json @@ -567,7 +567,7 @@ }, "Diplomatic representation in the US": { "chief of mission": { - "text": "Ambassador Elin SULEYMANOV (since 5 December 2011)" + "text": "Ambassador (vacant); note - Ambassador Elin SULEYMANOV left in early August 2021" }, "chancery": { "text": "2741 34th Street NW, Washington, DC 20008" @@ -578,6 +578,9 @@ "FAX": { "text": "[1] (202) 337-5911" }, + "email address and website": { + "text": "
azerbaijan@azembassy.us; consul@azembassy.us

https://washington.mfa.gov.az/en" + }, "consulate(s) general": { "text": "Los Angeles" } @@ -599,7 +602,7 @@ "text": "[994] (12) 488-3330" }, "email address and website": { - "text": "BakuACS@state.gov

https://az.usembassy.gov/" + "text": "
BakuACS@state.gov

https://az.usembassy.gov/" } }, "Flag description": { diff --git a/middle-east/am.json b/middle-east/am.json index 10ec4eda..335cef5d 100644 --- a/middle-east/am.json +++ b/middle-east/am.json @@ -569,6 +569,9 @@ "FAX": { "text": "[1] (202) 319-2982" }, + "email address and website": { + "text": "
armembassyusa@mfa.am

https://usa.mfa.am/en/" + }, "consulate(s) general": { "text": "Glendale (CA)" } @@ -590,7 +593,7 @@ "text": "[374] (10) 464-742" }, "email address and website": { - "text": "acsyerevan@state.gov

https://am.usembassy.gov/" + "text": "
acsyerevan@state.gov

https://am.usembassy.gov/" } }, "Flag description": { diff --git a/middle-east/ba.json b/middle-east/ba.json index 2d117da5..36dd6d13 100644 --- a/middle-east/ba.json +++ b/middle-east/ba.json @@ -543,6 +543,9 @@ "FAX": { "text": "[1] (202) 362-2192" }, + "email address and website": { + "text": "
ambsecretary@bahrainembassy.org

Home (mofa.gov.bh)" + }, "consulate(s) general": { "text": "New York" } @@ -564,7 +567,7 @@ "text": "[973] 17-272594" }, "email address and website": { - "text": "ManamaConsular@state.gov

https://bh.usembassy.gov/" + "text": "
ManamaConsular@state.gov

https://bh.usembassy.gov/" } }, "Flag description": { diff --git a/middle-east/gg.json b/middle-east/gg.json index 3f647117..10592ff9 100644 --- a/middle-east/gg.json +++ b/middle-east/gg.json @@ -578,6 +578,9 @@ "FAX": { "text": "[1] (202) 387-0864" }, + "email address and website": { + "text": "
embgeo.usa@mfa.gov.ge

https://georgiaembassyusa.org/contact/" + }, "consulate(s) general": { "text": "New York" } @@ -599,7 +602,7 @@ "text": "[995] (32) 253-23-10" }, "email address and website": { - "text": "askconsultbilisi@state.gov" + "text": "
askconsultbilisi@state.gov

https://ge.usembassy.gov/" } }, "Flag description": { diff --git a/middle-east/ir.json b/middle-east/ir.json index fe75ed8e..068b3baa 100644 --- a/middle-east/ir.json +++ b/middle-east/ir.json @@ -599,7 +599,7 @@ }, "Diplomatic representation in the US": { "chief of mission": { - "text": "none; Iran has an Interests Section in the Pakistani Embassy; address: Iranian Interests Section, Pakistani Embassy, 2209 Wisconsin Avenue NW, Washington, DC 20007; telephone: [1] (202) 965-4990; FAX [1] (202) 965-1073" + "text": "none; Iran has an Interests Section in the Pakistani Embassy; address: Iranian Interests Section, Embassy of Pakistan, 1250 23rd Street NW, Washington, DC 20037; telephone: [1] (202) 965-4990; FAX [1] (202) 965-1073; info@daftar.org" } }, "Diplomatic representation from the US": { @@ -1110,7 +1110,7 @@ "text": "Bandar-e Asaluyeh, Bandar Abbas, Bandar-e Emam Khomeyni" }, "container port(s) (TEUs)": { - "text": "Bandar Abbas (2,607,000) (2017)" + "text": "Bandar Abbas" } } }, diff --git a/middle-east/is.json b/middle-east/is.json index da3d427b..4c497dee 100644 --- a/middle-east/is.json +++ b/middle-east/is.json @@ -575,8 +575,11 @@ "FAX": { "text": "[1] (202) 364-5607" }, + "email address and website": { + "text": "
consular@washington.mfa.gov.il

https://embassies.gov.il/washington/Pages/default.aspx" + }, "consulate(s) general": { - "text": "Atlanta, Boston, Chicago, Houston, Los Angeles, Miami, New York, Philadelphia, San Francisco" + "text": "Atlanta, Boston, Chicago, Houston, Los Angeles, Miami, New York, San Francisco" } }, "Diplomatic representation from the US": { @@ -596,7 +599,7 @@ "text": "[972] (2) 630-4070" }, "email address and website": { - "text": "JerusalemACS@state.gov" + "text": "
JerusalemACS@state.gov

https://il.usembassy.gov/" }, "branch office(s)": { "text": "Tel Aviv" @@ -1128,7 +1131,7 @@ "text": "Ashdod, Elat (Eilat), Hadera, Haifa" }, "container port(s) (TEUs)": { - "text": "Ashdod (1,443,000) (2016)" + "text": "Ashdod (1,584,000) (2019)" } } }, diff --git a/middle-east/iz.json b/middle-east/iz.json index 95610e9b..1694143f 100644 --- a/middle-east/iz.json +++ b/middle-east/iz.json @@ -573,7 +573,7 @@ }, "Diplomatic representation in the US": { "chief of mission": { - "text": "Ambassador Farid YASIN (since 18 January 2017)" + "text": "Ambassador Fareed Mustafa Kamil YASSEEN (since 18 January 2017)" }, "chancery": { "text": "3421 Massachusetts Avenue, NW, Washington, DC 20007" @@ -584,6 +584,9 @@ "FAX": { "text": "[1] (202) 333-1129" }, + "email address and website": { + "text": "
http://www.iraqiembassy.us/" + }, "consulate(s) general": { "text": "Detroit, Los Angeles" } @@ -602,7 +605,7 @@ "text": "0760-030-3000" }, "email address and website": { - "text": "BaghdadACS@state.gov" + "text": "
BaghdadACS@state.gov

https://iq.usembassy.gov/" } }, "Flag description": { diff --git a/middle-east/jo.json b/middle-east/jo.json index 24d54b00..fefd9734 100644 --- a/middle-east/jo.json +++ b/middle-east/jo.json @@ -574,7 +574,7 @@ }, "Diplomatic representation in the US": { "chief of mission": { - "text": "Ambassador Dina Khalil Tawiq KAWAR (since 27 June 2016)" + "text": "Ambassador Dina Khalil Tawfiq KAWAR (since 27 June 2016)" }, "chancery": { "text": "3504 International Drive NW, Washington, DC 20008" @@ -584,6 +584,9 @@ }, "FAX": { "text": "[1] (202) 966-3110" + }, + "email address and website": { + "text": "
hkjconsular@jordanembassyus.org

http://www.jordanembassyus.org/" } }, "Diplomatic representation from the US": { @@ -603,7 +606,7 @@ "text": "[962] (6) 592-0163" }, "email address and website": { - "text": "Amman-ACS@state.gov" + "text": "
Amman-ACS@state.gov

https://jo.usembassy.gov/" } }, "Flag description": { diff --git a/middle-east/ku.json b/middle-east/ku.json index 21800fed..a25bfe13 100644 --- a/middle-east/ku.json +++ b/middle-east/ku.json @@ -561,7 +561,7 @@ "text": "[00] (965) 2538-0282" }, "email address and website": { - "text": "KuwaitACS@state.gov" + "text": "
KuwaitACS@state.gov

https://kw.usembassy.gov/" } }, "Flag description": { diff --git a/middle-east/le.json b/middle-east/le.json index 25d50046..86189cfd 100644 --- a/middle-east/le.json +++ b/middle-east/le.json @@ -581,7 +581,7 @@ "text": "[961] (4) 544-019" }, "email address and website": { - "text": "BeirutACS@state.gov" + "text": "
BeirutACS@state.gov

https://lb.usembassy.gov/" } }, "Flag description": { @@ -1076,7 +1076,7 @@ "text": "Beirut, Tripoli" }, "container port(s) (TEUs)": { - "text": "Beirut (1,305,038) (2017)" + "text": "Beirut (1,229,100) (2019)" } } }, diff --git a/middle-east/mu.json b/middle-east/mu.json index f2346f97..5cdcdb16 100644 --- a/middle-east/mu.json +++ b/middle-east/mu.json @@ -590,7 +590,7 @@ "text": "[968] 2464-3740" }, "email address and website": { - "text": "ConsularMuscat@state.gov" + "text": "
ConsularMuscat@state.gov

https://om.usembassy.gov/" } }, "Flag description": { @@ -1084,7 +1084,7 @@ "text": "Mina' Qabus, Salalah, Suhar" }, "container port(s) (TEUs)": { - "text": "Salalah (3,946,421) (2017)" + "text": "Salalah (4,109,000) (2019)" }, "LNG terminal(s) (export)": { "text": "Qalhat" diff --git a/middle-east/qa.json b/middle-east/qa.json index f3570437..ceaccc10 100644 --- a/middle-east/qa.json +++ b/middle-east/qa.json @@ -568,7 +568,7 @@ "text": "[974] 4488-4298" }, "email address and website": { - "text": "PasDoha@state.gov" + "text": "
PasDoha@state.gov

https://qa.usembassy.gov/" } }, "Flag description": { @@ -1065,7 +1065,7 @@ "text": "information varies; approximately 14,000 active personnel (10,000 Land Force, including Emiri Guard; 2,000 Navy; 2,000 Air Force) (2021)" }, "Military equipment inventories and acquisitions": { - "text": "the Qatari military's inventory includes a broad mix of older and modern weapons systems, mostly from the US and Europe; the leading providers of armaments to Qatar since 2010 include Brazil, France, Germany, Turkey, the UK, and US; Qatar is scheduled to receive several ships from Italy beginning in 2021 and a large shipment of fighter aircraft from the UK in 2022 (2020)" + "text": "the Qatari military's inventory includes a broad mix of older and modern weapons systems, mostly from the US and Europe; around 2015, Qatar embarked on an extensive military expansion and modernization program with large air, ground, and naval equipment purchases from European countries and Turkey (2021)" }, "Military service age and obligation": { "text": "conscription for males aged 18-35; compulsory service times range from 4 months to up to a year, depending on the cadets educational and professional circumstances; women are permitted to serve in the armed forces, including as uniformed officers and pilots (2019)" diff --git a/middle-east/sa.json b/middle-east/sa.json index 21a64bb8..0f187fa9 100644 --- a/middle-east/sa.json +++ b/middle-east/sa.json @@ -564,7 +564,7 @@ "text": "[966] (11) 488-7360" }, "email address and website": { - "text": "RiyadhACS@state.gov" + "text": "
RiyadhACS@state.gov

https://sa.usembassy.gov/" }, "consulate(s) general": { "text": "Dhahran, Jeddah" @@ -1080,7 +1080,7 @@ "text": "Ad Dammam, Al Jubayl, Jeddah, King Abdulla, Yanbu'" }, "container port(s) (TEUs)": { - "text": "Ad Dammam (1,582,388), Jeddah (4,150,000), King Abdulla (1,695,322) (2017)" + "text": "Ad Dammam (1,822,642), Jeddah (4,433,991), King Abdulla (2,020,683) (2019)" } } }, diff --git a/middle-east/sy.json b/middle-east/sy.json index de33eaef..c94512de 100644 --- a/middle-east/sy.json +++ b/middle-east/sy.json @@ -583,7 +583,7 @@ "text": "6110 Damascus Place, Washington DC  20521-6110" }, "email address and website": { - "text": "USIS_damascus@embassy.mzv.cz" + "text": "
USIS_damascus@embassy.mzv.cz

https://sy.usembassy.gov/" } }, "Flag description": { diff --git a/middle-east/tu.json b/middle-east/tu.json index 4c0c492d..06d34c4d 100644 --- a/middle-east/tu.json +++ b/middle-east/tu.json @@ -605,7 +605,7 @@ "text": "[90] (312) 467-0019" }, "email address and website": { - "text": "Ankara-ACS@state.gov" + "text": "
Ankara-ACS@state.gov

https://tr.usembassy.gov/" }, "consulate(s) general": { "text": "Istanbul" @@ -1128,7 +1128,7 @@ "text": "Aliaga, Ambarli, Diliskelesi, Eregli, Izmir, Kocaeli (Izmit), Mersin (Icel), Limani, Yarimca" }, "container port(s) (TEUs)": { - "text": "Ambarli (3,131,621), Mersin (Icel) (1,592,000) (2017)" + "text": "Ambarli (3,104,882), Mersin (Icel) (1,854,312), Izmet (1,715,193) (2019)" }, "LNG terminal(s) (import)": { "text": "Izmir Aliaga, Marmara Ereglisi" diff --git a/middle-east/ym.json b/middle-east/ym.json index 7902427f..0e11726c 100644 --- a/middle-east/ym.json +++ b/middle-east/ym.json @@ -639,7 +639,7 @@ "text": "US Embassy Riyadh [966] 11-488-7360" }, "email address and website": { - "text": "YemenEmergencyUSC@state.gov" + "text": "
YemenEmergencyUSC@state.gov

https://ye.usembassy.gov/" } }, "Flag description": { diff --git a/north-america/bd.json b/north-america/bd.json index d82023e5..c95938c0 100644 --- a/north-america/bd.json +++ b/north-america/bd.json @@ -464,7 +464,7 @@ "text": "(441) 295-1592" }, "email address and website": { - "text": "HamiltonConsulate@state.gov

https://bm.usconsulate.gov/" + "text": "
HamiltonConsulate@state.gov

https://bm.usconsulate.gov/" }, "consulate(s) general": { "text": "16 Middle Road, Devonshire DV O3" diff --git a/north-america/ca.json b/north-america/ca.json index a36c9dfc..fb4cc020 100644 --- a/north-america/ca.json +++ b/north-america/ca.json @@ -555,10 +555,13 @@ "text": "501 Pennsylvania Avenue NW, Washington, DC 20001" }, "telephone": { - "text": "[1] (202) 682-1740" + "text": "[1] (844) 880-6519" }, "FAX": { - "text": "[1] (202) 682-7726" + "text": "[1] (202) 682-7738" + }, + "email address and website": { + "text": "
ccs.scc@international.gc.ca

https://www.international.gc.ca/country-pays/us-eu/washington.aspx?lang=eng" }, "consulate(s) general": { "text": "Atlanta, Boston, Chicago, Dallas, Denver, Detroit, Los Angeles, Miami, Minneapolis, New York, San Francisco/Silicon Valley, Seattle" @@ -584,7 +587,7 @@ "text": "[1] (613) 241-7845" }, "email address and website": { - "text": "OttawaNIV@state.gov" + "text": "
OttawaNIV@state.gov

https://ca.usembassy.gov/" }, "consulate(s) general": { "text": "Calgary, Halifax, Montreal, Quebec City, Toronto, Vancouver" @@ -1117,7 +1120,7 @@ "text": "Lower Lakes terminal" }, "container port(s) (TEUs)": { - "text": "Montreal (1,537,669), Vancouver (3,252,225) (2017)" + "text": "Montreal (1,745,244), Vancouver (3,398,860) (2019)" }, "LNG terminal(s) (import)": { "text": "Saint John" diff --git a/north-america/gl.json b/north-america/gl.json index cc0ac93a..a8377725 100644 --- a/north-america/gl.json +++ b/north-america/gl.json @@ -459,6 +459,9 @@ "Diplomatic representation in the US": { "chief of mission": { "text": "none (self-governing overseas administrative division of Denmark); note - Greenland has an office in the Danish Embassy in the US; it also has offices in the Danish consulates in Chicago and New York" + }, + "email address and website": { + "text": "
washington@nanoq.gl" } }, "Diplomatic representation from the US": { diff --git a/north-america/mx.json b/north-america/mx.json index 6239d81a..fbdce288 100644 --- a/north-america/mx.json +++ b/north-america/mx.json @@ -638,7 +638,7 @@ "text": "(011) 52-55-5080-2005" }, "email address and website": { - "text": "ACSMexicoCity@state.gov" + "text": "
ACSMexicoCity@state.gov

https://mx.usembassy.gov/" }, "consulate(s) general": { "text": "Ciudad Juarez, Guadalajara, Hermosillo, Matamoros, Merida, Monterrey, Nogales, Nuevo Laredo, Tijuana" @@ -1172,7 +1172,7 @@ "text": "Cancun, Cozumel, Ensenada" }, "container port(s) (TEUs)": { - "text": "Manzanillo (2,830,370), Lazaro Cardenas (1,149,079) (2017)" + "text": "Lazaro Cardenas (1,318,732), Manzanillo (3,069,189), Veracruz (1,144,156) (2019)" }, "LNG terminal(s) (import)": { "text": "Altamira, Ensenada" @@ -1220,7 +1220,7 @@ }, "Refugees and internally displaced persons": { "refugees (country of origin)": { - "text": "9,257 (Honduras) (2019); 62,044 (Venezuela) (economic and political crisis; includes Venezuelans who have claimed asylum, are recognized as refugees, or have received alternative legal stay) (2020)" + "text": "9,257 (Honduras) (2019); 102,223 (Venezuela) (economic and political crisis; includes Venezuelans who have claimed asylum, are recognized as refugees, or have received alternative legal stay) (2020)" }, "IDPs": { "text": "357,000 (government's quashing of Zapatista uprising in 1994 in eastern Chiapas Region; drug cartel violence and government's military response since 2007; violence between and within indigenous groups) (2020)" diff --git a/north-america/us.json b/north-america/us.json index b5233fc4..8f742dd7 100644 --- a/north-america/us.json +++ b/north-america/us.json @@ -1095,7 +1095,7 @@ "text": "LOOP terminal, Haymark terminal" }, "container port(s) (TEUs)": { - "text": "Charleston (2,177,000), Hampton Roads (2,841,000), Houston (2,459,000), Long Beach (7,544,000), Los Angeles (9,343,000), New York/New Jersey (6,710,000), Oakland (2,420,000), Savannah (4,046,000), Seattle/Tacoma (3,665,000) (2017)" + "text": "Charleston (2,436,185), Hampton Roads (2,937,962), Houston (2,987,291), Long Beach (7,632,032), Los Angeles (9,337,632), New York/New Jersey (7,471,131), Oakland (2,500,431), Savannah (4,599,177), Seattle/Tacoma (3,775,303) (2019)" }, "LNG terminal(s) (export)": { "text": "Cameron (LA), Corpus Christi (TX), Cove Point (MD), Elba Island (GA), Freeport (TX), Sabine Pass (LA)
note - two additional export facilities are under construction and expected to begin commercial operations in 2023-2024" diff --git a/south-america/ar.json b/south-america/ar.json index 2b48c2b2..ef93790e 100644 --- a/south-america/ar.json +++ b/south-america/ar.json @@ -578,6 +578,9 @@ "FAX": { "text": "[1] (202) 332-3171" }, + "email address and website": { + "text": "
eeeuu@mrecic.gov.ar

https://eeeuu.cancilleria.gob.ar/en" + }, "consulate(s) general": { "text": "Atlanta, Chicago, Houston, Los Angeles, Miami, New York, Washington, DC" } @@ -599,7 +602,7 @@ "text": "[54] (11) 5777-4240" }, "email address and website": { - "text": "buenosaires-acs@state.gov

https://ar.usembassy.gov/" + "text": "
buenosaires-acs@state.gov

https://ar.usembassy.gov/" } }, "Flag description": { @@ -1134,7 +1137,7 @@ "text": "Bahia Blanca, Buenos Aires, La Plata, Punta Colorada, Ushuaia" }, "container port(s) (TEUs)": { - "text": "Buenos Aires (1,851,701)" + "text": "Buenos Aires (1,485,328) (2019)" }, "LNG terminal(s) (import)": { "text": "Bahia Blanca" @@ -1189,7 +1192,7 @@ }, "Refugees and internally displaced persons": { "refugees (country of origin)": { - "text": "226,484 (Venezuela) (economic and political crisis; includes Venezuelans who have claimed asylum, are recognized as refugees, or have received alternative legal stay) (2021)" + "text": "174,333 (Venezuela) (economic and political crisis; includes Venezuelans who have claimed asylum, are recognized as refugees, or have received alternative legal stay) (2021)" } }, "Illicit drugs": { diff --git a/south-america/bl.json b/south-america/bl.json index 691c3e23..60fdbccd 100644 --- a/south-america/bl.json +++ b/south-america/bl.json @@ -588,8 +588,11 @@ "FAX": { "text": "[1] (202) 328-3712" }, + "email address and website": { + "text": "
embolivia.wdc@gmail.com" + }, "consulate(s) general": { - "text": "Houston, Los Angeles, Miami, New York, Washington, DC" + "text": "Houston, Los Angeles, Maple Grove (MN), Miami, New York, Washington, DC" }, "note": "note: in September 2008, the US expelled the Bolivian ambassador to the US in reciprocity for Bolivia expelling the US ambassador to Bolivia; in November 2019, the interim Bolivian Government names Oscar SERRATE Cuellar as its temporary special representative to the US" }, @@ -610,7 +613,7 @@ "text": "[591] (2) 216-8111" }, "email address and website": { - "text": "ConsularLaPazACS@state.gov

https://bo.usembassy.gov/" + "text": "
ConsularLaPazACS@state.gov

https://bo.usembassy.gov/" }, "note": "note: in September 2008, the Bolivian Government expelled the US Ambassador to Bolivia, Philip GOLDBERG, and both countries have yet to reinstate their ambassadors" }, diff --git a/south-america/br.json b/south-america/br.json index 61f5d200..537b3021 100644 --- a/south-america/br.json +++ b/south-america/br.json @@ -600,7 +600,7 @@ }, "Diplomatic representation in the US": { "chief of mission": { - "text": "Ambassador Nestor Jose FORSTER (since 23 December 2020)" + "text": "Ambassador Nestor Jose FORSTER, Jr. (since 23 December 2020)" }, "chancery": { "text": "3006 Massachusetts Avenue NW, Washington, DC 20008" @@ -611,6 +611,9 @@ "FAX": { "text": "[1] (202) 238-2827" }, + "email address and website": { + "text": "
http://washington.itamaraty.gov.br/en-us/Main.xml" + }, "consulate(s) general": { "text": "Atlanta, Boston, Chicago, Hartford (CT), Houston, Los Angeles, Miami, New York, San Francisco, Washington, DC" } @@ -632,7 +635,7 @@ "text": "[55] (61) 3225-9136" }, "email address and website": { - "text": "BrasilliaACS@state.gov

https://br.usembassy.gov/" + "text": "
BrasilliaACS@state.gov

https://br.usembassy.gov/" }, "consulate(s) general": { "text": "Recife, Porto Alegre, Rio de Janeiro, Sao Paulo" @@ -1162,13 +1165,13 @@ }, "Ports and terminals": { "major seaport(s)": { - "text": "Belem, Paranagua, Rio Grande, Rio de Janeiro, Santos, Sao Sebastiao, Tubarao" + "text": "Belem, Itajai, Paranagua, Rio Grande, Rio de Janeiro, Santos, Sao Sebastiao, Tubarao" }, "oil terminal(s)": { "text": "DTSE/Gegua oil terminal, Ilha Grande (Gebig), Guaiba Island terminal, Guamare oil terminal" }, "container port(s) (TEUs)": { - "text": "Santos (3,853,719) (2017)" + "text": "Itajai (1,223,262), Paranagua (865,110), Santos (4,165,248) (2019)" }, "LNG terminal(s) (import)": { "text": "Pecem, Rio de Janiero" @@ -1221,7 +1224,7 @@ }, "Refugees and internally displaced persons": { "refugees (country of origin)": { - "text": "288,361 (Venezuela) (economic and political crisis; includes Venezuelans who have claimed asylum, are recognized as refugees, or received alternative legal stay) (2020)" + "text": "261,441 (Venezuela) (economic and political crisis; includes Venezuelans who have claimed asylum, are recognized as refugees, or received alternative legal stay) (2020)" }, "stateless persons": { "text": "14 (2020)" diff --git a/south-america/ci.json b/south-america/ci.json index 616fd387..aa13039e 100644 --- a/south-america/ci.json +++ b/south-america/ci.json @@ -587,6 +587,9 @@ "FAX": { "text": "[1] (202) 887-5579" }, + "email address and website": { + "text": "
echile.eeuu@minrel.gob.cl

https://chile.gob.cl/estados-unidos/en/" + }, "consulate(s) general": { "text": "Chicago, Houston, Los Angeles, Miami, New York, San Francisco" } @@ -608,7 +611,7 @@ "text": "[56] (2) 2330-3710" }, "email address and website": { - "text": "SantiagoUSA@state.gov" + "text": "
SantiagoUSA@state.gov

https://cl.usembassy.gov/" } }, "Flag description": { @@ -1122,7 +1125,7 @@ "text": "Coronel, Huasco, Lirquen, Puerto Ventanas, San Antonio, San Vicente, Valparaiso" }, "container port(s) (TEUs)": { - "text": "San Antonio (1,296,890), Valparaiso (1,073,734) (2017)" + "text": "San Antonio (1,709,635), Valparaiso (898,715) (2019)" }, "LNG terminal(s) (import)": { "text": "Mejillones, Quintero" @@ -1167,7 +1170,7 @@ }, "Refugees and internally displaced persons": { "refugees (country of origin)": { - "text": "612,009 (Venezuela) (economic and political crisis; includes Venezuelans who have claimed asylum or have received alternative legal stay) (2021)" + "text": "457,324 (Venezuela) (economic and political crisis; includes Venezuelans who have claimed asylum or have received alternative legal stay) (2021)" } }, "Illicit drugs": { diff --git a/south-america/co.json b/south-america/co.json index 0c4faa49..72407bfa 100644 --- a/south-america/co.json +++ b/south-america/co.json @@ -609,8 +609,11 @@ "FAX": { "text": "[1] (202) 232-8643" }, + "email address and website": { + "text": "
eestadosunidos@cancilleria.gov.co

https://www.colombiaemb.org/" + }, "consulate(s) general": { - "text": "Atlanta, Houston, Los Angeles, Miami, New York, Newark (NJ), Orlando, San Juan (Puerto Rico)" + "text": "Atlanta, Houston, Los Angeles, Miami, New York, Newark (NJ), Orlando, San Juan (Puerto Rico), Washington, DC" }, "consulate(s)": { "text": "Boston, Chicago, San Francisco" @@ -633,7 +636,7 @@ "text": "[57] (1) 275-4600" }, "email address and website": { - "text": "ACSBogota@state.gov" + "text": "
ACSBogota@state.gov

https://co.usembassy.gov/" } }, "Flag description": { @@ -1154,13 +1157,13 @@ }, "Ports and terminals": { "major seaport(s)": { - "text": "Atlantic Ocean (Caribbean) - Cartagena, Santa Marta, Turbo" + "text": "Atlantic Ocean (Caribbean) - Cartagena, Santa Marta, Turbo
Pacific Ocean - Buenaventura" }, "oil terminal(s)": { "text": "Covenas offshore terminal" }, "container port(s) (TEUs)": { - "text": "Cartagena (2,663,415) (2017)" + "text": "Buenaventura (1,121,267), Cartagena (2,995,031) (2019)" }, "river port(s)": { "text": "Barranquilla (Rio Magdalena)" diff --git a/south-america/ec.json b/south-america/ec.json index 1e8a9bff..ae51a293 100644 --- a/south-america/ec.json +++ b/south-america/ec.json @@ -623,7 +623,7 @@ "text": "[593] (2) 398-5000" }, "email address and website": { - "text": "ACSQuito@state.gov" + "text": "
ACSQuito@state.gov

https://ec.usembassy.gov/" }, "consulate(s) general": { "text": "Guayaquil" @@ -1142,7 +1142,7 @@ "text": "Esmeraldas, Manta, Puerto Bolivar" }, "container port(s) (TEUs)": { - "text": "Guayaquil (1,871,591) (2017)" + "text": "Guayaquil (1,680,751) (2019)" }, "river port(s)": { "text": "Guayaquil (Guayas)" @@ -1189,7 +1189,7 @@ }, "Refugees and internally displaced persons": { "refugees (country of origin)": { - "text": "429,685 (Venezuela) (economic and political crisis; includes Venezuelans who have claimed asylum, are recognized as refugees, or have received alternative legal stay), 65,854 (Colombia) (refugees and asylum seekers) (2021)" + "text": "451,093 (Venezuela) (economic and political crisis; includes Venezuelans who have claimed asylum, are recognized as refugees, or have received alternative legal stay), 65,854 (Colombia) (refugees and asylum seekers) (2021)" } }, "Illicit drugs": { diff --git a/south-america/fk.json b/south-america/fk.json index 22d1bf2c..3abbfbbd 100644 --- a/south-america/fk.json +++ b/south-america/fk.json @@ -319,13 +319,13 @@ }, "Legislative branch": { "description": { - "text": "unicameral Legislative Assembly, formerly the Legislative Council (10 seats; 8 members directly elected by majority vote and 2 appointed ex-officio members - the chief executive, appointed by the governor, and the financial secretary; members serve 4-year terms)" + "text": "unicameral Legislative Assembly, formerly the Legislative Council (10 seats; 5 members directly elected in the Stanley constituency and 3 members in the Camp constituency by simple majority vote, 2 appointed non-voting ex-officio members - the chief executive, appointed by the governor, and the financial secretary; members serve 4-year terms); note - several previous referendums -  the latest in September 2020 - on whether to merge the Stanley and Camp constituencies into a single islands wide constituency, failed
" }, "elections": { "text": "last held on 9 November 2017 (next to be held in November 2021)" }, "election results": { - "text": "percent of vote - NA; seats - independent 8; composition -men 8, women 2, percent of women 20%" + "text": "percent of vote - NA; seats - independent 8; composition (elected members) -men 8, women 2, percent of women 20%" } }, "Executive branch": { diff --git a/south-america/gy.json b/south-america/gy.json index 7480942c..d99ecc29 100644 --- a/south-america/gy.json +++ b/south-america/gy.json @@ -598,6 +598,9 @@ "FAX": { "text": "[1] (202) 232-1297" }, + "email address and website": { + "text": "
guyanaembassydc@verizon.net

http://www.guyanaembassyusa.org/" + }, "consulate(s) general": { "text": "New York" } @@ -619,7 +622,7 @@ "text": "[592] 225-8497" }, "email address and website": { - "text": "acsgeorge@state.gov" + "text": "
acsgeorge@state.gov

https://gy.usembassy.gov/" } }, "Flag description": { @@ -1125,7 +1128,7 @@ }, "Refugees and internally displaced persons": { "refugees (country of origin)": { - "text": "11,881 (Venezuela) (economic and political crisis; includes Venezuelans who have claimed asylum, are recognized as refugees, or received alternative legal stay) (2019)" + "text": "23,300 (Venezuela) (economic and political crisis; includes Venezuelans who have claimed asylum, are recognized as refugees, or received alternative legal stay) (2020)" } }, "Illicit drugs": { diff --git a/south-america/ns.json b/south-america/ns.json index 14d11378..7ca8552b 100644 --- a/south-america/ns.json +++ b/south-america/ns.json @@ -605,7 +605,7 @@ "text": "[597] 551-524" }, "email address and website": { - "text": "caparamar@state.gov" + "text": "
caparamar@state.gov

https://sr.usembassy.gov/" } }, "Flag description": { diff --git a/south-america/pa.json b/south-america/pa.json index a3f50243..1e0422ab 100644 --- a/south-america/pa.json +++ b/south-america/pa.json @@ -615,7 +615,7 @@ "text": "[595] (21) 213-728" }, "email address and website": { - "text": "ParaguayACS@state.gov" + "text": "
ParaguayACS@state.gov

https://py.usembassy.gov/" } }, "Flag description": { diff --git a/south-america/pe.json b/south-america/pe.json index 9da2bda3..12f30657 100644 --- a/south-america/pe.json +++ b/south-america/pe.json @@ -630,7 +630,7 @@ "text": "[51] (1) 618-2724" }, "email address and website": { - "text": "LimaACS@state.gov" + "text": "
LimaACS@state.gov

https://pe.usembassy.gov/" } }, "Flag description": { @@ -1160,7 +1160,7 @@ "text": "Conchan oil terminal, La Pampilla oil terminal" }, "container port(s) (TEUs)": { - "text": "Callao (2,250,200) (2017)" + "text": "Callao (2,313,907) (2019)" }, "river port(s)": { "text": "Iquitos, Pucallpa, Yurimaguas (Amazon)" @@ -1216,7 +1216,7 @@ }, "Refugees and internally displaced persons": { "refugees (country of origin)": { - "text": "961,953 (Venezuela) (economic and political crisis; includes Venezuelans who have claimed asylum, are recognized as refugees, or have received alternative legal stay) (2021)" + "text": "1,049,970 (Venezuela) (economic and political crisis; includes Venezuelans who have claimed asylum, are recognized as refugees, or have received alternative legal stay) (2021)" }, "IDPs": { "text": "60,000 (civil war from 1980-2000; most IDPs are indigenous peasants in Andean and Amazonian regions; as of 2011, no new information on the situation of these IDPs) (2020)" diff --git a/south-america/uy.json b/south-america/uy.json index 35aa579f..ba3a18e1 100644 --- a/south-america/uy.json +++ b/south-america/uy.json @@ -608,7 +608,7 @@ "text": "[+598] 1770-2128" }, "email address and website": { - "text": "MontevideoACS@state.gov" + "text": "
MontevideoACS@state.gov

https://uy.usembassy.gov/" } }, "Flag description": { @@ -1149,7 +1149,7 @@ }, "Refugees and internally displaced persons": { "refugees (country of origin)": { - "text": "20,016 (Venezuela) (economic and political crisis; includes Venezuelans who have claimed asylum or have received alternative legal stay) (2021)" + "text": "15,200 (Venezuela) (economic and political crisis; includes Venezuelans who have claimed asylum or have received alternative legal stay) (2021)" } }, "Illicit drugs": { diff --git a/south-america/ve.json b/south-america/ve.json index 80201866..f839db70 100644 --- a/south-america/ve.json +++ b/south-america/ve.json @@ -573,7 +573,7 @@ "text": "1-888-407-4747
 " }, "email address and website": { - "text": "ACSBogota@state.gov" + "text": "
ACSBogota@state.gov

https://ve.usembassy.gov/" } }, "Flag description": { diff --git a/south-asia/af.json b/south-asia/af.json index 06a4e148..1c9ae1ec 100644 --- a/south-asia/af.json +++ b/south-asia/af.json @@ -116,7 +116,7 @@ "text": "Afghan Persian or Dari (official) 78% (Dari functions as the lingua franca), Pashto (official) 50%, Uzbek 10%, English 5%, Turkmen 2%, Urdu 2%, Pashayi 1%, Nuristani 1%, Arabic 1%, Balochi 1%, other <1% (2017 est.)" }, "major-language sample(s)": { - "text": "

کتاب حقایق جهان، مرجعی ضروری برای اطلاعات اولیە (Dari)

د دنیا د حقائېقو کتاب، بنیادی معلوماتو لپاره ضروری سرچینه- (Pashto)" + "text": "

کتاب حقایق جهان، مرجعی ضروری برای اطلاعات اولیە (Dari)

د دنیا د حقائېقو کتاب، بنیادی معلوماتو لپاره ضروری سرچینه- (Pashto)

The World Factbook, the indispensable source for basic information." }, "note": "note 1: data represent most widely spoken languages; shares sum to more than 100% because there is much bilingualism in the country and because respondents were allowed to select more than one language\r\n

note 2: the Turkic languages Uzbek and Turkmen, as well as Balochi, Pashayi, Nuristani, and Pamiri are the third official languages in areas where the majority speaks them" }, @@ -558,10 +558,10 @@ }, "Executive branch": { "chief of state": { - "text": "President of the Islamic Republic of Afghanistan Ashraf GHANI (since 29 September 2014); CEO Abdullah ABDULLAH, Dr. (since 29 September 2014); First Vice President Abdul Rashid DOSTAM (since 29 September 2014); Second Vice President Sarwar DANESH (since 29 September 2014); First Deputy CEO Khyal Mohammad KHAN; Second Deputy CEO Mohammad MOHAQQEQ; note - the president is both chief of state and head of government" + "text": "president (vacant); President Ashraf GHANI departed the country on 15 August 2021; CEO Abdullah ABDULLAH, Dr. (since 29 September 2014); First Vice President Abdul Rashid DOSTAM (since 29 September 2014); Second Vice President Sarwar DANESH (since 29 September 2014); First Deputy CEO Khyal Mohammad KHAN; Second Deputy CEO Mohammad MOHAQQEQ; note - the president is both chief of state and head of government" }, "head of government": { - "text": "President of the Islamic Republic of Afghanistan Ashraf GHANI (since 29 September 2014); CEO Abdullah ABDULLAH, Dr. (since 29 September 2014); First Vice President Abdul Rashid DOSTAM (since 29 September 2014); Second Vice President Sarwar DANESH (since 29 September 2014); First Deputy CEO Khyal Mohammad KHAN; Second Deputy CEO Mohammad MOHAQQEQ" + "text": "president (vacant); President Ashraf GHANI departed the country on 15 August 2021; CEO Abdullah ABDULLAH, Dr. (since 29 September 2014); First Vice President Abdul Rashid DOSTAM (since 29 September 2014); Second Vice President Sarwar DANESH (since 29 September 2014); First Deputy CEO Khyal Mohammad KHAN; Second Deputy CEO Mohammad MOHAQQEQ" }, "cabinet": { "text": "Cabinet consists of 25 ministers appointed by the president, approved by the National Assembly" @@ -593,7 +593,7 @@ }, "Diplomatic representation in the US": { "chief of mission": { - "text": "Ambassador Roya RAHMANI (since 24 November 2018)" + "text": "Ambassador Adela RAZ (since July 2021)" }, "chancery": { "text": "2341 Wyoming Avenue NW, Washington, DC 20008" @@ -604,6 +604,9 @@ "FAX": { "text": "[1] (202) 483-6488" }, + "email address and website": { + "text": "
info@afghanembassy.us

https://www.afghanembassy.us/" + }, "consulate(s) general": { "text": "Los Angeles, New York, Washington, DC" } @@ -625,7 +628,7 @@ "text": "[00 93] (0) 700-108-564" }, "email address and website": { - "text": "KabulACS@state.gov

https://af.usembassy.gov/" + "text": "
KabulACS@state.gov

https://af.usembassy.gov/" } }, "Flag description": { diff --git a/south-asia/bg.json b/south-asia/bg.json index 47f00078..e2bd6ac1 100644 --- a/south-asia/bg.json +++ b/south-asia/bg.json @@ -614,7 +614,10 @@ "text": "[1] (202) 244-0183" }, "FAX": { - "text": "[1] (202) 244-2771" + "text": "[1] (202) 244-2771/(202) 244 7830" + }, + "email address and website": { + "text": "
mission.washington@mofa.gov.bd

http://www.bdembassyusa.org/" }, "consulate(s) general": { "text": "Los Angeles, New York" @@ -637,7 +640,7 @@ "text": "[880] (2) 5566-2907" }, "email address and website": { - "text": "DhakaACS@state.gov

https://bd.usembassy.gov/" + "text": "
DhakaACS@state.gov

https://bd.usembassy.gov/" } }, "Flag description": { @@ -1158,10 +1161,10 @@ }, "Ports and terminals": { "major seaport(s)": { - "text": "Chattogram" + "text": "Chattogram (Chittagong)" }, "container port(s) (TEUs)": { - "text": "Chattogram (2,566,597) (2017)" + "text": "Chattogram (Chittagong) (3,088,187) (2019)" }, "river port(s)": { "text": "Mongla Port (Sela River)" diff --git a/south-asia/bt.json b/south-asia/bt.json index 4edef71b..f8bb268a 100644 --- a/south-asia/bt.json +++ b/south-asia/bt.json @@ -537,7 +537,7 @@ }, "Diplomatic representation in the US": { "chief of mission": { - "text": "none; the Permanent Mission to the UN for Bhutan has consular jurisdiction in the US; the permanent representative to the UN is Doma TSHERING (since 13 September 2017); address: 343 East 43rd Street, New York, NY 10017; telephone [1] (212) 682-2268; FAX [1] (212) 661-0551" + "text": "none; the Permanent Mission to the UN for Bhutan has consular jurisdiction in the US; the permanent representative to the UN is Doma TSHERING (since 13 September 2017); address: 343 East 43rd Street, New York, NY 10017; telephone [1] (212) 682-2268; FAX [1] (212) 661-0551; email consulate.pmbny@mfa.gov.bt" }, "consulate(s) general": { "text": "New York" diff --git a/south-asia/ce.json b/south-asia/ce.json index ebe2d5b7..e07a295a 100644 --- a/south-asia/ce.json +++ b/south-asia/ce.json @@ -628,7 +628,7 @@ "text": "[94] (11) 243-7345" }, "email address and website": { - "text": "colomboacs@state.gov" + "text": "
colomboacs@state.gov

https://lk.usembassy.gov/" } }, "Flag description": { @@ -1139,7 +1139,7 @@ "text": "Colombo" }, "container port(s) (TEUs)": { - "text": "Colombo (6,209,000) (2017)" + "text": "Colombo (7,228,337) (2019)" } } }, diff --git a/south-asia/in.json b/south-asia/in.json index 479fb327..ebb1c41f 100644 --- a/south-asia/in.json +++ b/south-asia/in.json @@ -622,6 +622,9 @@ "FAX": { "text": "[1] (202) 265-4351" }, + "email address and website": { + "text": "
minca@washington@mea.gov.in (community affairs)

https://www.indianembassyusa.gov.in/" + }, "consulate(s) general": { "text": "Atlanta, Chicago, Houston, New York, San Francisco" } @@ -643,7 +646,7 @@ "text": "[91] (11) 2419-0017" }, "email address and website": { - "text": "acsnd@state.gov" + "text": "
acsnd@state.gov

https://in.usembassy.gov/" }, "consulate(s) general": { "text": "Chennai (Madras), Hyderabad, Kolkata (Calcutta), Mumbai (Bombay)" @@ -1175,7 +1178,7 @@ "text": "Chennai, Jawaharal Nehru Port, Kandla, Kolkata (Calcutta), Mumbai (Bombay), Sikka, Vishakhapatnam" }, "container port(s) (TEUs)": { - "text": "Chennai (1,549,457), Jawaharal Nehru Port (4,833,397), Mundra (4,240,260) (2017)" + "text": "Jawaharal Nehru Port (5,100,891), Mundra (4,732,699) (2019)" }, "LNG terminal(s) (import)": { "text": "Dabhol, Dahej, Hazira" diff --git a/south-asia/np.json b/south-asia/np.json index 9de276f2..de052fac 100644 --- a/south-asia/np.json +++ b/south-asia/np.json @@ -613,7 +613,7 @@ "text": "[977] (1) 400-7272" }, "email address and website": { - "text": "usembktm@state.gov" + "text": "
usembktm@state.gov

https://np.usembassy.gov/" } }, "Flag description": { diff --git a/south-asia/pk.json b/south-asia/pk.json index 46e03a2a..42195b04 100644 --- a/south-asia/pk.json +++ b/south-asia/pk.json @@ -642,7 +642,7 @@ "text": "[92] 51-2338071" }, "email address and website": { - "text": "ACSIslamabad@state.gov" + "text": "
ACSIslamabad@state.gov

https://pk.usembassy.gov/" }, "consulate(s) general": { "text": "Karachi, Lahore, Peshawar" @@ -1175,7 +1175,7 @@ "text": "Karachi, Port Muhammad Bin Qasim" }, "container port(s) (TEUs)": { - "text": "Karachi (2,224,000) (2017)" + "text": "Karachi (2,097,855) (2019)" }, "LNG terminal(s) (import)": { "text": "Port Qasim" diff --git a/world/xx.json b/world/xx.json index 0daad480..ae66c22b 100644 --- a/world/xx.json +++ b/world/xx.json @@ -734,7 +734,7 @@ } }, "Ports and terminals": { - "text": "top twenty container ports as measured by Twenty-Foot Equivalent Units (TEUs) throughput: Shanghai (China) - 40,233,000; Singapore (Singapore) - 33,666,000; Shenzhen (China) - 25,208,000; Ningbo (China) - 24,607,000; Hong Kong (China) - 20,770,000; Busan (South Korea) - 20,493,000; Guangzhou (China) - 18,858,000; Qingdao (China) - 18,262,000; Dubai (UAE) - 15,368,000; - Tianjin (China) - 15,040,000; Rotterdam (Netherlands) - 13,734,000; Port Kelang (Malaysia) - 11,978,000; Antwerp (Belgium) - 10,450,000; Xiamen (China) - 10,380,000; Kaohsiung (Taiwan) - 10,271,000; Dalian (China) - 9,707,000; Los Angeles (US) - 9,343,000; Hamburg (Germany) - 8,860,000; Tanjung Pelepas (Malaysia) - 8,260,000; Laem Chabang (Thailand) - 7,227,000 (2017)

note - it was estimated that in 2017 60% of global sea-borne trade by value moved by container" + "text": "top twenty container ports as measured by Twenty-Foot Equivalent Units (TEUs) throughput: Shanghai (China) - 43,303,000; Singapore (Singapore) - 37,195,636; Ningbo (China) - 27,530,000; Shenzhen (China) - 25,770,000; Guangzhou (China) - 23,236,200; Busan (South Korea) - 21,992,001; Qingdao (China) - 21,010,000; Hong Kong (China) - 18,361,000; Tianjin (China) - 17,264,000; Rotterdam (Netherlands) - 14,810,804; Dubai (UAE) - 14,111,000; Port Kelang (Malaysia) - 13,580,717; Antwerp (Belgium) - 11,860,204; Xiamen (China) - 11,122,200; Kaohsiung (Taiwan) - 10,428,634; Los Angeles (US) - 9,337,632; Hamburg (Germany) - 9,274,215; Tanjung Pelepas (Malaysia) - 9,100,000; Dalian (China) - 8,760,000; Laem Chabang (Thailand) - 8,106,928 (2019)" } }, "Military and Security": {