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U.S. Department of State Facilities and Areas of Jurisdictions. The United States has the second largest number of active diplomatic posts of any country in the world after the People's Republic of China, [1] including 271 bilateral posts (embassies and consulates) in 173 countries, as well as 11 permanent missions to international organizations and seven other posts (as of November 2023 [2]).
On March 11, 2019, the Department of State announced the temporary suspension of operations of the U.S. Embassy in Caracas and the withdrawal of diplomatic personnel. Currently, all consular services are suspended and consular inquiries are to be referred to the Embassy of the United States in Bogota, Colombia.
Host city Sending country Mission Year closed Ref. Bogotá Republic of China (Taiwan) Embassy 1980 [10] Israel Embassy 2024 [11]Barranquilla China Consulate 2017 [12] Republic of China (Taiwan)
Initial diplomatic interactions began when William Wheelwright was confirmed by the U.S. Senate as the first U.S. Consul in Guayaquil in 1825. Diplomatic recognition of Ecuador as a separate state from the Colombian federation by the United States followed in 1832, subsequent to Ecuador's secession from Colombia in 1830. [1]
The Embassy of the United States of America in Havana (Spanish: Embajada de los Estados Unidos de América, La Habana) is the United States of America's diplomatic mission in Cuba. On January 3, 1961, U.S. President Dwight D. Eisenhower severed relations following the Cuban Revolution of the 1950s. [1]
In March 2017, a series of documents, referred to as Vault 7, revealed that the US government uses the consulate as a base for cyber operations.This diplomatic representation was the largest US consulate worldwide regarding personnel and facilities and has played a prominent role in the US government's intelligence architecture for years.
The Embassy of the United States of America in Mexico City (Spanish: Embajada de los Estados Unidos, México D.F.) is the diplomatic mission of United States of America to the United Mexican States. The embassy's chancery is situated on the Paseo de la Reforma, Colonia Cuauhtémoc, Mexico City.
Peru and the United States established relations on May 2, 1826, following Peru's independence from Spain, and relations were elevated to embassy level on 1920. [1] [2] The embassy of the United States was housed in different buildings before the opening of its current location.