World Cup at Brazil
photos: Kate Oczypok
Ambassador of Brazil Mauro Vieira poses with Fuleco the Armadillo, the official mascot of the 2014 FIFA World Cup, at a VIP reception held at his residence to celebrate the World Cup, to be held in Brazil in June.
From left, Jim Travis, Brazilian diplomat João Paulo Ortega Terra and Industry Affairs Manager at Monsanto Brazil Otávio Concado attend a reception at the Brazilian Residence celebrating the upcoming FIFA World Cup in Brazil.
From left, former American soccer player Cobi Jones, Bradley Phillips and former American soccer player Julie Foudy attend a reception to celebrate the upcoming FIFA World Cup in Brazil.
Diane Flamini, social secretary and protocol officer for the Spanish Embassy, left, and Michele Giacalone, public relations officer for the Italian Cultural Institute, attend a reception to celebrate the upcoming FIFA World Cup in Brazil.
From left, Deputy Chief of Mission of the French Embassy Frédéric Doré, Juan Manuel Molina and Deputy Chief of Mission of the Mexican Embassy Mabel Gomez Oliver attend a reception to celebrate the upcoming FIFA World Cup in Brazil.
Ruth Gamarra, left, and Commercial Attaché at the Paraguayan Embassy Jorge Ruiz-Diaz attend a reception to celebrate the upcoming FIFA World Cup in Brazil.
Paolo Rossi, left, and Brazilian Deputy Sports Minister Luis Fernandes attend a reception co-hosted by Coca-Cola at the Brazilian Residence celebrating the upcoming FIFA World Cup in Brazil.
A band plays traditional music at the Brazilian Residence to celebrate the upcoming FIFA World Cup in Brazil.
Francine and Brantley Vitek, an orthopedist, attend a reception at the Brazilian Residence celebrating the upcoming FIFA World Cup in Brazil.
From left, Regina Seixax, Carlos Seixax and Ricardo Magalhaes attend a reception at the Brazilian Residence celebrating the upcoming FIFA World Cup in Brazil.
Canada Israel Hockey School
Colombian Art
photos: gail scott
From left, Ambassador of Colombia Luis Carlos Villegas, Supreme Court Justice Sonia Sotomayor and Colombian artist Alexandra Agudelo attend an exhibit of Agudelo’s silver sculptures at the Colombian Residence.
New York art gallery owner Cristina Grajales will host an exhibit of Alexandra Agudelo’s striking sculptures made from Colombia’s famous silver deposits.
Photo: gail scott
Polish NATO Anniversary From left, Polish Embassy Defense Attaché B.G. Jarosław Stróżyk, Polish Undersecretary of State for Security Policy Bogusław Winid, retired U.S. Lt. Gen. Patrick O’Reilly, and Ambassador of Poland Ryszard Schnepf attend a reception at the Polish Embassy celebrating the 15th anniversary of Poland’s accession to NATO.
Grenadian PM
Ambassador of Canada Gary Doer, third from left, holds the team shirt he was given by the Canada Israel Hockey School (CIHS). He’s joined by members of the Canadian Parliament as well as women’s hockey Olympic Gold medalist Tessa Bonhomme of Canada, fourth from right, and Silver medalist Lisa Chesson of the United States, second from right, at an event to celebrate the D.C. visit of CIHS, which was established in the northern Israeli town of Metula to bring Arab and Jewish youth together through hockey.
Embassy Series
photos: larry luxner
From left, Ambassador of St. Lucia Sonia Johnny; Ambassador of Grenada Angus Friday; Prime Minister of Grenada Keith Mitchell; and Ambassador of Guyana Bayney Karran attend Mitchell’s speech on “Building Sustainable Nations and a Competitive Hemisphere: Harnessing the $6 Trillion Market for Renewable Energy and Sustainable Industries” at the Center for Strategic and International Studies during his April visit to Washington.
photos: misato nakayama
Members of the Canada Israel Hockey School don their new gloves featuring the Canadian maple leaf atop the Canadian Embassy, which overlooks Capitol Hill, during their visit to the United States in March.
From left, Carlos Pascual, special envoy and coordinator for international energy affairs at the State Department; Todd M. Johnson, lead energy specialist for Latin America and the Caribbean at the World Bank; and Albert Ramdin, assistant secretary-general of the Organization of American States, discuss building sustainable nations at the Center for Strategic and International Studies.
photos: morris simon for the embassy series
From left, Russian cellist Adrian Daurov, Chinese pianist Di Wu, Embassy Series Artistic Director Jerome Barry, and Ambassador of Russia Sergey Kislyak attend a concert by Daurov, a St. Petersburg native, and Wu, who is based in New York, hosted by the Embassy Series at the Russian Embassy.
May 2014
From left, pianist Edvinas Minkstimas, Saul Lilienstein, Embassy Series Artistic Director Jerome Barry, violinists Anna Knopp Milan Milojicic and Bozena Angelova, and violoncelloist Leonhard Roczek pose after the Minetti Quartet concert hosted by the Embassy Series at the Embassy of Austria.
From left, violinist Emanuel Salvador, pianist Ronaldo Rolim, Deputy Chief of Mission of the Portuguese Embassy Rosa Batoréu, and Ambassador of Portugal Nuno Brito attend an Embassy Series concert held at Brito’s residence.
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