News & Events | U.S. Embassy & Consulate in Spain and Andorra

President Donald J. Trump and First Lady Melania Trump Announce State Visit with Spain

February 11, 2020 President Donald J. Trump and First Lady Melania Trump will welcome Their Majesties King Felipe VI and Queen Letizia of Spain to the White House on April 21, 2020, for a state visit to the United States. The visit will celebrate our two countries’ close friendship and shared history, and reaffirm our commitments ...

By U.S. Mission Spain | 11 February, 2020 | Topics: Events, President of the United States, Press Releases

The Embassy Demonstrates U.S. Commitment to Confronting Anti-Semitism

The Embassy participated in a series of events in January commemorating Holocaust Remembrance Month. Among them was Embassy’s partnership with Centro Sefarad-Israel on a film series on the Holocaust. Counselor for Public Diplomacy Stewart Tuttle addressed the audience before the screening of “Mr. Klein” at Museo del Prado on January 20 and Deputy Chief of ...

By U.S. Mission Spain | 11 February, 2020 | Topics: Education, Events | Tags: Benjamin Ziff, Holocaust

Embassy Collaborates with the LGBTI LesWorking Organization

On January 23, a new episode of the Secret to Voices podcast (done in collaboration with El País) was recorded at the International Institute of Madrid. Isabel Durán and Marta Fernández Herraiz from the LGBTI LesWorking organization interviewed Eva Pérez, a lawyer and vice president of REDI (Business Network for LGBTI Diversity and Inclusion in ...

By U.S. Mission Spain | 10 February, 2020 | Topics: Education, Events | Tags: LesWorking, LGBTI

US Ambassador to Spain Delivers 2019 ICE Director’s Awards for International Achievement

On February 3, 2020, The US Ambassador to Spain and Andorra, Honorable Duke Buchan III, presented the 2019 ICE Director’s Awards for International Achievement to six Spanish Guardia Civil (SGC) officers, one Spanish Anti-Narcotics Prosecutor and three HSI Madrid employees at the US Embassy in Madrid. On December 5, 2019, two SGC officers along with ...

By U.S. Mission Spain | 6 February, 2020 | Topics: Ambassador, Events, Press Office | Tags: Ambassador Buchan, International Achievement