The United States established diplomatic relations with Latvia on July 28, 1922. The U.S. Legation in Riga was officially established on November 13, 1922, and served as the headquarters for U.S. representation in the Baltics during the interwar era. The Soviet invasion forced the closure of the legation on September 5, 1940, but Latvian representation in the United States has continued uninterrupted for 85 years. The United States never recognized the forcible incorporation of Latvia into the U.S.S.R. and views the present government of Latvia as a legal continuation of the interwar republic.
Latvia and the United States have signed treaties on investment, trade, intellectual property protection, extradition, mutual legal assistance, and avoidance of double taxation. Latvia has enjoyed most-favored-nation treatment with the United States since December 1991.
According to the 2012 U.S. Global Leadership Report, 30% of Latvians approve of U.S. leadership, with 30% disapproving and 39% uncertain.[1]
Andersons, Edgars, and M. G. Slavenas. "The Latvian and Lithuanian Press." in The Ethnic Press in the United States: A Historical Analysis and Handbook, edited by Sally M. Miller. (Greenwood Press, 1987).
Kārklis, Maruta, Līga Streips, and Laimonis Streips. The Latvians in America, 1640–1973: A Chronology and Fact Book (Oceana Publications, 1974).
Straumanis, Andris. "Latvian Americans." in Gale Encyclopedia of Multicultural America, edited by Thomas Riggs, (3rd ed., vol. 3, Gale, 2014), pp. 65–78. Online
"Latvians" in Stephan Thernstrom, Ann Orlov and Oscar Handlin, eds. Harvard Encyclopedia of American Ethnic Groups (1980) Online
Zake, Ieva (2017). American Latvians : Politics of a Refugee Community. Routledge. ISBN9781351532563.
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latvia, united, states, relations, united, states, established, diplomatic, relations, with, latvia, july, 1922, legation, riga, officially, established, november, 1922, served, headquarters, representation, baltics, during, interwar, soviet, invasion, forced,. The United States established diplomatic relations with Latvia on July 28 1922 The U S Legation in Riga was officially established on November 13 1922 and served as the headquarters for U S representation in the Baltics during the interwar era The Soviet invasion forced the closure of the legation on September 5 1940 but Latvian representation in the United States has continued uninterrupted for 85 years The United States never recognized the forcible incorporation of Latvia into the U S S R and views the present government of Latvia as a legal continuation of the interwar republic Latvia United States relationsLatvia United StatesEmbassy of Latvia in Washington D C Latvia and the United States have signed treaties on investment trade intellectual property protection extradition mutual legal assistance and avoidance of double taxation Latvia has enjoyed most favored nation treatment with the United States since December 1991 According to the 2012 U S Global Leadership Report 30 of Latvians approve of U S leadership with 30 disapproving and 39 uncertain 1 Principal U S Embassy Officials include Ambassador Nancy Bikoff Pettit Deputy Chief of Mission Sharon Hudson DeanThe U S Embassy in Latvia is located in Riga Contents 1 Country comparison 2 See also 3 References 4 Further reading 5 External linksCountry comparison edit nbsp Latvia nbsp United StatesFlag nbsp nbsp Coat of Arms nbsp nbsp Population 1 953 200 2 335 827 000Area 64 589 km2 24 938 sq mi 9 526 468 km2 3 678 190 sq mi 3 Population density 34 3 km2 88 9 sq mi 31 km2 80 sq mi Capital Riga Washington D C Largest city Riga 641 423 1 018 295 Metro New York City 8 175 133 19 006 798 Metro Government Unitary parliamentary constitutional republic Federal presidential constitutional republicFirst Leader Janis Cakste George WashingtonCurrent Leader Edgars Rinkevics Joe BidenOfficial languages Latvian English de facto Main religions 80 Christianity 34 3 Lutheranism 25 1 Catholicism 19 4 Eastern Orthodoxy Old Believers 1 2 other Christian 20 non Religious 70 6 Christianity 46 5 Protestantism 20 8 Catholicism 1 6 Mormonism 1 7 Other Christianity 22 8 non Religious 1 9 Judaism 0 9 Islam 0 7 Buddhism 0 7 Hinduism 4 Ethnic groups 62 Latvian 25 4 Russian 3 3 Belarusian 2 2 Ukrainian 2 1 Polish 1 2 Lithuanian 3 8 other 5 74 White American 13 4 African American 6 5 Some other race 4 4 Asian American 2 Two or more races 0 7 Native American or Native Alaskan 0 14 Native Hawaiian or Pacific IslanderGDP nominal 30 176 billion 15 403 per capita 14 4 trillion 47 440 per capita GDP PPP 53 467 billion 27 291 per capita 18 558 trillion 57 220 per capita Real GDP growth rate 2 00 1 60 See also editLatvian Americans Foreign relations of the United States Foreign relations of Latvia United States Ambassador to LatviaReferences edit U S Global Leadership Project Report 2012 Gallup The number of population is decreasing the mark has dropped below 2 million Central Statistical Bureau of Latvia Nov 2015 Archived from the original on 2017 10 14 Retrieved 6 May 2014 United States Encyclopaedia Britannica Retrieved 31 January 2010 America s Changing Religious Landscape Pew Research Center Pew Research Center 2015 05 12 Retrieved September 4 2016 1 dead link nbsp This article incorporates public domain material from U S Bilateral Relations Fact Sheets United States Department of State Further reading editAndersons Edgars and M G Slavenas The Latvian and Lithuanian Press in The Ethnic Press in the United States A Historical Analysis and Handbook edited by Sally M Miller Greenwood Press 1987 Karklis Maruta Liga Streips and Laimonis Streips The Latvians in America 1640 1973 A Chronology and Fact Book Oceana Publications 1974 Straumanis Andris Latvian Americans in Gale Encyclopedia of Multicultural America edited by Thomas Riggs 3rd ed vol 3 Gale 2014 pp 65 78 Online Latvians in Stephan Thernstrom Ann Orlov and Oscar Handlin eds Harvard Encyclopedia of American Ethnic Groups 1980 Online Zake Ieva 2017 American Latvians Politics of a Refugee Community Routledge ISBN 9781351532563 External links edit nbsp Media related to Relations of Latvia and the United States at Wikimedia Commons History of Latvia U S relations Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title Latvia United States relations amp oldid 1188714837, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,
