1.   The envoy, Pedro Riera Escalante, former Cuban consul in Mexico City, broke with his government and formally sought political asylum in the fall.

2.   A former Nordic honorary consul in Rangoon, Nichols died in prison in June, reportedly of a stroke.

3.   A former honorary consul for Hungary in Jamaica will appear in court Monday to be arraigned on drug charges.

4.   A former honorary consul in Jamaica for Hungary, Hargitay has a home in St. Mary district near Kingston.

5.   A man identified as a former honorary Indonesian consul and a companion were shot to death while eating in a restaurant in western Mexico.

6.   Amnesty International on Wednesday demanded an investigation into the death of a former Scandinavian consul imprisoned by Burma, saying he had been in ill health and was mistreated.

7.   Denmark on Thursday said it will seek international support for sanctions against Burma following the death of a former Nordic honorary consul.

8.   Hargitay is the former honorary consul for the Hungarian government in Zurich, Switzerland.

9.   His wife, Pamella Picon, the former Belizean consul to Canada, is also thought to have left Canada.

10.   Immigration officials on Wednesday deported a former Cuban consul who had approached Mexican human rights activists about applying for political asylum.