jeffery delaurentis

Chief of Mission at the US Interests Section in Havana Jeffrey DeLaurentis (L) shakes hands with Cuba's interim Foreign Minister Marcelino Medina in Havana July 1, 2015.

There’s no Cuban ambassador just yet, but there is ‘our man in Havana’

July 20, 2015Global Politics

Jeffery DeLaurentis is the new “charge d’affaires” in Cuba. Few outside the diplomatic circles have ever heard his name. But in Cuba, he’s well known.

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