Hare on Setbacks in U.S. – Cuban Accords
Amb. Paul Webster Hare, Visiting Lecturer at the Frederick S. Pardee School of Global Studies at Boston University, said that setbacks in relations between the U. S. and Cuba could result from diplomatic pressure on Venezuela.
Hare made the argument in a March 18 article in the Washington Post entitled “Questions Over U.S.-Cuba Talks Amid Venezuela Dispute.”
In the article, Hare said:
If the sides don’t announce some progress ahead of the April 10-11 Summit of the Americas, “then clearly people are going to begin to talk about whether the thing will be stalled for a period of time or might even go backward,” Hare said.
But he said the slow pace and lack of regular updates are probably not indications of any serious problems, and he noted that Cuba has a reputation of taking its time in negotiations.
“Once you go public, and of course these sessions have been very, very public … you get much more media pressure to give a running commentary on what happens,” Hare said.
You can read the entire article here.
Paul Hare is a former British Ambassador to Cuba. You can read more about him here.