Hare in WaPo: The Veil in Cuba
Paul Webster Hare, Lecturer at the Frederick S. Pardee School of Global Studies at Boston University, spoke about his time as a British ambassador to Cuba with the Washington Post.
Hare was quoted in a August 12 article, “U. S. Diplomats in Havana Ponder How To Make The Most of Their New Status.”
From the text of the article:
But breaking through to Cuban officials is even more difficult, especially for countries that Cuba views warily, according to Paul Webster Hare, who was British ambassador in Havana from 2001 to 2004 and now teaches at Boston University’s Frederick S. Pardee School of Global Studies.
“Cuban officials, unlike in most other foreign postings, do not socialize with foreigners outside office time,” Hare said. “They never invite you to their homes and are warned not to befriend diplomats, particularly from Western countries. So they will laugh, dance and joke, but there is always something of a veil.”
You can read the entire article here.
Hare is a Fellow of the Weatherhead Center for International Affairs at Harvard University and a member of the Brookings Institution Core Group on Cuba. You can learn more about him here.