Amb. Jeffrey DeLaurentis Discusses U.S.-Cuba Relations
Amb. Jeffrey DeLaurentis, the Chargé d’affaires ad interim of the Embassy of the United States in Havana from 2015-2017, spoke to students at the Frederick S. Pardee School of Global Studies at Boston University on November 16, 2017 about the ups and downs of relations between the United States and Cuba.
Amb. DeLaurentis was hosted by Amb. Paul Webster Hare, Senior Lecturer at the Frederick S. Pardee School of Global Studies at Boston University, who served as the British ambassador to Cuba from 2001-04.
Amb. DeLaurentis discussed his diplomatic career with students, as well as the current state of relations between the U.S. and Cuba.
Amb. DeLaurentis served as Minister Counselor for Political Affairs and Security Council Coordinator at the U.S. Mission to the United Nations. Since beginning his State Department career in 1991, Ambassador DeLaurentis has served in a number of overseas posts including twice before in Havana, first as consular officer in 1991-93, then as Political-Economic Section Chief from 1999-2002. He also served as Political Counselor at the U.S. Mission to the United Nations in Geneva, and Political Counselor at the U.S. Embassy in Bogota.