Hare in Financial Times on relations with Cuba
Paul Webster Hare, visiting lecturer in International Relations at the Frederick S. Pardee School of Global Studies at Boston University, spoke to the Financial Times on the possibility of a thaw in U. S. – Cuban relations.
The Dec. 1 article is “Signs of political thaw lift hopes for US contractor in Cuba jail.” You can read it here.
In the article, Hare tells journalist Marc Frank:
“On the US side . . . polls show the Cuban issue no longer counts for as much and a majority of Americans favour free travel, the opening of embassies and other measures.”
Removing the US embargo against Cuba requires congressional approval but Mr Obama could use executive powers to improve relations during his last two years in office, he said.
Hare was the British ambassador to Cuba from 2001-04.
Hare graduated with First Class Honors in Politics and Economics from Oxford University in 1972 and from the College of Law in London in 1976. He worked for 5 years in the private sector, in law and investment banking, before serving for 30 years in the British Diplomatic Service. Hare served overseas in Portugal, New York, at the UK Representation at the EU in Brussels, and in Venezuela as Deputy Head of Mission. He was Head of the Foreign Office’s Non-Proliferation Department and the first Project Director for the UK’s presence at the Shanghai World Expo in 2010.
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