Vicki Huddleston

former Chief of Mission, US Interests Section in Havana

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Visiting fellow at the Brookings Institute and the former Chief of Mission of the US Interests Section in Havana (1999-2002)

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For the first time since 2006, American officials met yesterday with Fidel Castro in Cuba.  Members of the Congressional Black Caucus visited what they described as Castro’s “modest”…

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For the first time since 2006, American officials met yesterday with Fidel Castro in Cuba. Members of the Congressional Black Caucus reported that he was healthy and talkative as ever.

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