United States Interests Section In Havana
The United States Interests Section of the Embassy of Switzerland in Havana, Cuba or USINT Havana (the State Department telegraphic address) represents US interests in Cuba. It is staffed by United States Foreign Service personnel and local staff employed by the US Department of State. USINT Havana and its counterpart, the Interests Section of the Republic of Cuba in Washington, are formally sections of the respective Embassies of Switzerland, although they operate independently of the Swiss in virtually all but protocol respects. The USA and Cuba do not have formal diplomatic relations, but their respective Interests Sections function as de facto embassies. As of 2012 the Chief of USINT Havana was John Caulfield, who replaced Jonathan D. Farrar in 2011.
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