Tag Archives: Wikileaks

August 7, 2011

Wikileaks: Coast Guard officer is key U.S. man in Havana

Juan O. Tamayo, Miami Herald, Miami – The most effective official in the U.S. diplomatic mission in Havana may well be a U.S. Coast Guard officer who’s technically a counter-drug specialist but is sometimes approached by the Cuban government for some back-channel diplomacy. Cuban officials have contacted the Coast Guard… read more »

April 5, 2011

Ecuador Expels U.S. Ambassador Over WikiLeaks Cable

Simon Romero, New York Times, Medellín - Ecuador’s government said Tuesday that it was expelling the United States ambassador, Heather M. Hodges, over comments made public in a diplomatic cable released by WikiLeaks in which Ms. Hodges referred to high-level police corruption in Ecuador and possible knowledge of it by the president…. read more »