Orlando Bosch Ávila was a Cuban exile militant,who headed the Coordination of United Revolutionary Organizations (CORU),described by the United States Federal Bureau of Investigation as a terrorist organization. Born in Cuba,Bosch attended medical school at the University of Havana,where he befriended Fidel Castro. He worked as a doctor in Santa Clara Province in the 1950s,but moved to Miami in 1960 after he stopped supporting the Cuban Revolution.
Otto Juan Reich is an American diplomat and lobbyist who worked in the administrations of Presidents Ronald Reagan,George H. W. Bush,and George W. Bush. Reich was born in Cuba;his family moved to North Carolina when he was fifteen. He graduated from University of North Carolina in 1966,and after a two-year stint in the US Army,received a master's degree from Georgetown University in 1973. After graduating,Reich worked for the state and federal governments in Florida and Washington,D.C.
United States–Venezuela relations have traditionally been characterized by an important trade and investment relationship as well as cooperation in combating the production and transit of illegal drugs.
James Caldwell Cason is a retired United States Foreign Service officer,most recently serving as Ambassador to Paraguay,a post he held from 2006 to 2008. Prior to that post,he was the Principal Officer of the US Interests Section in Havana (2002–2005). On January 20,2011,he became the new mayor of Coral Gables,Florida.
Michael E. Parmly is the former Chief of Mission of the United States Interests Section in Havana,or USINT,a post he held from September 10,2005 to July 2008. He succeeded James Cason at this post and is predecessor to Jonathan D. Farrar.
Larry Leon Palmer was an American former diplomat who served as the United States Ambassador to Barbados and the Eastern Caribbean from 2012 to 2015. He was the United States Ambassador to Honduras from 2002 to 2005. He also served as the President of the Inter-American Foundation from 2005 to June 2010.
Lyle Franklin Lane was a United States diplomat.
Charles Hammerman Rivkin is an American media executive and former United States diplomat who is chairman and chief executive officer (CEO) of the Motion Picture Association (MPA).
Patrick Dennis Duddy is an American diplomat,formerly United States Ambassador to Venezuela.
Peter Michael McKinley is an American diplomat. A career Foreign Service Officer,McKinley served as U.S. Ambassador to Peru (2007–2010),Colombia (2010–2013),Afghanistan (2015–2016),and Brazil (2017–2018),and then as Senior Adviser to the U.S. Secretary of State (2018–2019).
Hugo Llorens is a retired American diplomat. He is a former U.S. Special Chargéd'Affaires of the U.S. Embassy in Kabul,Afghanistan,(2016–17) and United States Ambassador to Honduras (2008–2011). In his 36-year career he was posted to numerous countries spanning 6 continents. In 2002–2003,he joined the White House staff and served as Director of Andean Affairs advising the President and National Security Advisor on issues pertaining to Colombia,Venezuela,Bolivia,Peru,and Ecuador.
Stephen George McFarland is an American career diplomat and former United States Ambassador to Guatemala.
Contents of the United States diplomatic cables leak depict subjects in the Americas extensively. The leaks,which began on 28 November 2010,occurred when the website of WikiLeaks—an international new media non-profit organisation that publishes submissions of otherwise unavailable documents from anonymous news sources and news leaks—started to publish classified documents of detailed correspondence —diplomatic cables —between the United States Department of State and its diplomatic missions around the world. Since the initial release date,WikiLeaks released further documents every day.
This is a summary history of diplomatic relations of the United States listed by country. The history of diplomatic relations of the United States began with the appointment of Benjamin Franklin as U.S. Minister to France in 1778,even before the U.S. had won its independence from Great Britain in 1783.
Harrison Freeman Matthews was an American career diplomat who served as Ambassador to three European countries. He was born on May 26th,1899,and served in the United States Navy during World War I,and became a career employee of the United States Department of State in 1924. He died on October 19,1986,at 87 years old.
Todd D. Robinson is an American diplomat who has served as Assistant Secretary of State for International Narcotics and Law Enforcement Affairs since September 2021. He previously served as the charge d'affaires of the U.S. embassy in Venezuela from December 2017 until being expelled in May 2018,and the U.S. ambassador to Guatemala from 2014 to 2017.
Charles Allan Stewart was an American journalist and diplomat. From 1962 to 1964,Stewart was the US Ambassador to Venezuela.
