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US Not
Surprised by
Cuba's
Venezuela
Stand, But
What of 25
Mile Rule?
By
Matthew
Russell Lee
UNITED
NATIONS, March
13 -- When
Cuba came out
in strong
defense of
Venezuela
after US
President
Obama's
executive
order, the US
was
disappointed
but not
surprised, a
senior State
Department
official told
reporters on
March 13.
The official
predicted
neither Cuba's
statement or
the upcoming
UNASUR meeting
to be held
March 14 in
Ecuador would
impact the
process
between the US
and Cuba,
including
talks next
week in
Havana.
But, Inner
City Press
wonders from
the UN, what
of the US'
requirement
that Cuban
diplomats --
and even Cuban
UN
staff members
-- must stay
without 25
miles of
Columbus
Circle in
Manhattan?
Will that
restrictions,
which is
contrary to
the Host
Country
Agreement
between the US
and UN and, it
seems, the
Vienna
Conventions,
be removed? If
so, when in
this process?
Currently in
charge of the
US' “interest
section” is Jeffrey
Delaurentis,
formerly with
the US Mission
to the UN.
What does he
say about the
25 mile
restriction?
And how might
he fare in a
nomination
process in the
US Senate?
Watch this
site.
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