Embassy of Cuba in Washington, D.C.

Cuban Embassy in Washington, D.C.
225px The embassy after its reopening in 2015.

The Cuban Embassy in Washington, DC, is the diplomatic mission of the Republic of Cuba to the United States of America. It is located at 2630 16th Street Northwest, Washington, D.C., in the Adams Morgan neighborhood. The building was originally constructed in 1917 as the Cuban embassy, and served in that capacity until the United States severed relations with Cuba in 1961. On July 1, 2015, US President Barack Obama announced the formal restoration of diplomatic relations between the United States and Cuba. The building resumed its role as the Cuban Embassy in Washington, D.C. on July 20, 2015.

History

From the 1970s until 2015, the former Cuban Embassy housed the Cuban Interests Section in the United States. The Cuban Interests Section and its counterpart, the US Interests Section in Havana, were formally sections of the respective embassies of Switzerland (acting as protecting power), although they operated as embassies independently of the Swiss in virtually all but protocol respects.

On May 19, 1979, Omega 7 detonated a bomb in the building, which did more damage to the Embassy of Lithuania next door.

Chiefs of Cuban Interests Section

• 1977–1989 – Ramon Sanchez-Parodi Montoto
• 1989–1992 – Jose Antonio Arbesu
• 1992–1998 – Alfonso Fraga
• 1998–2001 – Fernando Remìrez de Estenoz-Barciela
• 2001–2007 – Dagoberto Rodriguez Barrera
• 2007–2012 – Jorge Bolaños
• 2012–2015 – José R. Cabañas Rodríguez

See also

• Cuba–United States relations
• Interests Section of the Islamic Republic of Iran in the United States
• Protecting power

External links

• Official website