An inconvenient diplomat: Washington’s man in Havana

HAVANA, Cuba (AFP) -- Over the past decade since the United States and Cuba restored ties US diplomats on the Caribbean island have walked a diplomatic tightrope. Their every move is scrutinized by Havana for signs of support for critics of communist rule. Cubans who meet with the representative of the island's arch-foe, which has toughened its six-decade trade blockade since President Donald Trump returned to power, also risk the ire of the authorities. Yet the new US chief of mission in Cuba, Mik...