Jean-Guy Allard, “Bon Voyage, Mrs. Huddleston,” Granma, July 2002. [Huddleston papers].
Letter from Colin L. Powell, Secretary of State, to Vicki Huddleston, (not dated but presumably September 2002), [Huddleston papers].
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Fred Bernstein, “Lighting Matches in Cuba on the 4th,” New York Times, July 4, 2002.
Allard, “Bon Voyage, Mrs. Huddleston.”
Roger Noriega, quoted in Saul Landau and Nelson P. Valdes, “The Confessions of Roger Noriega,” Counterpunch, September 17, 2010.
Colin L. Powell, Commission for Assistance to a Free Cuba, May 2004, https://pdf.usaid.gov/pdf_docs/Pcaab192.pdf.
Carlos Gutierrez, interview with the author, May 8, 2017, Skype to Mr. Gutierrez’s office.
Vicki Huddleston and Carlos Pascual, Learning to Salsa: New Steps in U.S.-Cuban Relations (Washington, DC: Brookings Institution Press, 2010).
Barack Obama, “Statement by the President on Cuban Policy Changes,” December 17, 2014, White House, https://obamawhitehouse.archives.gov/the-press-office/2014/12/17/statement-president-cuba-policy-changes.
Barack Obama, quoted in Matt Spetalnick and Jeff Mason, “Obama’s Trip Aims to Make Cuba Opening ‘Irreversible,’” March 16, 2016, Reuters, http://www.reuters.com/article/us-usa-cuba-address-idUSKCN0WI32P.
Ryan Teague Beckwith, “Cuba: Read President Obama’s Speech to the Cuban People,” Time, March 22, 2016, http://time.com/4267933/barack-obama-cuba-speech-transcript-full-text/.
Ben Rhodes, interview with the author, May 16, 2017, by cellphone.
Donald J. Trump, “Remarks by President Trump on the Policy of the United States towards Cuba,” June 16, 2017, The White House, https://www.whitehouse.gov/the-press-office/2017/06/16/remarks-president-trump-policy-united-states-towards-cuba.
White House Office of the Press Secretary, “Presidential Policy Directive—United States–Cuba Normalization,” October 14, 2016, White House, https://obamawhitehouse.archives.gov/the-press-office/2016/10/14/presidential-policy-directive-united-states-cuba-normalization.
Guillermo Grenier and Hugh Gladwin, “The 2016 FIU Cuba Poll: How Cuban Americans in Miami View U.S. Policies toward Cuba,” Steven J. Green School of International and Public Affairs, Florida International University, https://sipa.fiu.edu/academics/video-archive/2016/the-2016-fiu-cuba-poll/.
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… a longer story of family and friendship,” Remarks by President Obama to the People of Cuba, Office of the Press Secretary, March 22, 2016,
Marc Caputo, “Inside Marco Rubio’s Campaign to Shape Trump’s Cuba Crackdown,” Politico, June 16, 2017, https://www.politico.com/story/2017/06/15/marco-rubio-donald-trump-cuba-plan-239597.
Rebecca Nelson, “Ted Cruz: Obama’s New Cuba Policy ‘Will Be Remembered as a Tragic Mistake,’” Atlantic, December 17, 2014, https://www.theatlantic.com/politics/archive/2014/12/ted-cruz-obamas-new-cuba-policy-will-be-remembered-as-a-tragic-mistake/451260/.
Gutierrez interview.
“hostile rhetoric,” Cuban officials quoted in Hatzel Vela, Madeleine Wright, Andrew Perez, and Andrea Torres, “Cuban Diplomats Respond to President Donald Trump’s ‘Hostile Rhetoric,’” June 17, 2017, Local 10 News (Miami-Dade, Florida), https://www.local10.com/news/cuba/cuban-diplomats-respond-to-president-donald-trumps-hostile-rhetoric.
“Cuba and the United States can cooperate …,” Raul Castro quoted by Reuters in Havana, “Raúl Castro: Cuba Won’t Compromise Sovereignty to Normalize US Relations,” Guardian, January 25, 2017.
“But it should not be hoped …,” Associated Press, “Castro: Cuba Can Work with Trump if Sovereignty Respected,” Politico, January 26, 2017, https://www.politico.com/story/2017/01/castro-cuba-trump-if-sovereignty-respected-234210.
Diedrich, Lisa and Tausig, Benjamin, “Mysterious Sounds and Scary Illnesses as Political Tools,” New York Times, October 10, 2017.
“I do believe Cuba’s responsible.” President Trump quoted in “Trump Says Cuba ‘responsible’ for Alleged Sonic Attacks, but Offers No Evidence,” Guardian, October 16, 2017.
“There is no evidence …,” Minister Bruno Rodriguez, quoted in Nicole Gaouette, “Cuban Minister Rejects US Sonic Attack Claims, Washington (CNN), November 2, 2017.
“Even ‘Star Wars’ didn’t contain such fantasies,” Mariela Castro quoted in “Star Wars’ Fantasy? Cubans Doubt US Sonic Attacks claims,” AP News, October 13, 2017.
“We are not much further ahead than we were in finding out why this occurred,” Undersecretary of State Steve Goldstein quoted in “The Latest: Cuban Diplomat Slams Senate Hearing,” AP News, January 9, 2018
Williams, Abigail and Connor, Tracy, “U.S. and Canada Baffled by Health ‘Attacks’ on Diplomats in Cuba,” NBC News, January 10, 2018.
Marc Frank and Sarah Marsh, “Cuban Parliament Approves Communist Party Roadmap,” June 1, 2017, Reuters, https://www.reuters.com/article/us-cuba-parliament/cuban-parliament-approves-communist-party-roadmap-idUSKBN18S5KL.
Gámez Nora Torres, “‘There Are Several People with Qualities’ to Replace Raúl Castro, Says Cuba Leader’s Daughter,” Miami Herald, May 1, 2017.
Acosta, Nelson and Marsh, Sarah, “Cuba Delays Historic Handover from Castro to New President, Reuters, December 21, 2017.
Gamez Torres, Nora and Delgado, Antonio Maria, “Goodbye, Venezuela; Hello, Russia. Can Vladimir Putin save Cuba? Nation & World, December 27, 2017.
Marc Frank, “China Piles Into Cuba as Venezuela Fades and Trump Looms,” February 14, 2017, Reuters, http://www.reuters.com/article/us-cuba-china-analysis-idUSKBN15T2PE?il=0.
“China and Cuba Agree to Strengthen Military Cooperation,” Telesur, March 31, 2017.
Franco Ordoñez, “Russia Considers Opening Military Base in Cuba,” Miami Herald, October 11, 2016, http://www.miamiherald.com/news/nation-world/world/article107473897.html.
Rhodes interview.
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ACKNOWLEDGMENTS
Our Woman in Havana would not have been written without the tireless encouragement, mentoring, and editing of my wonderful daughter, Alexandra. Another invaluable person to the writing of this memoir is Peter Corsell, who served with me in Havana and is both a great friend and superb editor.
A new friend, Carol Byerly, author of Fever of War: The Influenza Epidemic in the U.S. Army During World War I, also did a superb job of editing and helping me to organize my ideas. My son Robert also edited an early version several years ago and has given me excellent advice throughout the process.
I found the information contained in two excellent books to be of great help in reviving my memory and verifying facts: Ann Louise Bardach’s Cuba Confidential: Love and Vengeance in Miami and Havana and William Leo Grande and Peter Kornbluh, Back Channel to Cuba: The Hidden History of Negotiations between Washington and Havana. My story would not have been complete without the insights of former secretary of commerce Carlos Gutierrez; former deputy national security adviser Ben Rhodes, Consul General Ricardo Zuniga, and Ambassador Jeff Delaurentis.
Finally, thank you to my superb agent and editor, Philip Turner, my friends Kay and Rod Heller, and my husband Bob, whose never-ending faith convinced me that I could complete this book.
AMBASSADOR VICKI HUDDLESTON served under Presidents Clinton and George W. Bush as Chief of the US Interests Section in Havana. She also served as US Ambassador to Madagascar and Mali. Her report for the Brookings Institution about normalizing relations with Cuba provided a blueprint for President Obama’s diplomatic opening with Raúl Castro in 2014. She has written opinion pieces for The New York Times, The Miami Herald, and The Washington Post. She lives in Santa Fe, New Mexico.
CARLOS GUTIERREZ served as Secretary of Commerce under President George W. Bush from 2005–2009. Secretary Gutierrez is the former CEO of Kellogg Company and is currently Chair of the Albright Stonebridge Group, a global strategic advisory firm. He was born in Havana, Cuba and is Chair of the US Chamber of Commerce’s US-Cuba Business Council and a member of Republicans for Immigration Reform.
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