Friday, September 29, 2017

I am looking forward to the report about this incident, an embassy and housing able to protect it's staff.


I don't understand how, with Guantanamo Naval Base right there, no one ever picked up this issue before now. I am also wondering how many Cubans are suffering similar symptoms as our diplomats.

September 29, 2017
By Nora Gamez Torres

The United States (click here) will withdraw most of its staff from its embassy in Havana following mysterious sonic attacks that have caused several health problems to about 20 diplomats, a U.S. government source confirmed to El Nuevo Herald on Friday.

The U.S. government has ordered 60 percent of its staff removed from the diplomatic headquarters in Havana. Additionally, it will issue an alert recommending to the Americans not to travel to the island due to the attacks.

The issuance of visas in Havana was also suspended indefinitely.
The measures, first reported by the Associated Press, seek to protect diplomats and their families from what Secretary of State Rex Tillerson called a “attacks on the health” of diplomatic staff in Havana....