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21st September 2015

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by Nigel Baker

Ambassador to the Holy See (2011-2016)

Cuba and the Church: from cocktail wars to a common future

Just over ten years ago, the European Union embassies in Cuba, including the United Kingdom, were involved in a stand-off with the Cuban government in Havana that became immortalised as “the cocktail wars”. Despite the seemingly frivolous impression given of the spat (which concerned the invitation to embassy receptions of dissident Cubans), there were deadly […]

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