... in Havana. This essay traces the origins of this event and places it in the context of communist Cuba’s history and its relations with religious institutions. Justine Williams is a doctoral student in sociocultural anthropology at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. Her work is based...

... by ministers. Embassies and legations were strictly limited in their contacts with the ordinary citizens of the receiving state. These limitations were codified in the Havana Convention of 1927, which under the heading “Duties of Dip- lomatic Officers” stated that these officers must not interfere...

... govern- ment-to-government interpretation — as late as 1927, the Havana Convention limited a diplomat’s relationship to the foreign office of the host state and clearly considered any direct communication with the host public as undip- lomatic. It was a time when Secretary of State Henry Stimson...

... a follow-up query. An anchor- person for the BBC World Service on 26 December 1997 enthused, “Christ- mas in Cuba: For the first time in almost forty years Cubans were able to celebrate Christmas and go to church!” She then linked up with the BBC cor- respondent in Havana, who observed, “A crowd of two...

... (1926 – 29), and Havana, Cuba (1933 – 37 and 1941 – 42); ambassador to the Dominican Republic (1944); ambassador to Uruguay (1947 – 49); ambassador to Czecho- slovakia (1949 – 52); ambassador to South Korea (1952 – 55); ambassador to Peru (1955 – 56); and ambassador to Brazil (1956 – 59...