Havana says it cannot visit Cuban agent in US

Published February 27, 2013 6:30pm ET



HAVANA (AP) — The Cuban government complained Wednesday that U.S. officials are not granting consular access for an intelligence agent who walked free from prison in 2011 but was ordered to remain in the United States during his three-year parole.

A Foreign Ministry statement that was emailed to reporters and published on the front page of Communist Party newspaper Granma said the Cuban Interests Section in Washington has presented “several alternatives for continuing regular consular visits,” but the U.S. State Department rejected them.

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