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State Department Makes Permanent Staffing Reductions To Embassy In Cuba

Unexplained illnesses afflicting employees of the U.S. embassy in Havana led to the State Department decision to scale back staff and ban personnel's family members.
The State Department has set permanent cuts in personnel at the U.S. embassy in Havana, Cuba. Health damage suffered there by Americans is still unexplained.

The U.S. Embassy in Havana will continue to operate with mimimal staff and will become what is known as an unaccompanied post, with an indefinite ban on family members of embassy employees residing there, the State

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