Lianys Torres Rivera

Lianys Torres Rivera is the first woman to lead Cuba’s mission in Washington. She has been a diplomat since 1994 and previously served as Cuba’s Ambassador to Vietnam. From 2015 to 2017, she was part of the Cuban delegation that met with US government authorities to discuss the re-establishment of diplomatic relations and the re-opening of embassies in both countries. She was also part of the Cuba-US Bilateral Commission, the Cuba-US Bilateral Economic Dialogue, and other Cuba-US bilateral dialogues on regulatory issues, human rights, trafficking in persons, the establishment of direct postal services, renewable energy and banking issues.