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Caleb McCarry
Caleb McCarry
	McCarry in 2019
Born	October 24, 1961 (age 63)
Nationality	American
Occupation	Cuba Transition Coordinator

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Caleb Charles McCarry^[1] (born October 24, 1961)^[2] was the Bush administration's Cuba Transition Coordinator. The position developed out of the Commission for Assistance to a Free Cuba. McCarry described the Commission's purpose as to put forth "an intelligent, generous and above all respectful offer of support to the Cuban people" in efforts to end "the dictatorship [that] has willfully and cruelly divided the Cuban family."^[3] His mission was described by the Cuban government as "part of a broader U.S. 'plan for Cuba's annexation.'" ^[4]

McCarry was previously a professional staff member and subcommittee staff director for Rep. Henry Hyde and Representative Benjamin A. Gilman who chaired the House International Relations Committee. He is the son of the novelist and former CIA agent Charles McCarry. He speaks Spanish and has a degree in Spanish literature from the University of Massachusetts Amherst.^[5]

Biography

In 1990, McCarry was director of a Guatemalan project of the Center for Democracy, an organization designed to "promote the democratic process in the United States and abroad." ^{[citation needed]}

While a congressional staffer, McCarry was known for oversight of U.S. policy during the rule of Haitian President Jean-Bertrand Aristide. In 2004, McCarry participated in the Haiti Democracy Project, whose stated goal is to "Help Haiti Move Forward".^[6]

In 2013, McCarry joined the staff of the Senate Committee on Foreign Relations as an aide to Senator Bob Corker.^[5] In 2017, he was awarded the Commander's Cross of the Spanish Order of Isabel la Católica on behalf of King Felipe VI at the Spanish embassy in Washington, D.C. for his contributions to Spanish-American relations.^[7] In 2018, he helped to negotiate the release of American Joshua Holt from Venezuelan custody.^[8] After Corker's retirement, he became a counselor to Adam Boehler, the chief executive officer of the U.S. International Development Finance Corporation.^[1]

Cuba Transition Coordinator

According to a BBC News Online article of April 11, 2006, "He says his job is to help Cubans "recover their freedom after 47 years of brutal dictatorship".

The creation of a "Cuba Transition Coordinator" post within the United States government was heavily criticized by Cuban government officials. Shortly after McCarry's appointment, Cuban Foreign Minister Felipe Perez Roque told the United Nations that the United States' plans to overthrow the Cuban government are "delusional".^[4]

Several prominent Cuban dissidents, including well-known anti-Castro activists Elizardo Sanchez and the late Oswaldo Payá, said McCarry's appointment was counterproductive, as "[i]t will allow the Cuban government to raise the spectre of foreign interference in the internal affairs of our country."^[9]

References

^ ^a ^b "Caleb Charles McCarry". U.S. International Development Finance Corporation. Retrieved 2021-01-11.
^ "Marriage Return". No. 87–057595. Richmond, Virginia: Virginia Department of Health, Division of Vital Records. November 2, 1987. {{cite magazine}}: Cite magazine requires |magazine= (help)
^ "Announcement of Cuba Transition Coordinator Caleb McCarry".
^ ^a ^b "Caleb McCarry's Revolutionary Mission in Cuba". www.coxwashington.com. Archived from the original on June 15, 2006.
^ ^a ^b "5th Edition Spain – U.S. Congressional Visitors Program 2018" (PDF). Fundación Consejo España-Estados Unidos. June 19, 2018. Retrieved 2021-01-11.
^ "Haiti Democracy Project". Haitipolicy.org. Retrieved 2012-02-10.
^ "Caleb McCarry, U.S. Senate Foreign Relations Committee Senior Professional Staff Member". Embassy of Spain in the United States. November 7, 2017. Retrieved 2021-01-12.
^ Goodman, Joshua; Lee, Matthew (May 26, 2018). "Senate aide's backchannel with 'Dracula' helped free Utah man in Venezuela". Associated Press. Retrieved 2021-01-12.
^ Mount, Harry (2005-08-02). "The Telegraph - Calcutta : International". Calcutta, India: Telegraphindia.com. Archived from the original on February 3, 2013. Retrieved 2012-02-10.

External links

Announcement of Cuba Transition Coordinator Caleb McCarry from the US State Department.
Statement by Cuba Transition Coordinator Caleb McCarry from the US State Department.
Secretary Rice Appoints New Transition Coordinator for Cuba, US State Department.
New Planning for a Cuba without Castro, BBC News Online, April 12, 2006.
Josefina Vidal vs. Caleb McCarry Archived 2017-11-26 at the Wayback Machine
New post to help Castro 'demise', BBC News online, July 28, 2005.
Condi co-ordinator to take on Castro, The Telegraph (Calcutta, India), August 2, 2005.
CANF applauds White House choice of Caleb McCarry for New Cuba from the Cuban American National Foundation.

[USIDFC-1] "Caleb Charles McCarry". U.S. International Development Finance Corporation. Retrieved 2021-01-11.

[2] "Marriage Return". No. 87–057595. Richmond, Virginia: Virginia Department of Health, Division of Vital Records. November 2, 1987. {{cite magazine}}: Cite magazine requires |magazine= (help)

[3] "Announcement of Cuba Transition Coordinator Caleb McCarry".

[coxwashington1-4] "Caleb McCarry's Revolutionary Mission in Cuba". www.coxwashington.com. Archived from the original on June 15, 2006.

[spainusa-5] "5th Edition Spain – U.S. Congressional Visitors Program 2018" (PDF). Fundación Consejo España-Estados Unidos. June 19, 2018. Retrieved 2021-01-11.

[6] "Haiti Democracy Project". Haitipolicy.org. Retrieved 2012-02-10.

[7] "Caleb McCarry, U.S. Senate Foreign Relations Committee Senior Professional Staff Member". Embassy of Spain in the United States. November 7, 2017. Retrieved 2021-01-12.

[8] Goodman, Joshua; Lee, Matthew (May 26, 2018). "Senate aide's backchannel with 'Dracula' helped free Utah man in Venezuela". Associated Press. Retrieved 2021-01-12.

[9] Mount, Harry (2005-08-02). "The Telegraph - Calcutta : International". Calcutta, India: Telegraphindia.com. Archived from the original on February 3, 2013. Retrieved 2012-02-10.

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-'''Caleb McCarry''' was the [[George W. Bush|Bush administration]]'s Cuba Transition Coordinator, tasked with coordinating the U.S. government's efforts to aid the opposition in their efforts to overthrow the [[Communist Party of Cuba|Communist]] [[communist state|government]] of [[Cuba]] and transition towards [[Capitalism]] and [[Liberal democracy]]. The position developed out of the [[Commission for Assistance to a Free Cuba]]. McCarry described the Commission's purpose as to put forth "an intelligent, generous and above all respectful offer of support to the Cuban people" in efforts to end "the dictatorship [that] has willfully and cruelly divided the Cuban family." [http://www.state.gov/secretary/rm/2005/50346.htm] His mission was described by the Cuban government as "part of a broader U.S. 'plan for Cuba's annexation.'" [http://www.coxwashington.com/hp/content/reporters/stories/BC_US_CUBA27_COX.html]
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+'''Caleb Charles McCarry'''<ref name=USIDFC>{{cite web |url=https://www.dfc.gov/who-we-are/office-chief-executive/caleb-charles-mccarry |title=Caleb Charles McCarry |website=U.S. International Development Finance Corporation |accessdate=2021-01-11}}</ref> (born October 24, 1961)<ref>{{cite magazine |title=Marriage Return |date=November 2, 1987 |issue=87–057595 |publisher=Virginia Department of Health, Division of Vital Records |location=Richmond, Virginia}}</ref> was the [[George W. Bush|Bush administration]]'s Cuba Transition Coordinator. The position developed out of the [[Commission for Assistance to a Free Cuba]]. McCarry described the Commission's purpose as to put forth "an intelligent, generous and above all respectful offer of support to the Cuban people" in efforts to end "the dictatorship [that] has willfully and cruelly divided the Cuban family."<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://2001-2009.state.gov/secretary/rm/2005/50346.htm|title = Announcement of Cuba Transition Coordinator Caleb McCarry}}</ref> His mission was described by the Cuban government as "part of a broader U.S. 'plan for Cuba's annexation.'" <ref name="coxwashington1">{{cite web |url=http://www.coxwashington.com/hp/content/reporters/stories/BC_US_CUBA27_COX.html |title= Caleb McCarry's Revolutionary Mission in Cuba|website=www.coxwashington.com |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20060615012340/http://www.coxwashington.com/hp/content/reporters/stories/BC_US_CUBA27_COX.html |archive-date=June 15, 2006}}</ref>
-McCarry was previously staff director for Rep. [[Henry Hyde]], chairman of the [[House International Relations Committee]]. He is the son of the novelist and former CIA agent [[Charles McCarry]]. He is 44, married, and has two teenage children. He speaks Spanish and has a degree in Spanish literature.
+McCarry was previously a professional staff member and subcommittee staff director for Rep. [[Henry Hyde]] and Representative Benjamin A. Gilman who chaired the [[House International Relations Committee]]. He is the son of the novelist and former CIA agent [[Charles McCarry]]. He speaks Spanish and has a degree in Spanish literature from the [[University of Massachusetts Amherst]].<ref name=spainusa>{{cite web |url=http://www.spainusa.org/system/files_force/activitiesfiles/participants_bios_spain_us_congressional_visitors_program_2018.pdf |title=5th Edition Spain – U.S. Congressional Visitors Program 2018 |date=June 19, 2018 |publisher=Fundación Consejo España-Estados Unidos |accessdate=2021-01-11}}</ref>
-McCarry worked in the office of Senator [[Jesse Helms]], co-sponsor of the [[Helms-Burton Act]] of 1996, that extended the US embargo considerably.
 ==Biography==
 In 1990, McCarry was director of a [[Guatemala]]n project of the Center for Democracy, an organization designed to "promote the democratic process in the United States and abroad." {{Citation needed|date=January 2010}}
-While a congressional staffer, McCarry was known for his opposition to [[Haiti]]an President [[Jean-Bertrand Aristide]]. An anonymous [[State Department]] source told a [[Salon.com]] journalist that McCarry was involved in funneling money to Aristide's opposition via the [[International Republican Institute]], which is funded by the [[United States]] government. [http://www.salon.com/news/feature/2004/07/16/haiti_coup/index.html]
+While a congressional staffer, McCarry was known for oversight of U.S. policy during the rule of [[Haiti]]an President [[Jean-Bertrand Aristide]]. In 2004, McCarry participated in the [[Haiti Democracy Project]], whose stated goal is to "Help Haiti Move Forward".<ref>{{cite web|url=http://haitipolicy.org/Delegation.htm |title=Haiti Democracy Project |publisher=Haitipolicy.org |date= |accessdate=2012-02-10}}</ref>
+In 2013, McCarry joined the staff of the [[United States Senate Committee on Foreign Relations|Senate Committee on Foreign Relations]] as an aide to Senator [[Bob Corker]].<ref name=spainusa/>  In 2017, he was awarded the Commander's Cross of the Spanish [[Order of Isabella the Catholic|Order of Isabel la Católica]] on behalf of King [[Felipe VI]] at the [[Embassy of Spain, Washington, D.C.|Spanish embassy in Washington, D.C.]] for his contributions to Spanish-American relations.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.facebook.com/SpainInTheUSA/posts/canceleb-mccarry-us-senate-foreign-relations-committee-senior-professional-staff-me/853021188202272/ |title=Caleb McCarry, U.S. Senate Foreign Relations Committee Senior Professional Staff Member |date=November 7, 2017 |publisher=Embassy of Spain in the United States |accessdate=2021-01-12}}</ref> In 2018, he helped to negotiate the release of American Joshua Holt from [[Venezuela]]n custody.<ref>{{cite news |url=https://www.chicagotribune.com/nation-world/ct-us-senate-negotiation-venezuela-prisoner-20180526-story.html |title=Senate aide's backchannel with 'Dracula' helped free Utah man in Venezuela |first1=Joshua |last1=Goodman |first2=Matthew |last2=Lee |date=May 26, 2018 |publisher=Associated Press |accessdate=2021-01-12}}</ref> After Corker's retirement, he became a counselor to [[Adam S. Boehler|Adam Boehler]], the chief executive officer of the [[U.S. International Development Finance Corporation]].<ref name=USIDFC/>
-In 2004, McCarry participated in the [[Haiti Democracy Project]], whose stated goal is to "Help Haiti Move Forward". [http://haitipolicy.org/Delegation.htm]
 ==Cuba Transition Coordinator==
-According to a [[BBC News]] Online article of April 11, 2006, "He says his job is to help Cubans "recover their freedom after 47 years of brutal dictatorship". To achieve this, Mr McCarry has a budget of $59m to "hasten the transition" and to ensure that neither [[Raúl Castro]] nor any of the current leading figures, from Vice President [[Carlos Lage]] to Foreign Minister [[Felipe Perez Roque]], are involved in the new government. [http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/programmes/crossing_continents/4899414.stm]
+According to a [[BBC News]] Online article of April 11, 2006, "He says his job is to help Cubans "recover their freedom after 47 years of brutal dictatorship".
-The creation of a "Cuba Transition Coordinator" post within the United States government was heavily criticized by Cuban government officials. Shortly after McCarry's appointment, Cuban [[Foreign Minister]] [[Felipe Perez Roque]] told the [[United Nations]] that the United States' plans to overthrow the Cuban government are "delusional". [http://www.coxwashington.com/hp/content/reporters/stories/BC_US_CUBA27_COX.html]
+The creation of a "Cuba Transition Coordinator" post within the United States government was heavily criticized by Cuban government officials. Shortly after McCarry's appointment, Cuban [[Foreign Minister]] [[Felipe Perez Roque]] told the [[United Nations]] that the United States' plans to overthrow the Cuban government are "delusional".<ref name="coxwashington1"/>
-Several prominent Cuban [[dissident]]s, including well-known anti-[[Fidel Castro|Castro]] activists [[Oswaldo Payá]] and [[Elizardo Sanchez]], said McCarry's appointment was counterproductive, as "[i]t will allow the Cuban government to raise the spectre of foreign interference in the internal affairs of our country." [http://www.telegraphindia.com/1050802/asp/foreign/story_5063829.asp]
+Several prominent Cuban [[dissident]]s, including well-known anti-[[Fidel Castro|Castro]] activists [[Elizardo Sanchez]] and the late [[Oswaldo Payá]], said McCarry's appointment was counterproductive, as "[i]t will allow the Cuban government to raise the spectre of foreign interference in the internal affairs of our country."<ref>{{cite news|url=http://www.telegraphindia.com/1050802/asp/foreign/story_5063829.asp |archive-url=https://archive.today/20130203112331/http://www.telegraphindia.com/1050802/asp/foreign/story_5063829.asp |url-status=dead |archive-date=February 3, 2013 |title=The Telegraph - Calcutta : International |publisher=Telegraphindia.com |date=2005-08-02 |accessdate=2012-02-10 |location=Calcutta, India |first=Harry |last=Mount}}</ref>
-Just before leaving his position as Transition Coordinator, McCarry was responsible for approving the largest single sub-contract for Cuba democracy promotion in history, $6.5 million, to Creative Associates International (CAI) of Maryland where he subsequently became employed two months later.<ref name="US Funding of Cuba Democracy Work Draws Scrutiny">[http://abcnews.go.com/Business/wireStory?id=10317191&page=2</ref> However, CAI does not list its Cuba progam on its website because its program is directly hostile to the Cuban government and is therefore covert. Neither does a similar company, Development Associates International (DAI), also of Maryland and also a recipient of USAID Cuba democracy money. An agent of DAI who was arrested in Cuba in December 2009 while travelling on a tourist visa <ref name="Saul Landau: The Alan Gross Case"> [http://www.counterpunch.org/landau07302010.html</ref> and delivering expensive and illegal satellite communications equipment to unknown recipients<ref name="Half-Century Conflict Backdrop to Alan Gross case">[http://www.havanatimes.org/?p=39001</ref> was sentenced to 15 years imprisonment on March 12, 2011 <ref name="Cuba Finds Gross Guilty, Gets 15 years">[http://www.havanatimes.org/?p=39522</ref>. These USAID Cuba program scandals along with numerous others<ref name="USAID memo on Cuba program">[http://cubantriangle.blogspot.com/2008/07/usaid-memo-on-cuba-program.html </ref> have resulted in USAID Cuba progam money temporarily being frozen<ref name="USAID in Cuba: 2010 programs frozen">[http://cubamoneyproject.org/?p=174</ref>, investigations into the USAID Cuba program, and a some changes in USAID proceedures that eliminates such subcontractors and makes USAID more accountable, but has not led to a change in the hostile and covert nature of the work being done under the Cuba program.<ref name="The First Quadrennial Diplomacy and Development Review (QDDR): Leading Through Civilian Power">[http://www.state.gov/s/dmr/qddr/</ref>
 ==See also==
 {{Portal|Cuba}}
+* [[Commission for Assistance to a Free Cuba]]
-[[Cuba-United States relations]]
+* [[Cuba–United States relations]]
 ==References==
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 ==External links==
-*[http://www.state.gov/secretary/rm/2005/50346.htm Announcement of Cuba Transition Coordinator Caleb McCarry] from the US State Department.
+*[https://2001-2009.state.gov/secretary/rm/2005/50346.htm Announcement of Cuba Transition Coordinator Caleb McCarry] from the US State Department.
-*[http://www.state.gov/p/wha/rls/rm/2005/50360.htm Statement by Cuba Transition Coordinator Caleb McCarry] from the US State Department.
+*[https://2001-2009.state.gov/p/wha/rls/rm/2005/50360.htm Statement by Cuba Transition Coordinator Caleb McCarry] from the US State Department.
-*[http://usinfo.state.gov/wh/Archive/2005/Jul/28-883604.html Secretary Rice Appoints New Transition Coordinator for Cuba], US State Department.
+*[https://web.archive.org/web/20060413051656/https://usinfo.state.gov/wh/Archive/2005/Jul/28-883604.html Secretary Rice Appoints New Transition Coordinator for Cuba], US State Department.
-*[http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/programmes/crossing_continents/4899414.stm Planning for a Cuba without Castro], BBC News Online, April 12, 2006.
+*New [http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/programmes/crossing_continents/4899414.stm Planning for a Cuba without Castro], BBC News Online, April 12, 2006.
-*[http://havanajournal.com/politics/entry/josefina_vidal_vs_caleb_mccarry_opinion/ Josefina Vidal vs. Caleb McCarry]
+*[http://havanajournal.com/politics/entry/josefina_vidal_vs_caleb_mccarry_opinion/ Josefina Vidal vs. Caleb McCarry] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20171126103525/http://havanajournal.com/politics/entry/josefina_vidal_vs_caleb_mccarry_opinion |date=2017-11-26 }}
 *[http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/americas/4726301.stm New post to help Castro 'demise'], BBC News online, July 28, 2005.
-*[http://www.telegraphindia.com/1050802/asp/foreign/story_5063829.asp Condi co-ordinator to take on Castro], The Telegraph (Calcutta, India), August 2, 2005.
+*[https://archive.today/20130203112331/http://www.telegraphindia.com/1050802/asp/foreign/story_5063829.asp Condi co-ordinator to take on Castro], The Telegraph (Calcutta, India), August 2, 2005.
 *[http://www.canf.org/2005/1in/noticias-CANF/2005-jul-28-PRESS-RELEASE-CANF-applauds-white-house.htm    CANF applauds White House choice of Caleb McCarry for New Cuba] from the [[Cuban American National Foundation]].
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 [[Category:International Republican Institute]]
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