Thomas A. Shannon

Here is a picture of the second most powerful man in Venezuela, Diosdado Cabello along with Haitian President Michel Martelly and U.S. State Department Counselor Thomas Shannon. Cabello and Shannon met in Haiti on Saturday, June 13, 2015 due to an arrangement made by Martelly.

Martelly arranges Meeting between U.S. and Venezuela to ease Tensions

The diplomatic relationship between U.S. and Venezuela has been strained since President Obama called for sanctions against Venezuela for human rights abuses. A meeting between U.S. State Department Counselor Shannon and Venezuelan senior official, Cabello, was arranged by President Martelly.

Shannon has spoken with Venezuelan President Maduro, who is protective of Cabello, accused by U.S. prosecutors of being a cocaine trafficker. Maduro warns "anyone who messes with Diosdado messes with me."

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Here is a picture of Thomas A. Shannon, the Counselor to U.S. Secretary of State Kerry who is in Haiti in preparation of John Kerry's Visit. He is in a meeting with President Michel Martelly and Ambassador Pamela A. White.

As the country prepares for the official visit of U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry, who will hold talks with the government to help Haiti see its way through its election crisis, Counselor of the Department Thomas A. Shannon, Jr. will travel ahead of Secretary Kerry to make preparations. Shannon, who is slated to arrive on December 24, has an illustrious past that includes an education at Oxford, an ability to speak English, Portuguese and Spanish, and a past working closely with Secretary Kerry, along with his own tenure as U.S. Ambassador for almost four years.

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Here is a picture of Prime Minister Lamothe with US envoy Thomas Shannon.

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