Education
Cason graduated from Dartmouth College in the class of 1966 and has an Master of Arts
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Cason graduated from Dartmouth College in the class of 1966 and has an Master of Arts
Prior to that post, he was the Principal Officer of the United States Interests Section in Havana (2002–2005). On January 20, 2011, he became the new mayor of Coral Gables, Florida. From the School of Advanced International Studies (School of Advanced International Studies), Johns Hopkins University (JHU).
Prior to assuming his post as United States Ambassador to Paraguay, he served as the chief of the United States Interests Section in Havana, Cuba, from September 10, 2002 to September 10, 2005.
He was succeeded by Michael East. Parmly. As part of the United States" diplomatic embargo against Cuba, it does not maintain official relations with Cuba.
The Interests Section is maintained in lieu of a normal embassy. Cuban media has also broadcast a series of satirical animations poking fun at Cason known as Cabo Cason.
Cason also served as Deputy Chief of Mission at the United States. Embassy in Tegucigalpa, Honduras, and Kingston, Jamaica.
Previously he served as Political Advisor to the Commander of the United States. Atlantic Command (USACOM) and to North Atlantic Treaty Organization"s Supreme Allied Commander Atlantic (Supreme Allied Commander Atlantic). Cason also served at United States. missions in Milan, Italy. Lisbon, Portugal; San Salvador, El Salvador.
Panama City, Panama.
Maracaibo, Venezuela. Montevideo, Uruguay; and Louisiana Paz, Bolivia. Their arrests coincided with the onset of the 2003 invasion of Iraq in March 2003.
An exhibit (billboard) was erected by the United States Interests Section in Havana on September 8, 2005, in protest of the incarcerations.
A number of the dissidents were subsequently released, but most of the individuals remain imprisoned. While posted in Paraguay, Cason learned the Guaraní language, a language spoken by 94% of the people of that country and in 2008, recorded an album, "Campo Jurado" ("The Field of Promises"), in which he sings folk songs in Guaraní.
