Embassy of the United States, Havana

Embassy of the United States, Havana
Native name Spanish: Embajada de los Estados Unidos de América La Habana
Chancery Building as seen during President Barack Obama's visit to Cuba. This used to be the US Interests Section of the Embassy of Switzerland in Havana, Cuba. Between 1977 and 2015, Switzerland was the protecting power of the United States in Cuba.
Location	Havana, Cuba
Coordinates	23°08′45″N 82°23′16″W / 23.14587°N 82.38765°W / 23.14587; -82.38765Coordinates: 23°08′45″N 82°23′16″W / 23.14587°N 82.38765°W / 23.14587; -82.38765
Embassy	March 1953 – January 3, 1961; July 20, 2015 – present
Interests Section	September 1, 1977 – July 20, 2015
Chargé d'affaires ad interim	Ambassador Jeffrey DeLaurentis (since 2014)
Location of Embassy of the United States, Havana in Cuba

The Embassy of the United States of America in Havana is the United States of America's diplomatic mission in the Republic of Cuba. On January 3, 1961, US President Dwight D. Eisenhower severed relations following the Cuban Revolution of the 1950s. In 1977, President Jimmy Carter and President Fidel Castro reestablished direct bilateral diplomatic relations with the Interests Sections Agreement that permitted each government to operate out of its former embassy in Havana and Washington D.C., which were called Interests Sections; they were prohibited from flying their respective flags. Cuban President Raúl Castro and US President Barack Obama restored full diplomatic connections on July 20, 2015.

The building housed the United States Interests Section in Havana between 1977 and 2015, which operated under the auspices of the Swiss Embassy (acting as protecting power). On July 1, 2015 it was announced that with the resumption of diplomatic ties, the building resumed its role as the U.S. Embassy in Cuba on July 20, 2015. The embassy is led by Chargé d'affaires ad interim Ambassador Jeffrey DeLaurentis.

The embassy was designed in the Modernist—Brutalist style by the architectural firm Harrison & Abramovitz. It is a long and six-story concrete and glass building, completed in 1953. The gardens were designed by Californian landscape architect Thomas Dolliver Church. The contractor for the building was Jaime Alberto Mitrani, PE, also a professor of civil engineering at the University of Havana. The embassy complex is located directly on the Bay of Havana and the José Martí Anti-Imperialist Platform, in proximity to the Cuban Ministry of Foreign Affairs.