He later served as a vice consul at the U.S. Embassy in Mexico City and in Port of Spain, Trinidad and Tobago. From 1989 to 1992 he was the consul and chief of the consular section of the U.S. Consulate in Hermosillo, Sonora, Mexico. As a consular officer, Stone said his job was to process visas and help American citizens. Two years later, he returned to Washington where he studied Arabic for one year, and later he served as consul at the U.S. Embassy in Sanaa, Yemen. But, it s fascinating.
Yemeni people are very friendly toward the United States.
After leaving the Middle East, Stone was transferred to the U.S. Interests Section in Havana, Cuba, where he served as consul and deputy chief of the consular section. We did the same kind of work, processing people s visas, and helping American citizens who get in trouble, which is the kind of work a consular does. Stone said Cuban citizens, just like anyone else, can apply for visitor visas. He said there are a lot of American citizens in Cuba, who probably haven t set foot in the United States. These are sons and daughters of American citizens who were born in Cuba.