A former career US diplomat who had served as the US ambassador to Bolivia has pleaded guilty to working as an agent of Cuba for more than 40 years.
Victor Manuel Rocha, 73, was charged with secretly passing information to the communist-run Cuban government since 1981 while working for the US state department.
On Thursday, he changed his initial not guilty plea in a court in Miami.
He is due to be sentenced at a hearing on 12 April.
The move brings one of the highest profile espionage cases between Cuba and the US to an unexpectedly rapid conclusion.
Right!? It’s almost like the security benefit is exactly zero, and it exists to spy on law abiding citizens.