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The United States reopened a diplomatic office in Guinea-Bissau to extend its influence there after a decade of absence, amid fears the West African country is becoming a hub for Latin
American drug traffickers. Washington closed its diplomatic mission in Bissau shortly before a brief civil war, but has since maintained diplomatic relations with the former Portuguese
colony through the U.S. Embassy in Senegal. Claud Young, a spokesman for the U.S. Embassy in Dakar, Senegal, said opening the diplomatic liaison office was part of a five-year program to
return to a full diplomatic presence in Guinea-Bissau. MORE TO READ