Ratcliffe’s Havana talks mark milestone in US‑Cuba diplomacy amid Cuba’s energy crunch
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CIA Director John Ratcliffe’s high‑profile meeting with Cuba’s Interior Minister and the head of Cuban intelligence in Havana marks the clearest public milestone yet in two months of opaque U.S.–Cuba negotiations, unfolding as Cuba grapples with a severe fuel shortage and blackouts under an energy embargo. The talks come amid mixed signals from Washington about openness to diplomacy and aid conditioned on reforms, while Havana stresses bilateral cooperation and maintains its security apparatus, even as protests over living conditions intensify.
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