Gates: Cuba's Main Risk to the U.S. Is Collapse and a Mariel-Style Exodus
TL;DR
Former Defense Secretary Robert Gates tells CBS that Cuba’s biggest risk to the United States is its potential collapse and a Mariel Boatlift–style exodus, not an imminent military threat, as Washington maintains sanctions while signaling possible engagement with Havana.
- Cuba's biggest threat to U.S. is collapse, says former Defense Secretary Robert Gates CBS News
- The US and Cuba intensify negotiations as the island’s collapse deepens EL PAÍS English
- CIA Director John Ratcliffe met with Raul Castro's grandson in Havana, US and Cuban officials say NPR
- CIA director travels to Cuba as fuel reserves hit zero The Washington Post
- CIA chief visits Cuba as energy crisis worsens BBC
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