US Holds High-Level Talks with Cuban Officials as Economic Crisis Deepens
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Updated · Axios · Apr 17
US Holds High-Level Talks with Cuban Officials as Economic Crisis Deepens
53 articles · Updated · Axios · Apr 17
Senior U.S. State Department officials held direct talks with Cuban government representatives in Havana last week amid renewed diplomatic efforts.
The U.S. delegation met with Raúl Guillermo Rodríguez Castro, grandson of Raúl Castro, urging urgent economic and political reforms, and proposing Starlink internet access.
The meeting comes as Cuba faces severe economic crisis and U.S. warnings, with President Trump signalling openness to diplomacy but not ruling out intervention.
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