Trump Administration Grows Frustrated in Cuba Talks as Reforms Stall Under Intensifying US Pressure
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Updated · Bloomberg · May 14
Trump Administration Grows Frustrated in Cuba Talks as Reforms Stall Under Intensifying US Pressure
2 articles · Updated · Bloomberg · May 14
US officials are increasingly frustrated that talks with Cuba have produced little movement on opening the island’s economy and political system.
Negotiators see the main obstacle in Havana’s fragmented power structure, where the Castro family, the military, Communist Party bureaucrats and other revolutionary heirs appear to pull in different directions.
That internal competition has complicated Washington’s effort to turn heavier US pressure into concrete concessions, leaving the administration without clear progress to show.
The impasse underscores how hard it remains for the Trump administration to secure economic and political change in Cuba even as pressure on the government rises.
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