CIA Director John Ratcliffe visits Cuba, in what multiple outlets describe as an unusually significant step-up in direct contact between Washington and Havana. The CIA confirms a Cuban government statement regarding the visit. According to the reporting, the trip occurs as Cuba faces severe fuel shortages and resulting disruptions, with the country saying it is out of oil. Coverage links the situation to longstanding tensions between the two governments and to US pressure affecting Cuba’s supply of fuel, which contributes to power outages. France 24 frames the visit as occurring against the backdrop of the decades-long US–Cuba struggle, while RTE highlights the unusual nature of the contact and Cuba’s claim that it has run out of oil. Free Malaysia Today adds that the crisis includes ongoing power outages, attributing them to fuel problems tied to a US fuel blockade. The reports do not describe additional outcomes of the visit beyond the confirmation of Ratcliffe’s travel and Cuba’s public position on its oil situation.
CIA Director John Ratcliffe visits Cuba amid oil shortage and US pressure
CIA Director John Ratcliffe visits Cuba, in what multiple outlets describe as an unusually significant step-up in direct contact between Washington and Havana. The CIA confirms a Cuban government stat...
- CIA Director John Ratcliffe visits Cuba.
- The CIA confirms a Cuban government statement about the visit.
- Cuba says it is out of oil.
- The visit takes place amid a worsening US–Cuba relations context.
- Multiple outlets link Cuba’s fuel problems to US pressure and resulting power outages.
The head of the CIA visited Cuba on Thursday, an extraordinary step-up in contact between Washington and Havana as the communist-run island reels from US pressure, declaring that it is out of oil. The Central Intelligence Agency, at the heart of the decades-long struggle between the United States and Cuba, confirmed a Cuban government statement about Director John Ratcliffe's visit. FRANCE 24's International Affairs Editor Rochelle Ferguson-Bouyahi tells us more.
3 months agoThe head of the CIA has visited Cuba, an extraordinary step up in contact between Washington and Havana, as the island reels from US pressure, declaring that it is out of oil.
3 months agoThe visit comes during a deepening crisis in US-Cuba relations, with the island enduring constant power outages prompted by the US fuel blockade.
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