US EditionHigh-Level US Delegation Visits Cuba as Trump Ups Pressure
The delegation pressed for economic and governance reforms, political prisoner releases and new internet access proposals as Washington warns time is running out.
- A senior State Department delegation recently visited Cuba to press for reforms, marking the first high-level trip since 2016 when former President Barack Obama visited.
- President Donald Trump continues to exert economic pressure on Havana, threatening military action by citing his success against Nicolás Maduro in Venezuela.
- The delegation demanded that Cuba release political prisoners and increase "political freedoms," while officials expressed concerns about foreign groups operating "less than 100 miles from the American homeland."
- Cuban official Alejandro Garc del Toro described the meeting as "respectful and professional," though The White House maintained the engagement represents "not a policy change."
- Time is running out for Havana "to make key US backed reforms before circumstances irreversibly worsen," a State Department official warned.
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High-level US delegation visits Cuba as Trump ups pressure
A senior US delegation met with Cuban government officials in Cuba as the Trump administration ramps up its efforts to pressure Havana into a deal as it continues to exert its economic chokehold on the island.
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A senior United States delegation team met with Cuban government officials in Cuba as the Trump administration ramps up its efforts to pressure Havana into a deal. The U.S. is continuing to exert an economic stranglehold on the island. The senior State Department delegation, which visited the island in recent weeks, stressed that time was running out for Havana “to make key U.S.-backed reforms before circumstances irreversibly worsen,” a U.S. St…
The Cuban economy is experiencing an accelerated deterioration and has limited scope to implement political and economic changes before the humanitarian disaster and in the midst of increased pressure from the United States. This was the message sent to the Cuban regime by officials of the Trump Administration who recently traveled to Havana to meet with representatives of the dictatorship, according to Axios and corroborated 'The New York Times…
Donald Trump’s government sent a high-level delegation to Cuba last week to discuss an agreement to address the humanitarian crisis on the island, which marks a new diplomatic effort even as President Trump increases pressure on Havana. A delegation from the State Department made the recent trip to meet with Cuban officials on the island, according to a senior U.S. official and another person familiar with the issue, who requested anonymity due …
The delegation told Cuban leaders they had only a narrow window of time to implement the economic and political changes demanded by the Trump administration. The Trump administration sent a high-level delegation to Cuba last week to discuss a deal to address the humanitarian crisis […]
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