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CIA Director Ratcliffe meets with Cuban officials in Havana
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CIA Director Ratcliffe meets with Cuban officials in Havana

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CIA Director John Ratcliffe met with Cuban officials in Havana on Thursday, according to a CIA official and a statement from the Cuban government. Ratcliffe met with Cuba’s interior minister, the head of its intelligence services and Raulito Rodríguez Castro, a government official who is the grandson of former President Raúl Castro, according to the CIA official. Cuba faces an energy crisis after the U.S. military in January arrested the president of Venezuela, a country that was a key Cuban ally and source of oil. The CIA official said Ratcliffe was there “to personally deliver President Trump’s message that the United States is prepared to seriously engage on economic and security issues, but only if Cuba makes fundamental changes.” The CIA official added that Ratcliffe and the Cuban officials discussed “intelligence cooperation, economic stability and security issues, all against the backdrop that Cuba can no longer be a safe haven for adversaries in the Western Hemisphere.” Cuba said it provided…

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