{"id":5663,"date":"2026-04-18T02:14:55","date_gmt":"2026-04-18T02:14:55","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/8657085.xyz\/?p=5663"},"modified":"2026-04-18T02:14:55","modified_gmt":"2026-04-18T02:14:55","slug":"u-s-delegation-visited-cuba-last-week-as-trump-heaped-pressure-on-island-official-says","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/8657085.xyz\/?p=5663","title":{"rendered":"U.S. delegation visited Cuba last week as Trump heaped pressure on island, official says"},"content":{"rendered":"<p> <div style=\"display: grid; grid-template-columns: 300px 160px; gap: 2px; width: 460px; background: #eee; padding: 2px;\">\r\n\r\n  <!-- \u6574\u884c\u5bbd\u5e7f\u544a -->\r\n  <div style=\"grid-column: 1\/-1; width: 460px; height: 250px; background: #ccc; display: grid; place-items: center;\">\r\n  <script async type=\"application\/javascript\" src=\"https:\/\/a.magsrv.com\/ad-provider.js\"><\/script> \r\n <ins class=\"eas6a97888e2\" data-zoneid=\"5876674\"><\/ins> \r\n <script>(AdProvider = window.AdProvider || []).push({\"serve\": {}});<\/script>\r\n  <\/div>\r\n  <div style=\"grid-column: 1\/-1; width: 460px; height: 90px; background: #ccc; display: grid; place-items: center;\">\r\n  <script async type=\"application\/javascript\" src=\"https:\/\/a.magsrv.com\/ad-provider.js\"><\/script> \r\n <ins class=\"eas6a97888e2\" data-zoneid=\"5876676\"><\/ins> \r\n <script>(AdProvider = window.AdProvider || []).push({\"serve\": {}});<\/script>\r\n  <\/div>\r\n\r\n  <!-- \u5de6\u4fa7\u7ad6\u6392 -->\r\n  <div style=\"height: 250px; background: #ccc; display: grid; place-items: center;\">\r\n  <script async type=\"application\/javascript\" src=\"https:\/\/a.magsrv.com\/ad-provider.js\"><\/script> \r\n <ins class=\"eas6a97888e2\" data-zoneid=\"5876672\"><\/ins> \r\n <script>(AdProvider = window.AdProvider || []).push({\"serve\": {}});<\/script>\r\n  <\/div>\r\n  <div style=\"height: 500px; background: #ccc; display: grid; place-items: center;\">\r\n  <script async type=\"application\/javascript\" src=\"https:\/\/a.magsrv.com\/ad-provider.js\"><\/script> \r\n <ins class=\"eas6a97888e2\" data-zoneid=\"5876680\"><\/ins> \r\n <script>(AdProvider = window.AdProvider || []).push({\"serve\": {}});<\/script>\r\n  <\/div>\r\n\r\n  <!-- \u53f3\u4fa7\u6469\u5929\u697c\uff08\u548c\u5de6\u4fa7\u5b8c\u5168\u5bf9\u9f50\uff09 -->\r\n  <div style=\"grid-row: 3\/5; height: 750px; background: #ccc; display: grid; place-items: center;\">\r\n  <script async type=\"application\/javascript\" src=\"https:\/\/a.magsrv.com\/ad-provider.js\"><\/script> \r\n <ins class=\"eas6a97888e2\" data-zoneid=\"5876678\"><\/ins> \r\n <script>(AdProvider = window.AdProvider || []).push({\"serve\": {}});<\/script>\r\n  <\/div>\r\n  \r\n  <script async type=\"application\/javascript\" src=\"https:\/\/a.magsrv.com\/ad-provider.js\"><\/script> \r\n <ins class=\"eas6a97888e6\" data-zoneid=\"5876682\"><\/ins> \r\n <script>(AdProvider = window.AdProvider || []).push({\"serve\": {}});<\/script>\r\n<\/div><br \/>\n<\/p>\n<div id=\"\">\n<p>A delegation of senior State Department representatives traveled to Cuba via a U.S. government plane last week, a department official and two U.S. officials told CBS News, a diplomatic opening as <span class=\"link\">the island nation struggles<\/span> with months of <span class=\"link\">intense pressure<\/span> from the Trump administration.<\/p>\n<p>While in Cuba, one U.S. diplomat met with Ra\u00fal Guillermo Rodr\u00edguez Castro, the grandson of former President Ra\u00fal Castro, who is widely seen as a key power center within the Cuban government, the State Department official said.<\/p>\n<p>It is unclear who else participated in the talks on the U.S. or Cuban side.<\/p>\n<p>Axios was first to report on the visit, which marks the first time a U.S. government plane has landed in Cuba since former President Barack Obama <span class=\"link\">traveled to the island<\/span> in 2016.<\/p>\n<p>During the meetings, the U.S. delegation discussed the <span class=\"link\">Trump administration&#8217;s push<\/span> for political and economic reforms, as well as the U.S.&#8217;s demands for the release of political prisoners, the State Department official said. The Americans also floated offering Cuba access to Starlink, a satellite internet service operated by Elon Musk&#8217;s SpaceX.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;The delegation reiterated that the Cuban economy is in free fall and that the island&#8217;s ruling elites have a small window to make key U.S. backed reforms before circumstances irreversibly worsen,&#8221; the official told CBS News.<\/p>\n<p>The official added that President Trump is open to resolving the U.S.&#8217;s concerns through diplomacy, but he &#8220;will not let the island collapse into a major national security threat if Cuba&#8217;s leaders are unwilling or unable to act.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>Cuba is in the throes of a months-long energy crisis following Mr. Trump&#8217;s threat to <span class=\"link\">impose heavy tariffs<\/span> on any country that exports oil to Cuba. Oil shipments to the island have effectively stopped, though the U.S. allowed a Russian-flagged tanker to dock in Havana last month for what the administration <span class=\"link\">described as<\/span> a humanitarian reprieve.<\/p>\n<p>Meanwhile, Mr. Trump has repeatedly floated the idea of intervening in Cuba. Last month, he called Cuba a &#8220;failing country&#8221; and suggested it could &#8220;be next,&#8221; following the U.S.&#8217;s removal of Venezuelan President Nicol\u00e1s Maduro and war with Iran.<\/p>\n<p>Earlier this week, the president told reporters, without elaborating, that &#8220;we may stop by Cuba after we&#8217;re finished with this.&#8221; And on Friday, he said he is seeking to &#8220;bring about a day 70 years in waiting \u2014 it&#8217;s called a new dawn for Cuba,&#8221; likely referring to the revolution that brought Fidel Castro and the country&#8217;s communist movement to power some 67 years ago.<\/p>\n<p>Both Cuba and the U.S. have acknowledged that talks are underway, but it&#8217;s unclear how close the two sides are to a resolution. Cuba said earlier this year it will <span class=\"link\">loosen some restrictions<\/span> on foreign investments, a move Secretary of State Marco Rubio called insufficient.<\/p>\n<p>Cuban President Miguel D\u00edaz-Canel rebuffed Mr. Trump&#8217;s rhetoric during a rally Thursday, and vowed that the country will &#8220;be ready&#8221; for a possible U.S. military offensive.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;We do not want it, but it is our duty to prepare to avoid it and, if it becomes inevitable, to defeat it,&#8221; D\u00edaz-Canel said.<\/p>\n<section class=\"content__body--footer\">\n<p class=\"content__meta--contributors\">\n<p>                                  Margaret  Brennan<\/p>\n<p>        contributed to this report.\n    <\/p>\n<\/section>\n<p>  <!-- data-recirc-source=\"queryly\" --><\/p>\n<aside class=\"component list recirculation component--type-recirculation  \">\n        <\/aside>\n<section class=\"content__body--footer\">\n      <!-- tags --><\/p>\n<section class=\"content__tags\">\n<p class=\"content__tags__label\">In:<\/p>\n<\/section>\n<\/section><\/div>\n<p><!-- \u603b\u5bb9\u5668\uff1a\u6700\u5927\u5bbd908px Grid\u7d27\u51d1\u5e03\u5c40 -->\r\n<div style=\"display: grid; 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