Amid crippling U.S. sanctions, an oil blockade and threats of a takeover, Cuban President Miguel Díaz-Canel on Friday said his government has held direct talks with the United States “aimed at finding solutions through dialogue to the bilateral differences between the two nations.”
The acknowledgment came in a publicly broadcast speech during a meeting in Havana of the top levels of the government and Cuban Communist Party. It confirmed widespread reports of recent secret meetings between senior Trump administration officials and Cubans close to Raúl Castro, the still-influential former president and party head.
If Trump somehow gets Venezuela, Cuba, and Iran all to fall, he should get a Nobel Peace Prize. pic.twitter.com/FrJrjC1pML
— Bill Maher (@billmaher) January 28, 2026
