CIA chief visits Cuba as Trump urges sweeping changes for talks [View all]
Source: Reuters
HAVANA/WASHINGTON May 14 (Reuters) - CIA director John Ratcliffe on Thursday delivered a message from President Donald Trump to top Cuban officials in Havana that the U.S. would "seriously engage" on economic and security issues "only if it makes fundamental changes," a CIA official told Reuters.
Ratcliffe’s trip appeared to be the first visit by a CIA director to Cuba since the 1953 communist revolution, underscoring a rare moment of high-level contact between the two countries.
The CIA official, speaking on condition of anonymity, did not elaborate on the specific changes that Trump was demanding.
Ratcliffe arrived amid mounting tensions between Washington and Havana.
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