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Inside the historic U.S.-Cuba negotiations in Havana
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Key facts
- They include: Compensating U.S. residents and corporations whose assets and properties were confiscated after the 1959 Revolution
- Without directly threatening the Cuban officials, the U.S. also made clear that Trump's government will not allow a disaster to occur on the island 90 miles south of Key West
- This time, Cuba is closer to societal collapse than ever, President Trump is in office with Secretary of State Marco Rubio, and they're far less inclined to make concessions
- A senior State Department official told Axios that multiple meetings took place but would not name the participants, except for one —Raul Guillermo Rodriguez Castro, the grandson of Castro
Summary
State Department officials met in Havana with Cuban apparatchiks —including the grandson of aging strongman Raul Castro, to urge democratic and economic freedoms and warn of the risks of not heeding their advice, Axios has learned. This time, Cuba is closer to societal collapse than ever, President Trump is in office with Secretary of State Marco Rubio, and they're far less inclined to make concessions. They include: Compensating U.S. residents and corporations whose assets and properties were confiscated after the 1959 Revolution.