CIA director visits Cuba as communist island runs out of oil

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CIA director visits Cuba as communist island runs out of oil

Issued on: 15/05/2026 - 15:26

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The head of the CIA visited Cuba on Thursday, an extraordinary step-up in contact between Washington and Havana as the communist-run island reels from US pressure, declaring that it is out of oil. The Central Intelligence Agency, at the heart of the decades-long struggle between the United States and Cuba, confirmed a Cuban government statement about Director John Ratcliffe's visit. FRANCE 24's International Affairs Editor Rochelle Ferguson-Bouyahi tells us more.

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