{"id":76103,"date":"2026-04-18T02:36:15","date_gmt":"2026-04-18T02:36:15","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/site.itshrt.com\/worldnews\/u-s-delegation-visited-cuba-last-week-as-trump-heaped-pressure-on-island-official-says\/"},"modified":"2026-04-18T02:36:15","modified_gmt":"2026-04-18T02:36:15","slug":"u-s-delegation-visited-cuba-last-week-as-trump-heaped-pressure-on-island-official-says","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/site.itshrt.com\/worldnews\/u-s-delegation-visited-cuba-last-week-as-trump-heaped-pressure-on-island-official-says\/","title":{"rendered":"U.S. delegation visited Cuba last week as Trump heaped pressure on island, official says"},"content":{"rendered":"<p> <script async src=\"https:\/\/pagead2.googlesyndication.com\/pagead\/js\/adsbygoogle.js?client=ca-pub-6606220950177433\"\r\n     crossorigin=\"anonymous\"><\/script>\r\n<!-- ItShrt World News -->\r\n<ins class=\"adsbygoogle\"\r\n     style=\"display:block\"\r\n     data-ad-client=\"ca-pub-6606220950177433\"\r\n     data-ad-slot=\"1882483372\"\r\n     data-ad-format=\"auto\"\r\n     data-full-width-responsive=\"true\"><\/ins>\r\n<script>\r\n     (adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({});\r\n<\/script>\r\n<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\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.cbsnews.com\/news\/cuba-nationwide-power-grid-collapse-restoration\/\" target=\"_blank\" data-invalid-url-rewritten-http=\"\">the island nation struggles<\/a><\/span> with months of <span class=\"link\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.cbsnews.com\/news\/trump-cuba-action-regime-change\/\" target=\"_blank\" data-invalid-url-rewritten-http=\"\">intense pressure<\/a><\/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 <a href=\"https:\/\/www.axios.com\/2026\/04\/17\/cuba-negotiations-trump-havana-castro\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">first to report<\/a> 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\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.cbsnews.com\/pictures\/president-obama-historic-visit-cuba\/\" data-invalid-url-rewritten-http=\"\">traveled to the island<\/a><\/span> in 2016.<\/p>\n<p>During the meetings, the U.S. delegation discussed the <span class=\"link\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.cbsnews.com\/news\/trump-threatens-tariffs-countries-sell-oil-cuba\/\" target=\"_blank\" data-invalid-url-rewritten-http=\"\">Trump administration&#8217;s push<\/a><\/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\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.cbsnews.com\/news\/trump-threatens-tariffs-countries-sell-oil-cuba\/\" data-invalid-url-rewritten-http=\"\">impose heavy tariffs<\/a><\/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\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.cbsnews.com\/news\/cuba-releases-prisoners-trump-administration-pressure-on-island-oil-russia\/\" data-invalid-url-rewritten-http=\"\">described as<\/a><\/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\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.cbsnews.com\/news\/cuba-investment-us-nationals-trump-pressure-oil-shortages\/\" data-invalid-url-rewritten-http=\"\">loosen some restrictions<\/a><\/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>                                  <a href=\"https:\/\/www.cbsnews.com\/team\/margaret-brennan\/\" class=\"byline__author__link\" data-invalid-url-rewritten-http=\"\">Margaret  Brennan<\/a><\/p>\n<p>        contributed to this 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