Cuba Libre!
Posted on 03/14/2026 1:24:35 AM PDT by RoosterRedux
The Cuban government is in talks with Trump administration officials, the country's president said Friday, as Havana works to halt a potential regime change as it deals with a widening energy crisis.
In a 90-minute news conference broadcast by state media, Cuban President Miguel Díaz-Canel said talks with Washington were aimed at finding solutions to the political differences that divide the communist island and the United States, The New York Times reported.
However, changes to Cuba's political system are off limits, Lianys Torres Rivera, Cuba’s chief of mission in the United States, told Politico in an interview.
Cuba's economy has struggled since the U.S. capture of Venezuelan President Nicolás Maduro from his home in Caracas at the start of the year. The Trump administration immediately cut off oil exports to the island.
A number of key sectors across the island are under considerable strain, including its transportation, health and education systems, Torres Rivera said. She noted that as many as 11,000 children are on waiting lists for surgeries and procedures at health clinics.
"They have no money. They have no anything right now," President Donald Trump said in February. "Maybe we’ll have a friendly takeover of Cuba."
Trump has said a deal with Havana "would be very easily made."
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Yeah. Right. We'll see about that.
Here’s the deal, you are free to leave Cuba with all the money
you’ve stolen to a country of your choosing where you will live in exile for the remainder of your life, while Cuba transforms into an ally of the USA and becomes some type of representative democracy.
If you refuse, Gitmo has plenty of room for a few more prisoners or the ADX Supermax in Colorado looks available also.
And with Gitmo, they will never be forced to leave the island. It’s a win-win. /s
Oil is “off limits” then, Lianys Torres-Rivera
I suspect Cuba doesn’t want to pay for the oil
That should be a non starter right there.
At the start of a negotiation, both sides say "no" (as in "I won't accept your offer or meet your demands")–but by staying at the table that "no" really means "maybe."
Not really. It’s the start of a negotiation.
At the start of a negotiation, both sides say “no” (as in “I won’t accept your offer or meet your demands”)–but by staying at the table that “no” really means “maybe.”
“Is it true, that when you say ‘no’, you really mean ‘yes’?”
“No.”
I said, "At the start of a negotiation, both sides say “no” (as in “I won’t accept your offer or meet your demands”)–but by staying at the table that “no” really means “maybe.”
That negotiating position is just for public consumption. Both sides know it. Trump is definitely going to exact a price. I suspect it will be something like, “open Cuba to American investors.” There will be a huge building boom in Cuba from which there will be an irresistible momentum for political change.
From what I’m reading the Cuban people are having a really hard time finding food unless it’s from illegal markets.
Cuba Libre!
They always say that right before they cave.
No change, no fuel.
Free and fair elections. Let them be Cuban people decide.
“However, changes to Cuba’s political system are off limits”
“Then there’s nothing to talk about.” ... CLICK ...
Duh! What economy does commie Cuba have.
We dont even have free and fair elections here due to the socialists here. May be harder in an overt communist country.
Didn’t Hollywood know-it-alls say Cuba had a world class healthcare system...
We can dream.
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