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Havana: CIA director John Ratcliffe met with Cuban officials including Raúl Castro’s grandson during a high-level visit to the island Thursday (May 14), Cuban and US officials said.

Ratcliffe met with Raúl Guillermo Rodríguez Castro, interior minister Lázaro Álvarez Casas and the head of Cuban intelligence services, and discussed intelligence cooperation, economic stability and security issues. A CIA official confirmed the meetings to the AP.

Ratcliffe was there “to personally deliver President Donald Trump’s message that the United States is prepared to seriously engage on economic and security issues, but only if Cuba makes........

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