Cuba's Díaz-Canel Confirms Talks with Washington Amid Fuel Crisis and US Pressure

Cuban President Miguel Díaz-Canel has publicly confirmed that Havana has held talks with Washington, marking the first official acknowledgment from Cuba amid a severe fuel crisis and intensifying US pressure. Díaz-Canel said tens of thousands of patients are awaiting surgeries that cannot proceed due to electricity shortages caused by what he called an American "energy blockade."

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