By Evaristo Lara
Surprisingly, John Ratcliffe, director of the Central Intelligence Agency (CIA), led a US delegation that traveled to Havana to meet with high-level Cuban officials. with the aim of offering them an end to their shortage problems in exchange for implementing some reforms.
Due to the intensification of the trade blockade implemented for decades by the US government, the Caribbean island faces the collapse of its energy sector due to the lack of oil and fuel required by its population to carry out their daily activities.
The Cuban government claims that the United States has prevented them from receiving crude oil shipments and, for more than four months, only one cargo ship from Russia arrived at the island, which has complicated the lives of millions of citizens on the island.
The strategy implemented by Donald Trump has the Cuban government in a quite complex condition and John Ratcliffe’s visit is considered the first step to force him to give in on several issues or else the restrictions could be increased in a matter of days.
“Following the request presented by the United States government for a delegation chaired by the director of the CIA, John Ratcliffe, to be received in Havana, the Revolutionary Directorate approved the carrying out of this visit and the meeting with its counterpart from the Ministry of the Interior,” the Cuban government said in a statement.
During the meeting held with the group of Americans sent by Washington, Cuban authorities ruled out representing “a threat to the national security of the United States” and at the same time they stated that there are no “legitimate reasons” to include the Caribbean nation on the list of alleged sponsors of terrorism as the United States intends to make it appear by ensuring that they harbor this type of individuals.
For several weeks now, Donald Trump has warned about the possibility of implementing an intervention in Cuba after ending the war in which he is immersed in Iran.
However, the Cuban authorities indicated that they are willing to face any type of threat that puts their sovereignty at risk.
Under this approach, the visit of the head of the CIA is interpreted as one of the last attempts by the United States to negotiate agreements to implement economic and governance reforms to attract foreign investment to the island.
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