May 15, 2026 11:08 AM
CIA chief visits Cuba as Trump urges sweeping changes
CIA director John Ratcliffe on Thursday delivered a message from President Donald Trump to top Cuban officials in Havana that the U.S. would "seriously engage" with the island´s government on economic and security issues "only if it makes fundamental changes," a CIA official told Reuters. Ratcliffe’s trip appeared to be only the second visit by a CIA director to Cuba since former leader Fidel Castro´s 1959 revolution, underscoring a rare moment of high-level contact between the two countrie...