CIA Director Ratcliffe meets with Cuban officials in Havana

CIA Director John Ratcliffe met with Cuban officials in Havana, according to a CIA official and a statement from the Cuban government.

CIA Director John Ratcliffe met with Cuban officials in Havana on Thursday, according to a CIA official and a statement from the Cuban government.

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Ratcliffe met with Cuba’s interior minister, the head of its intelligence services and Raulito Rodríguez Castro, a government official who is the grandson of former President Raúl Castro, according to the CIA official.

Cuba faces an energy crisis after the U.S. military in January arrested the president of Venezuela, a country that was a key Cuban ally and source of oil.