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Cuba confirms communication with the U.S. amid heightened tensions and a U.S. campaign blocking oil and threatening tariffs, worsening Cuba's economic crisis, officials said.
- On February 2, 2026, Carlos Fernandez de Cossio said Cuba and the United States have exchanged messages and communications but lack a formal dialogue.
- Longstanding hostility since Fidel Castro's 1959 revolution has intensified as the island's economic crisis and stepped-up pressure from the Trump administration recently brought tensions to a head.
- U.S. President Donald Trump told reporters at Mar‑a‑Lago, Florida, `I think we're going to make a deal with Cuba` and said Mexico would stop sending oil to Cuba on Monday.
- Rising food and transport costs and hours-long blackouts have prompted a Cuban warning that the U.S. measures to block oil shipments will backfire, de Cossio said.
- Earlier denials gave way when de Cossio said Cuba and the U.S. are in communication, after tensions in recent weeks, marking a shift from outright denial.
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Cuba confirms ‘communications’ with US, but says no negotiations yet
Cuba’s government on Monday told AFP that it was in “communication” with US President Donald Trump’s administration but not yet in formal talks on a deal to end Washington’s pressure campaign on the island. “Today we cannot talk about having dialogue with the United States, but it is true that there have been communications between the two governments,” deputy foreign minister Carlos Fernandez de Cossio said in an interview. Trump on Sunday clai…
After Maduro's fall in Venezuela, the US is also increasing pressure on Cuba. US President Trump is relying on oil shortages and tariffs. Despite careful approach, Havana does not want to speak of "a dialogue with the US".
Cuba and the United States Are in 'Communication', but 'There Is No Dialogue', Says Vice- Chancellor
Trump said on Sunday that he had started conversations with Cuban authorities
According to Carlos Fernández de Cossio, Cuban Deputy Minister for Foreign Affairs, however, there is still no formal "dialogue" between the two countries.
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