"the country was willing to engage in dialogue with the United States, a dialogue on any topic, but without pressure or preconditions."
"Cuba is a failing nation. It has been for a long time but now it doesn't have Venezuela to prop it up. So we're talking to the people from Cuba, the highest people in Cuba, to see what happens. I think we're going to make a deal with Cuba."
"said that his island nation had been subject to an intense media campaigns of slander, hatred and psychological warfare."
Miguel Diaz-Canel said Cuba will engage in dialogue with the United States only if talks occur without pressure or preconditions. He spoke standing before a life-sized photograph of Fidel Castro carrying a rifle from the 1959 revolution and said the island had faced intense media campaigns of slander, hatred and psychological warfare. Cuban broadcasts of the speech reached television, radio and YouTube audiences. The Cuban government faces mounting threats of regime change from US officials, heightened after the 3 January US military capture of Nicolas Maduro. The US has threatened tariffs on countries selling oil to Cuba and claimed Mexico halted shipments, a claim Mexico rejected. Reuters reported a tanker loading 150,000 barrels of gasoline possibly bound for Cuba. The island is experiencing an economic slump with visible shortages, people begging on streets and searching bins for food.
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