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CIA director visits Cuba, as island runs out of oil

South China Morning Post · · 209 words · By Agence France-Presse
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open_in_new Read the original article: https://www.scmp.com/news/world/americas/article/3353617/cuba-calls-us-lift-bloc…

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5 claims extracted and verified against multiple sources including cross-references, web search, and Wikipedia.

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“CIA Director John Ratcliffe met with Cuban officials in Havana on Thursday”
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The claim is reported by Al Jazeera and further corroborated by a web search result stating the Cuban government confirmed CIA director John Ratcliffe met his counterpart in Havana.
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web search NEUTRAL — The Central Intelligence Agency (CIA) / ˌsiː.aɪˈeɪ / is a civilian foreign intelligence service of the federal government of the United States tasked with advancing national security through collectin…
https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Central_Intelligence_Agency
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web search NEUTRAL — The Central Intelligence Agency (CIA) is a civilian foreign intelligence service of the United States federal government. It is responsible for collecting, analyzing, and disseminating intelligence to…
https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/History_of_the_Central_Intel…
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web search NEUTRAL — We give U.S. leaders the intelligence they need to keep our country safe. As the world’s premier foreign intelligence agency, the work we do at CIA is vital to U.S. national security. We collect and a…
https://www.cia.gov/index.html
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“the island endures record energy shortages”
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Multiple independent web search results confirm a severe energy crisis, with reports of the nation running out of diesel and fuel oil and experiencing unprecedented rolling blackouts.
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web search NEUTRAL — The Cuban government said CIA director John Ratcliffe met his Cuban counterpart at the interior ministry in Havana, after the US renewed an offer 100m (£74m) of aid to ease the effects of its oil bloc…
https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/cd7pyrj0vx7o
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web search NEUTRAL — Cuba's energy minister says fuel has "run out" as a four-month US oil blockade chokes off energy supplies.
https://www.dw.com/en/cubas-power-grid-critical-as-us-blocks…
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web search NEUTRAL — Cuba is experiencing a severe energy crisis as fuel resources dwindle to alarming levels. According to Energy and Mines Minister Vicente de la O, the nation has completely run out of diesel and fuel o…
https://www.devdiscourse.com/article/headlines/3907553-cuba-…
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“Washington imposed a fuel blockade on its neighbour in January”
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Two independent news sources (France24 and Al Jazeera) explicitly state that Washington imposed a fuel/oil blockade in January.
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cross reference SUPPORTS — Washington imposed a fuel blockade in January
https://www.france24.com/en/americas/20260514-cuba-cia-john-…
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cross reference SUPPORTS — Since the United States, under President Donald Trump, imposed an oil blockade on Cuba in late January, power outages and fuel shortages have dealt a staggering blow to small family businesses
https://www.aljazeera.com/economy/2026/5/9/a-year-of-resista…
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“US President Donald Trump slapped sanctions on the island”
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Three independent sources (France24, TASS x2) confirm that President Donald Trump imposed sanctions/restrictions on Cuba, specifically citing a decree signed on May 1.
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cross reference SUPPORTS — President Donald Trump has slapped sanctions on the island
https://www.france24.com/en/americas/20260514-cuba-cia-john-…
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cross reference SUPPORTS — These restrictions are imposed on the basis of a decree on the drastic tightening of the unilateral sanctions against Cuba, signed by American President Donald Trump on May 1.
https://tass.com/world/2128569
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cross reference SUPPORTS — The restrictions are being imposed based on an executive order... signed by US President Donald Trump on May 1
https://tass.com/world/2128515
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“the nation is facing blackouts and worsening power cuts as the US prevents fuel from reaching the country”
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Multiple web search results link the US blockade/restrictions on fuel shipments directly to the exhaustion of diesel/fuel oil and the resulting blackouts and protests in Cuba.
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web search NEUTRAL — Protests have erupted across Havana after Cuba’s energy minister revealed that the country had completely run out of diesel and fuel oil amid a US blockade that has strangled the island of fuel.
https://www.theguardian.com/world/2026/may/14/cuba-us-energy…
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web search NEUTRAL — Cuba’s fragile power grid buckles under fuel shortages. The island’s energy crisis worsened in January after the United States tightened restrictions on fuel shipments to Cuba, which officials in Hava…
https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2026/5/14/absolutely-no-fuel-…
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web search NEUTRAL — Cuba's energy minister says fuel has "run out" as a four-month US oil blockade chokes off energy supplies.
https://www.dw.com/en/cubas-power-grid-critical-as-us-blocks…
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