Overview
- President Miguel Díaz-Canel said discussions seek solutions to bilateral differences and were facilitated by international actors.
- He reported no petroleum deliveries for about three months, with prolonged blackouts disrupting water, transport and tens of thousands of surgeries.
- Cuba’s Foreign Ministry said 51 inmates will be freed in the coming days after contacts involving the Vatican, without naming those to be released.
- President Donald Trump has tightened energy pressure, highlighted high-level contacts and floated a possible “friendly takeover,” while fuel shortages have forced service cutbacks and flight reductions.
- Russia and China voiced support for Havana and condemned U.S. pressure, and media noted the public presence of Raúl Castro’s grandson as reports link him to back‑channel contacts.