Overview
- Cuban Foreign Minister Bruno Rodríguez said talks with the United States showed no progress on Tuesday and that Havana remains open to dialogue.
- Rodríguez announced a July 7 U.N. General Assembly debate on the U.S. energy embargo and accused the U.S. State Department of pressuring member states to avoid the session.
- U.N. human‑rights officials have warned the fuel blockade and targeted sanctions are causing fuel, electricity and medical shortages that have harmed civilians, including reports of rising infant mortality.
- The U.S. has issued new targeted sanctions this month on President Miguel Díaz‑Canel, members of his family and Cuba’s state oil company while energy restrictions since January have largely halted foreign fuel deliveries.
- Cuba approved sweeping economic reforms in June that open space for private enterprise and foreign investment, but Havana says the measures are an exercise of national sovereignty and not negotiable with the United States.