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Cuba's Díaz-Canel Calls Reform Meeting, Warns of U.S. Fuel Cuts

6/18/2026

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President Miguel Díaz-Canel announced the Communist Party’s Central Committee will meet Wednesday to evaluate economic transformation proposals.
The proposals aim to attract foreign investment, reduce state control, grant municipalities and agencies trade autonomy, and expand private-sector participation.
Díaz-Canel warned the United States has cut most fuel deliveries, threatens secondary sanctions, and may seek economic collapse, coercive negotiations, or military aggression.

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President Miguel Díaz-Canel announced the Communist Party’s Central Committee will meet Wednesday to evaluate economic transformation proposals.
The proposals aim to attract foreign investment, reduce state control, grant municipalities and agencies trade autonomy, and expand private-sector participation.
Díaz-Canel warned the United States has cut most fuel deliveries, threatens secondary sanctions, and may seek economic collapse, coercive negotiations, or military aggression.