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submitted 1 month ago by pete_link@lemmy.ml to c/cuba@lemmygrad.ml

cross-posted from: https://lemmy.ml/post/44619515

The United States has told Cuba that for meaningful progress to be made in negotiations, President Miguel Díaz-Canel must step down, said people familiar with the talks.

https://archive.ph/WGqmv

March 16, 2026

The United States so far is not pushing for any action against Castro family members, who remain the country’s top power brokers, two of the people said. That is consistent with the general desire of Mr. Trump and his aides to force regime compliance rather than regime change in their foreign policy.

In the view of some Trump administration officials, removing Cuba’s head of state would allow structural economic changes in the country that Mr. Díaz-Canel, whom the officials consider a hard-liner, is unlikely to support, one of the people said.

If the Cubans agree, it would result in the first major political shake-up arising from talks between the two countries since those began a few months ago.

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[-] prof_tincoa@lemmygrad.ml 7 points 1 month ago

Miguel and the party can do something real funny (miguelito steps down and someone else steps up, pay lip service to the empire, buys Cuba some time, while not making meaningful concessions)

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