Ratcliffe Meets with Cuban Officials in Havana to Personally Deliver a Message from President Trump

CIA Director John Ratcliffe met with Cuban officials in Havana on Thursday.

Ratcliffe met with the top officials “to personally deliver President Trump’s message that the United States is prepared to seriously engage on economic and security issues, but only if Cuba makes fundamental changes.”

🇨🇺| A partir de la solicitud presentada por el gobierno de EE.UU. de que se recibiera en La Habana una delegación presidida por el director de la CIA, John Ratcliffe, la Dirección de la Revolución aprobó la realización de esta visita.https://t.co/Hsie0kd0Ng

— Presidencia Cuba 🇨🇺 (@PresidenciaCuba)May 14, 2026

A US government plane was seen in Havana as Ratcliffe met with Cuban officials.

A US government plane was seen in Havana as CIA director John Ratcliffe met with Cuban officials to discuss bilateral law-enforcement cooperationhttps://t.co/XLibghhxWRpic.twitter.com/kgo2Pf58Zf

— Reuters (@Reuters)May 14, 2026

CIA Director John Ratcliffe met with Cuban officials in Havana on Thursday, according to a CIA official and a statement from the Cuban government.

Ratcliffe met with Cuba’s minister of interior, the head of the Cuban intelligence service and Raulito Rodriguez Castro, a government official who is the grandson of former President Raúl Castro, according to the CIA official.

The CIA official said that Ratcliffe was there “to personally deliver President Trump’s message that the United States is prepared to seriously engage on economic and security issues, but only if Cuba makes fundamental changes.”

Source: The Gateway Pundit