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CIA Director John Ratcliffe makes rare trip to Cuba as island faces energy crisis

The meeting came as Cuba is contending with a massive power failure to its national energy grid amid U.S. sanctions that have caused an oil and gas shortage crisis.

CIA Director John Ratcliffe makes rare trip to Cuba as island nation faces energy crisis
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The meeting came as Cuba is contending with a massive power failure to its national energy grid amid U.S. sanctions that have caused an oil and gas shortage crisis.

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According to CBS News’s linked item, CIA Director John Ratcliffe makes rare trip to Cuba as island faces energy crisis, The meeting came as Cuba is contending with a massive power failure to its national energy grid amid U.S. sanctions that have caused an oil and gas shortage crisis.

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