CIA chief makes historic trip to Cuba as US blockade chokes island's energy supplies

Cubans on electric tricycles decorated with Cuban flags ride past the US embassy during the anti-imperialist youth march in Havana on April 2, 2026. Yamil Lage | Afp | Getty Images The U.S. has reiterated its offer of assistance to Cuba in exchange for "fundamental changes" to its communist political regime after CIA director John Ratcliffe visited the Caribbean island nation on Thursday. Ratcliffe's trip is thought to be only the second time the head of the U.S. …