- CIA Director John Ratcliffe visited Havana for intelligence talks amid high U.S.-Cuba tensions.
- Cuba asserts it poses no threat to the U.S. and lacks foreign military or intelligence bases.
- Widespread protests erupt in Havana amid fuel shortages and ongoing blackouts.
- The Supre
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