{"id":325623,"date":"2026-04-13T10:17:37","date_gmt":"2026-04-13T02:17:37","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/namnewsnetwork.org\/?p=325623"},"modified":"2026-04-13T10:17:37","modified_gmt":"2026-04-13T02:17:37","slug":"cuban-president-says-dialogue-with-u-s-possible-but-difficult","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/namnewsnetwork.org\/?p=325623","title":{"rendered":"Cuban president says dialogue with U.S. possible, but difficult"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>HAVANA, April 13 (Xinhua) &#8211; Cuban President Miguel Diaz-Canel said that dialogue with the United States is possible but difficult, citing decades of tensions between the two countries.   <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>In an interview with NBC aired Sunday, Diaz-Canel said Cuba is willing to engage with Washington on issues such as migration, drug trafficking and security, but only based on &#8220;respect and equality.&#8221;    <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>He expressed concerns about recent U.S. rhetoric, criticizing U.S. sanctions and claiming they have exacerbated economic hardships on the island, particularly by causing fuel shortages.    <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>While rejecting claims that Cuba is on the brink of collapse, he acknowledged the significant challenges faced by the population. Despite ongoing tensions, Diaz-Canel emphasized that Cuba remains open to fostering a &#8220;civilized&#8221; and cooperative relationship with the United States.  <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>&#8211;NNN-Xinhua<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>HAVANA, April 13 (Xinhua) &#8211; Cuban President Miguel Diaz-Canel said that dialogue with the United States is possible but difficult, citing decades of tensions between the two countries. In an interview with NBC aired Sunday, Diaz-Canel said Cuba is willing to engage with Washington on issues such as migration, drug trafficking and security, but only [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":40,"featured_media":205533,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[208,297],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/namnewsnetwork.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/325623"}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/namnewsnetwork.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/namnewsnetwork.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/namnewsnetwork.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/40"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/namnewsnetwork.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=325623"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"http:\/\/namnewsnetwork.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/325623\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":325624,"href":"http:\/\/namnewsnetwork.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/325623\/revisions\/325624"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/namnewsnetwork.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/205533"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/namnewsnetwork.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=325623"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/namnewsnetwork.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=325623"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/namnewsnetwork.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=325623"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}