AGP Executive Report
Last update: 2 hours agoCuba Pressure Campaign: CIA Director John Ratcliffe met Cuba’s interior and intelligence leadership in Havana, delivering a Trump message: Washington will “seriously engage” only if Havana makes “fundamental changes,” as the U.S. also weighs seeking an indictment of former leader Raúl Castro tied to the 1996 Brothers to the Rescue shootdown. Border & Security: In Mexico-U.S. fallout, a former Sinaloa security chief appeared in a New York court after U.S. charges linking officials to cartel drug smuggling. Health Threat Near Texas: The New World screwworm is inching toward the Texas border; the FDA authorized a topical powder for prevention and treatment as the closest active case sits in Nuevo León. Climate Finance Push: Caribbean states trained for access to FRLD loss-and-damage grants, with a June 15 deadline for a $250M pilot facility. Resources & Influence: The U.S. is turning to Guyana’s bauxite and other minerals as it deepens Latin America’s energy-and-minerals push.
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