Cuba open to talks with US ‘without pressure’ after Trump threats

A report from Theguardian says that after months of threats from Donald Trump, the president of Cuba, Miguel Díaz-Canel, has said his government is willing to talk to the United States, just so long as it is 'without pressure'. Standing in front of a life-sized photograph of Fidel Castro carrying a rifle during the 1959 revolution, Díaz-Canel said the island had been subject to an 'intense media campaigns of slander, hatred and psychological warfare' and that it was 'willing to engage in dialogue with the United States, a dialogue on any topic, but without pressure or preconditions'.

The speech was broadcast on television, radio and YouTube. The Cuban government has faced mounting threats of regime change from US officials, particularly since the 3 January US military capture of Nicolás Maduro, the president of Venezuela. Trump suggested talks were already under way and said: 'Cuba is a failing nation...

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