Cuban president says ‘no conversations’ have happened with Trump

Published January 12, 2026 11:45am ET



The leader of Cuba is calling expatriates who fled to the United States “victims” of American migration policy as the country shuns dialogue with the White House.

Cuban President Miguel Diaz-Canel announced on Monday that there are “no conversations with the U.S. government, except for technical contacts in the migration field,” despite threats from President Donald Trump that the island could be cut off from Venezuelan oil supplies.

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