Highlights in this issue:
•            Díaz-Canel says that the new policy responds to needs at this time
•            Raúl Castro endorses reforms but warns of need for implementation
•            Country “simply cannot continue on its current course”
•            Defence preparations continue despite desire for dialogue with the US
•            Unprecedented meeting held with independent and state related economists

Highlights in this issue:
• Vidal says little progress in dialogue with the US, restates red lines
• US Cabinet members’ comments suggest US position may harden
• EU High Representative says that ‘status quo’ in Cuba is unacceptable
• Cuban government refutes US characterisation of GAESA
• Meliá International ends operations at some of its Cuban hotels

Highlights in this issue:
•            Sherritt pre-emptively ends its operations in Cuba in response to new US sanctions
•            Cuba staring into an energy abyss
•            Catastrophic decline in tourism continues
•            Rubio says resolution of US concerns about Cuba ‘high on his agenda’
•            China again criticises Washington’s Cuba policy in run up to Trump visit to Beijing