{"id":1128,"date":"2026-05-30T04:37:34","date_gmt":"2026-05-30T04:37:34","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/relocationtimess.com\/?p=1128"},"modified":"2026-05-30T04:37:34","modified_gmt":"2026-05-30T04:37:34","slug":"us-military-leader-held-rare-meeting-with-senior-cuban-military-officials-near-us-base-at-guantanamo-bay","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/relocationtimess.com\/?p=1128","title":{"rendered":"US military leader held rare meeting with senior Cuban military officials near US base at Guantanamo Bay"},"content":{"rendered":"<div>\n<div>\n<div> <div>\n<button>\n<strong>\n<span><svg>\n<\/svg>\n<\/span>\n<span>Summary<\/span>\n<\/strong>\n<span><svg><\/svg>\n<\/span>\n<span><svg><\/svg>\n<\/span>\n<\/button>\n<div>\n<ul>\n<li>The commander of US Southern Command met with senior Cuban military officials at the perimeter of Guantanamo Bay, in a rare meeting.<\/li>\n<li>The meeting followed a US military buildup near Cuba with the USS Nimitz carrier strike group in the Caribbean.<\/li>\n<li>It&#8217;s at least the second high-level diplomatic contact between US and Cuban officials in recent weeks despite mounting economic pressure.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<div>\n<span>AI-generated summary was reviewed by a CNN editor.<\/span>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p>\n            The commander of US Southern Command met with senior Cuban military officials on Friday in a rare meeting on the perimeter of Naval Station Guantanamo Bay, a US military installation located in Cuba\u2019s southeast.\n    <\/p><p>Read more <a href=\"https:\/\/relocationtimess.com\/?p=1122\">Trump tells agencies to align with study calling for narrower childhood vaccine recommendations<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\n            SOUTHCOM said that Commander Gen. Francis Donovan met with Cuban Army Corps Gen. Roberto Legr\u00e1 Sotolongo \u2013 Cuba\u2019s first deputy minister of the chief of the general staff \u2013 and other senior leaders from the Cuban military \u201cfor a brief exchange on operational security matters.\u201d\n    <\/p>\n<p>\n            The Cuban Ministry of Defense said in a statement: \u201cBoth delegations considered the meeting to be positive, where issues related to security around the dividing perimeter of the military enclave were addressed and they agreed to maintain communication between both military commands.\u201d\n    <\/p>\n<p>\n            The meeting comes amid a US military buildup near Cuba, with the USS Nimitz carrier strike group arriving in the Caribbean last week. Donovan also met with the Cuban military officials just days after Cuban President Miguel D\u00edaz-Canel warned that a US military assault on the island \u201cwill cause a bloodbath with incalculable consequences.\u201d\n    <\/p>\n<p>\n            It\u2019s at least the second high-level meeting between senior US and Cuban officials in recent weeks. CIA Director John Ratcliffe traveled to Havana in early May for a rare meeting with officials from Cuba\u2019s Ministry of the Interior and heads of the island\u2019s intelligence services.\n    <\/p><p>Read more <a href=\"https:\/\/relocationtimess.com\/?p=1118\">Trump\u2019s doctor recommends he lose weight and exercise more but says he is in \u201cexcellent health\u2019<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\n            Previously \u201cfence line\u201d meetings took place each month between US and Cuban military officials at the Guantanamo Naval Base but up until now they had been suspended since President Donald Trump took office in his second term.\n    <\/p>\n<p>\n            SOUTHCOM said Donavan \u201cled a perimeter security assessment\u201d of Naval Station Guantanamo Bay \u201cand discussed force protection, safety of service members and their families, and operational readiness with base officials.\u201d\n    <\/p>\n<div>\n<div>\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-medium_large\">\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" alt=\"SOUTHCOM Commander Gen. Francis L. Donovan inspects Naval Station Guantanamo Bay\u2019s security posture.\" class=\"wp-image-1126\" height=\"513\" src=\"https:\/\/relocationtimess.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/6307c1abedb4a9b40d345fd2bbec8a94.jpeg\" width=\"768\" srcset=\"https:\/\/relocationtimess.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/6307c1abedb4a9b40d345fd2bbec8a94.jpeg 768w, https:\/\/relocationtimess.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/6307c1abedb4a9b40d345fd2bbec8a94-300x200.jpeg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 768px) 100vw, 768px\" \/><\/figure>\n<\/figure>\n\n<\/div>\n<div>\n<div>\n<div>\n<div>\n<span>SOUTHCOM Commander Gen. Francis L. Donovan inspects Naval Station Guantanamo Bay\u2019s security posture.<\/span>\n<\/div>\n<figcaption>US Southern Command<\/figcaption>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p>\n            The US has accused Cuban officials of hosting Russian and Chinese listening posts on the island and thwarting US interests in the region, CNN reported, and has been applying increasing legal and economic pressure on the Cuban government in recent weeks. That\u2019s in addition to a punishing oil blockade imposed by the US in January, which has plunged the island into economic crisis and led to power cuts, food and fuel shortages.\n    <\/p>\n<div>\n<header>\n<span>\n      Related article\n    <\/span>\n<\/header>\n<section>\n<div>\n<div>\n<div>\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\">\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" alt=\"Former Cuban President Raul Castro looks at the Cuban flag during his speech at the event celebrating the 65th anniversary of the triumph of the revolution in Santiago, Cuba, on January 1, 2024.\" class=\"wp-image-1127\" height=\"144\" src=\"https:\/\/relocationtimess.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/bda947930364757c26d2d8ffa8ac469e.jpg\" width=\"256\"\/><\/figure>\n<\/figure>\n\n<\/div>\n<div>\n<div>\n<div>\n<div>\n<span>Former Cuban President Raul Castro looks at the Cuban flag during his speech at the event celebrating the 65th anniversary of the triumph of the revolution in Santiago, Cuba, on January 1, 2024.<\/span>\n<\/div>\n<figcaption>Ismael Francisco\/AP<\/figcaption>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div>\n<p>\n<span>Ra\u00fal Castro indicted in a prosecution that has been in the works for 3 decades<\/span>\n<\/p>\n<div>4  min read<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/section>\n<\/div>\n<p>\n            The Justice Department indicted former Cuban President Ra\u00fal Castro earlier this month and the administration announced new sanctions on the Cuban government, including its main intelligence agency and interior ministry. Secretary of State Marco Rubio previously said that \u201cadditional sanctions actions can be expected in the following days and weeks.\u201d\n    <\/p><p>Read more <a href=\"https:\/\/relocationtimess.com\/?p=1117\">Reid Hoffman says E. Jean Carroll probe involving his nonprofit is meant to \u2018silence\u2019 Trump critics<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\n<em>This story has been updated with additional information.<\/em>\n<\/p>\n<p>\n<em>CNN\u2019s Patrick Oppmann contributed to this report.<\/em>\n<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The commander of US Southern Command met with senior Cuban military officials on Friday in a rare meeting on the perimeter of Naval Station Guantanamo Bay, a US military installation located in Cuba\u2019s southeast.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":1123,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1128","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-politics"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.6 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>US military leader held rare meeting with senior Cuban military officials near US base at Guantanamo Bay - 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