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Cuba Reportedly Asked Pope Leo To Convince The Trump Admin To Ease its Oil Embargo

Pope Leo XIV (Credit: Photo by TIZIANA FABI/AFP via Getty Images)

Cuban officials have asked Pope Leo XIV to mediate between them and the United States to ease the oil blockade that has the island on the brink of collapse, according to a new report.

The Washington Post detailed that Cuban officials have met with the pope with that purpose, seeking to facilitate talks with Washington D.C. Havana is asking the Holy See to determine the "lowest common denominator" concession that it would have to make to the U.S. for the country to relax the measure.

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