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Blockade remains stumbling block in Cuba-US talks

CUBA and the United States ended the latest round of talks on lifting the criminal blockade of the island on Wednesday.

Cuban Trade Minister Rodrigo Malmierca met US Commerce Secretary Penny Pritzker, the first White House cabinet member to visit Havana since Secretary of State John Kerry reopened the US embassy in August.

Mr Malmierca said: “We know it will not be an easy process, there are many differences, but the willingness exists.”

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