[HIGHLIGHTS] Borrell begins his trip to Cuba with a boost to the island's private sector

Josep Borrell's first trip to Havana as high representative of the Foreign Policy of the European Union began this Thursday. The visit comes at a particularly complex time for the government of Miguel Díaz-Canel, which in recent months has exponentially increased its rapprochement with Russia.

The image in Cuba, basically, remains one of the Cold War, with Russia increasingly close and immersed in the war in Ukraine and the Cuban government entrenched in the face of US policy. Europe plays its cards, which are of "constructive" but at the same time "critical" engagement.