AGP Executive Report
Last update: 7 hours agoCuba Pressure Campaign: CIA Director John Ratcliffe’s surprise Havana visit is being read as Washington upping the heat as Cuba faces blackouts and fuel shortages; the meeting with Cuba’s Interior Ministry came as U.S. officials weigh charging former President Raúl Castro over a 1990s shootdown. Hormuz Shockwaves: With Strait of Hormuz tensions flaring—ships seized, another sunk—oil prices jumped and markets slid, dragging the S&P/TSX down 435 points and the U.S. indexes lower. Air Travel Watch: Fort Smith airport traffic rose in April and $13.5M in work could start in June, while Grand Forks is set to replace its aging ATC tower as part of a nationwide upgrade. Public Health on the Move: More hantavirus-exposed cruise passengers are arriving for monitoring in Nebraska, extending a 42-day quarantine. Logistics & Safety: A Supreme Court freight-broker ruling is opening the door to negligence lawsuits, adding pressure on trucking middlemen.
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