Cuba, U.S. renew talks while differing over Venezuela

By Daniel Trotta HAVANA (Reuters) - Cuba and the United States renewed talks on restoring diplomatic relations on Monday, this time amid secrecy and with the longtime adversaries differing sharply over Venezuela, Cuba's closest ally. Assistant U.S. Secretary of State Roberta Jacobson met in Havana with Josefina Vidal, the Cuban foreign ministry's chief of U.S. affairs, for the first day of open-ended talks. Jacobson and Vidal led their respective delegations with intense media coverage