Raul Castro urges US to end broadcasts aimed at Cuba

Source: Associated Press

Raul Castro urges US to end broadcasts aimed at Cuba
Associated Press
2 hours ago

HAVANA (AP) — Cuban President Raul Castro urged the U.S. government Friday to halt radio and television broadcasts aimed at the island and other programs that Cuba considers harmful while reiterating that he is interested in deepening the thaw in relations with the United States.

The comment came in Castro's first review of the rapprochement that he and U.S. President Barack Obama began a year ago.

In a rare broadcast of his speech on state television, the 84-year-old leader said, "Cuba will continue insisting that to achieve the normalization of relations it is imperative that the government of the United States remove all policies of the past."

Among the things he criticized are transmissions of Radio Marti and TV Marti to Cuba despite his government's objections. "The United States maintains programs that are harmful to Cuban sovereignty, such as projects to promote changes in our political, economic and social order," he said.

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