Fidel Castro has broken his silence over President Obama's Cuba visit in a damning letter published in state-run newspaper Granma, BBC informs.
Fidel Castro has broken his silence over President Obama's Cuba visit in a damning letter published in state-run newspaper Granma, BBC informs.
Castro responded on Monday to U.S. President Barack Obama’s historic trip to Cuba with a letter recounting the history of U.S. aggression against the island. "We don't need the empire to give us anything," Fidel Castro wrote, referring to the United States, in his acidly critical and rambling column.
Moreover, Fidel wrote in the 1,500-word letter titled 'El Hermano Obama' (Brother Obama) that his "modest suggestion is that he [Obama] reflects and doesn’t try to develop theories about Cuban politics".
According to RT, in the letter published by state media outlet Granma, Castro critiques Obama's speech in Havana line by line. He slams the president's failure to acknowledge indigenous Cubans or give credit to his own prohibition of racial segregation after coming to power in 1959.
While officially retired, 89 years old Fidel Castrostill have enormous influence in Cuba and observers study his sporadic columns and appearances for insights into Cuba's opaque political system.
