Fidel Castro Expresses Doubts About US Politics, Says He Hasn’t Spoken with US Officials in Letter to Communist Newspaper
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ADALBERTO ROQUE/AFP/Getty Images(HAVANA, Cuba) — Former Cuban dictator Fidel Castro says that he has no confidence in the United States policy and that he has not exchanged a single word with U.S. officials.
In a letter penned for communist newspaper Granma, Castro said that he was not flatly rejecting a peaceful solution to the conflict between the two nations. He urged that any peaceful and negotiated solution to the problems between the United States and any and all Latin American nations that do not involve or employ force should be treated in accordance of international principles and norms.
Instead, Castro defended his brother, Cuban President Raul Castro, who announced last month, at the same time U.S. President Barack Obama did, that the two nations would work to repair their relationship. Fidel said his brother had taken steps that fall under his authority. Castro said that he would always defend the cooperation and friendship with all countries of the world, including political adversaries.
The first round of high-level talks in decades between the two nations began last week, with Assistant Secretary for Western Hemisphere Affairs Roberta Jacobson calling them “cordial and respectful.”
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