CUBA-USA/RODRIGUEZ STATEMENT Cuban foreign minister: "We have arrived here, thanks to Fidel Castro"

Record ID: 146564

  • Title: CUBA-USA/RODRIGUEZ STATEMENT Cuban foreign minister: "We have arrived here, thanks to Fidel Castro"
  • Date: 21st July 2015
  • Summary: WASHINGTON, D.C., UNITED STATES (JULY 20, 2015) (UNRESTRICTED POOL) CUBAN FLAG BEING RAISED AT THE CUBAN EMBASSY IN WASHINGTON, D.C. CUBAN FOREIGN MINISTER BRUNO RODRIGUEZ AT PODIUM FROM THE SIDE (SOUNDBITE) (Spanish) CUBAN FOREIGN MINISTER BRUNO RODRIGUEZ SAYING: "We have made it here today thanks to the firm and wise leadership of Fidel Castro Ruz, the historic leader of
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  • Story Text: Cuban Foreign Minister Bruno Rodriguez said on Monday (July 20) the historic restoration of U.S.-Cuba relations will only make sense if the United States lifts its comprehensive trade embargo and returns to Cuba the U.S. naval base at Guantanamo Bay in eastern Cuba.
    "The historic events we are living today will only make sense with the removal of the economic, commercial and financial blockade, which causes so much deprivation and damage to our people, the return of occupied territory in Guantanamo, and respect for the sovereignty of Cuba," Rodriguez said from the newly rechristened Cuban Embassy in Washington shortly after the Cuban flag was raised outside for the first time in 54 years.
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