Fidel Castro's death underscores end of era of hostility with United States

Record ID: 77356

  • Title: Fidel Castro's death underscores end of era of hostility with United States
  • Date: 26th November 2016
  • Summary: WASHINGTON, DC, UNITED STATES (FILE - JULY 14, 2015) (REUTERS) (SOUNDBITE) (English) SENIOR RESEARCH FELLOW, LYNDON B. JOHNSON SCHOOL OF PUBLIC AFFAIRS AT THE UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT AUSTIN, JULIA SWEIG, SAYING: "Having not capitulated, not made concessions, resisted all of the American attempts to undermine, overthrow, sabotage, destabilise for 50 years and now while the Castros are still in power to be able to declare, 'We now have accomplished normalisation of relations, on terms that are satisfactory to the defence of our own sovereignty,' that is a message that is wholly in line with Fidel Castro's long-standing position."
  • Embargoed: 11th December 2016 09:52
  • Keywords: Castro Cuban revolution Barack Obama embassies John Kerry normalisation Cold War Raul Castro
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  • Country: Cuba
  • Topics: Government/Politics
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