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Havana - Cuban former
Leader Fidel Castro said on Tuesday that the
U.S. "measure to lighten the restriction of
trips by Cuban-Americans to Cuba is
positive, however it is minimum."
Castro said in his column "Reflections"
published on Tuesday by Cuba Debate website
that still "many other measures are missing,
including the elimination of the killer Law
of Cuban Adjustment."
The 1966 law, which the U.S. exclusively
applies to Cuba, grants Cubans who reach US
soil automatic residency.
In his article entitled "Days that can not
be forgotten," Castro mentioned the attack
against Cuba on April 1961 made by anti-Cuba
forces supported by Washington.
He urged the U.S. to make self-criticism and
guarantee that what happened in 1961 would
never repeat.
Castro said, "the great power" could do the
same to any Latin American country, and this
already has happened, for example in
Dominican Republic, Panama, Guatemala,
Chile, Argentina and Venezuela, either by
directly sending troops or by supporting
their domestic opposition.
The U.S. president Barack Obama lifted
restrictions on travel and money transfer to
Cuba, opening a crack in a 47-year-old
embargo against Havana.
In his article, Castro also recognized
Obama's disposition to cooperate on issues
like climate change.
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