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December 22, 2014

Castro Calls on U.S. to Respect Cuban Political System 
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Speaking the next day in Havana, Cuban President Raúl Castro pledged to
improve the nation's economy in the wake of the agreement. Castro also
called on the United States to respect Cuba's political system after
decades of meddling.

Cuban President Raúl Castro: "In the same way that we have never
demanded that the United States change its political system, we will
demand respect for ours. … We can't pretend that by improving ties
with the Unites States, Cuba will renounce the ideas for which it has
fought for more than a century, for which its people have shed a lot of
blood and have run the biggest of risks."

 

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