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Cubana Flight 455 memorial in Bridgetown, Barbados
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CUBAN President Miguel Diaz-Canel paid tribute on Wednesday to the victims of the most “horrendous crime” as Cuba marked 45 years since a civilian plane was bombed off Barbados by the US.
Mr Diaz-Canel slammed Washington’s hypocrisy, saying that the terrorists who killed all 73 people on board were protected by both Republican and Democrat governments.
“Forty-five years have passed, but not in 100, nor ever, will we forget the abominable crime of Barbados,” he said.
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