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CUBAN President Raul Castro has reiterated his people’s demand for an end to the illegal 55-year US blockade.
The revolutionary leader spoke on Monday alongside US President Barack Obama following their historic one-on-one meeting.
“The blockade is the most significant impediment for the development of the Cuban people,” he said. “That is why its elimination is essential for the normalisation of relations.”
As the US intensifies its economic and political pressure it is now vitally important to demand the British government intervene to end US aggression, writes GEOFF BOTTOMS
Where normally only the US and its ally Israel vote to strangle Cuba economically, there have been special efforts to slander and isolate the besieged socialist island nation year — so we must redouble our solidarity, writes TARIQ ANDERSON