Ago, president obama said the policy of isolating cuba has not worked and its now time to chart a whole new course. We are taking steps to increase travel, commerce and the flow of information to and from cuba. This is fundamentally about freedom and openness and also expresses my belief in the power of peopletopeople engagement. With the changes im announcing today, it will be easier for americans to travel to cuba. And americans will be able to use american credit and debit cards on the island. Nobody represents americas values better than the American People. And i believe this contact will ultimately do more to empower the cuban people. The cuban president , raul castro, also spoke exactly at the same time as president obama and he spoke about the effort to improve relations with the United States. Both president s thanked pope francis. Translator i want to thank and recognize the support of the vatican and for pope francis for the improvement of the relationship between cuba and t
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socialist structures are as much to blame for this country s dysfunctional economy. a few openly admit that, and they complain about a growing elite. most people are suffering, says this woman, but those at the top by fidel s side live very well. and the gap gets wider. in 1993, fidel castro allowed ordinary cubans to hold dollars and open special dollar stores, but not everyone has access to those dollars. translator: at those stores, there is everything, but we have no dollars because fidel doesn t pay us in dollars. reporter: pesos don t buy much, but still people like orlando don t wake up every morning plotting how to overthrow fidel. rather, how to find milk for their children. translator: i don t know who to blame. there are many like me. reporter: and theirs are the politics of survival.
Juanita Castro, a Cuban expatriate and prominent anticommunist operative who worked to combat the government led by her brothers, Fidel and Raúl, has died. She was 90.
Damascus, Nov 22 (Prensa Latina) The legacy and thoughts of the historic leader of the Cuban Revolution, Fidel Castro, were highlighted on Wednesday in an event organized by the Cuban Embassy and held at the National Library in this capital.