Tuesday, March 22, 2016

Barack Obama: “lifting of the embargo will not help human rights in Cuba” – REGNUM

Havana, March 22, 2016, 22:25 – REGNUM US President challenge the communist government of Cuba, loudly calling for democratic and economic reforms, reports Reuters. Appeal to the Cuban speech Barack Obama aired around Liberty Island.

Going up to the stage of the Bolshoi Theatre of Havana with the Cuban President Raul Castro, Obama used the “crowning moment” of his visit to lend a “hand of friendship”. He said that the need to “bury the last vestiges of” the cold war in the two Americas.

Obama also insisted to implement economic and political reforms and greater openness in Cuba. “I believe that the citizens should have the right to freely and fearlessly express their views. … The voters should be able to choose their government in free and democratic elections, “- Obama has the public says

« Not everyone agrees with me on this, not everyone agrees with the American people on this issue, but I believe. that these human rights are universal. I believe that they are the rights of the American people, the Cuban people and people around the world, “- said the US president.

to put an end to decades of economic embargo Washington against Havana, Obama added that “even if tomorrow we take off the embargo, Cubans do not realize their full potential without further changes here in Cuba».

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