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Obama Urges Political And Economic Change In Speech To Cubans


Champ Kind
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2016-03-22T145555Z_1_LYNXNPEC2L139_RTROPTP_2_USA-CUBA.JPGBy Jeff Mason and Matt Spetalnick HAVANA (Reuters) - U.S. President Barack Obama challenged Cuba's Communist government with an impassioned call for democratic and economic change on Tuesday, addressing the Cuban people directly in a historic speech broadcast throughout the island. Taking the stage at Havana’s Grand Theater with Cuban President Raul Castro in attendance, Obama used the crowning moment of his visit to extend a “hand of friendship.†He came, he said, to “bury the last remnant†of the Cold War in the Americas. “I believe citizens should be free to speak their minds without fear,†Obama told the audience.

 

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