CUBA: Castro denounces Trump’s policy

The president of Cuba has spoken publicly for the first time against US President Donald Trump’s rollback of a thaw between the two countries a month ago. President Raul Castro said “attempts to destroy the revolution” would fail. Mr Trump has tightened restrictions on US travel to and business with the communist island. But the […]

The president of Cuba has spoken publicly for the first time against US President Donald Trump’s rollback of a thaw between the two countries a month ago.

President Raul Castro said “attempts to destroy the revolution” would fail.

Mr Trump has tightened restrictions on US travel to and business with the communist island.

But the US embassy in Havana, re-opened by former President Barack Obama, is still operating.

Mr Castro was speaking in front of Cuba’s national assembly. It was his first public comment on the policy changes Mr Trump announced a month ago.