Former Cuban president Raul Castro on Thursday accused the United States of tightening “the noose” around his country, Venezuela and Nicaragua but vowed to “respond to every challenge.”
“For us, the same as for Venezuela and Nicaragua, it’s very clear that the noose is tightening, and our people need to be ready to respond to every challenge with unity, resolve, optimism and unwavering faith in the victory,” Castro said.
Those three countries — all currently subject to US sanctions — are among the last bastions of far left governance in Latin America amid a general trend to the right in recent years.
Since Donald Trump’s election as US president, relations with Cuba have deteriorated after a historic rapprochement under his predecessor Barack Obama.
Castro, the brother of late revolutionary hero Fidel, said the return of right-wing governments in the region and Washington’s hostility towards the left had “reawakened…
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