Net for Cuba: Raul Castro fails to announce reforms in Cuba !
AP-SANTIAGO, Cuba – President Raul Castro warned Washington that Cuba would keep its defenses up no matter who wins November’s U.S. presidential election, but failed to announce any new changes to the communist system during a speech Saturday.
In a 48-minute Revolution Day address, Castro also told Cubans to prepare for tough times ahead as rising oil and commodity prices take a toll on the island’s economy.
Amid anticipation that he would use the speech to unveil fresh reforms, Castro instead focused on the past as he spoke to thousands of supporters in front of the Moncada military complex, where a band of rebels led by he and his brother Fidel launched an attack 55 years ago, planting the seeds for the 1959 Cuban revolution.
“When we attacked the Moncada, none of us dreamed of being here today,” Castro said in Santiago, 535 miles southeast of Havana, the de-facto capital of the island’s eastern half.
He warned of more economic austerity for the already poor island and commanded Communist Party leaders to fulfill the promises they make to the Cuban people.
“Regardless of our great wishes to solve every problem, we cannot spend in excess of what we have,” Castro said.
And he vowed that Cuba would remain prepared for any potential U.S. attack regardless of who wins the U.S. presidential vote, which pits Barack Obama against Sen. John McCain.
“We shall continue paying special attention to defense, regardless of the results of the next presidential elections in the United States,” Raul said.
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