 Cuba's allies urged the United States not to interfere with the communist country during Fidel Castro's absence from power, while the U.S. increased its television transmissions to the island and encouraged anti-Castro activists to push for change.
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Cuban Parliament Speaker Ricardo Alarcon warned that the United States would face "hell" if it meddled with the Caribbean island. "We demand that the government of the United States respect Cuba's sovereignty," read a letter from 400 leftist intellectuals and human rights activists published Tuesday in Cuba's state-run newspapers. "We must prevent a new aggression at all costs." |