What next for Cuba? Fidel Castro’s death is expected to lead to improved relations with US, as calls are mounted for embargo which ‘punishes’ the country to be lifted ‘definitively’
French President Francois Hollande has called for US sanctions against Cuba to be ‘definitively’ lifted following Castro’s death
Relations between the US and Cuba have thawed significantly
In March Barack Obama became the first President in 90 years to visit the island
He said the visit was aimed to ‘get the ball rolling’
By DAVE BURKE
DailyMail.com
26 November 2016
A call has been mounted for US sanctions against Cuba to be lifted ‘definitively’, following the death of Fidel Castro.
World leaders have said the Communist heavyweight’s death at the age of 90 should spell a new era for the island.
Speaking at a summit in Madagascar today, French President Francois Hollande said today that the ongoing embargo by the US ‘punishes’ Cuba and should be lifted once and for all.
He said: ‘On the occasion of Fidel Castro’s death I want again to say that the embargo which punishes Cuba should be lifted definitively.’
The US severed diplomatic ties in 1961, banning all exports to Cuba except for food and medicine.
Castro, who stepped aside 10 years ago, remained hostile to Washington throughout his life.
As US president Barack Obama moved to heal relations with Havana, Castro responded: ‘We don’t need the empire to give us anything.’
Thus far President-elect Donald Trump’s only public reaction has been a tweet which simply says: ‘Fidel Castro is dead!’
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