The Associated Press
2:13 PM EDT, September 17, 2008
HAVANA - Ailing leader Fidel Castro says Cuba has too much dignity to
accept U.S. handouts and says it is hypocritical for America to offer $5
million in hurricane recovery aid.
The 82-year-old Castro says in an essay published by state media
Wednesday that Cuba has suffered far more damage from the U.S. embargo
over nearly half a century than from hurricanes Ike and Gustav, which
caused about $5 billion in damage to Cuba this month.
The former Cuban president says the island would benefit more from
credits and an easing of restrictions so that it can buy building
materials and other goods from the United State
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