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| Tuesday, 6 January 2004 |
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World held hostage by nuclear powers, says Castro HAVANA, Monday (AFP) Cuban leader Fidel Castro slammed the nuclear powers Sunday, which he said were holding humanity "hostage," in a speech marking the 45th anniversary of the revolution that brought him to power. "The lives of millions of human beings who inhabit the planet depend on what a few people think, believe and decide," he said in a 50-minute speech at the solemn event in the Karl Marx theater. "A smaller group of countries that monopolizes these weapons boast the exclusive right to produce and develop them." "We have the right to denounce, to pressure and to demand changes and an end to this ridiculous and absurd situation that has turned us into hostages," he said. Castro also criticized the Free Trade Area of the Americas, a scheme championed by the United States to tear down trade barriers throughout the western hemisphere. |
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