Bush: Cuba's fate up to its people

Tuesday 8th August, 2006

Bush: Cuba's fate up to its people
Big News Network.com Tuesday 8th August, 2006 (UPI)

The fate of Cuba is in the hands of the Cuban people, U.S. President
George Bush said Monday.

Speaking at a news conference at his Texas ranch with Secretary of State
Condoleezza Rice, the president warned Cuban exiles in the United States
that their concerns may have to wait.

The people on the island of Cuba ought to decide, he said. And once the
people of Cuba decide their form of government, then Cuban Americans can
take an interest in that country and redress the issues of property
confiscation. But first things first, and that is the Cuban people need
to decide the future of their country.

Bush told reporters that all he knows about Castro's condition is
speculation. The communist dictator temporarily has delegated power to
his brother while he recovers from a intestinal operation.

And that is that, on the one hand, he's very ill, and on the other hand,
he's going to be coming out of a hospital, Bush said.

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