President Fidel Castro: Edward Snowden

Edward Snowden: Castro, who ceded power to his brother Raul in 2006, and is rarely seen or heard from in public, said the article in the Kommersant newspaper on Monday was a "lie" and "libel.", according to Reuters. "It is obvious that the United States will always try to pressure Cuba ... but not for nothing has Cuba resisted and defended itself without a truce for 54 years and will continue to do so for as long as necessary," Castro wrote and HAVANA - Retired Cuban president Fidel Castro blasted on Wednesday a report in a Russian newspaper that his country buckled to U.S. pressure and blocked former U.S. spy agency contractor Edward Snowden from traveling through Cuba to exile in Latin America. Castro, in a column on various international issues, from Syria and Egypt to robots doing police work and Snowden, and carried by official media, hailed Snowden and lashed out at U.S. spying as repugnant. (www.immigrantscanada.com). As reported in the news.