Fidel Castro Reappears: 'I Don't Trust The US' But Cuba Can Reconcile

Former leader of Cuba Fidel Castro declares: "I don't trust the U.S.," but endorses any peaceful or negotiated solution between Washington and Havana. Fidel Castro appears to be lending his support to Cuba's talks with the United States after releasing a statement addressing his longtime adversary for the first time since Havana and Washington announced they would restore diplomatic ties. "I don't trust the policy of the United States, nor have I exchanged a word with them, but this does not mean I reject a pacific solution to the conflicts," he wrote in a letter to a student federation read at the University of Havana. It also appeared in the Communist party newspaper Granma.

"Any peaceful or negotiated solution to the problems between the United States and the peoples or any people of Latin America that doesn't imply force or the use of force should be treated in accordance with the international norms and principles," the retired Cuban leader said in a statement. He continued, we will always defend cooperation and friendship with all the peoples of the world among them our political adversaries. On December 17,2014 the Obama Administration and the Cuban goverment announced a thawing of relations including an exchange of prisioners in spying cases and a loosening of economic sasnctions. Officials from both sides have since met in Havana to work through details including allowing U.S. banks to open accounts in Cuba and other measures promoting trade and economic ties.