Economy stalled, Cuba resists speedier path to free enterprise


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  • Sunday, 06 Jul 2014

Cuba's President Raul Castro attends a May Day parade in Havana May 1, 2014. REUTERS/Enrique De La Osa

HAVANA (Reuters) - Cuban President Raul Castro told parliament on Saturday the communist country's market-oriented reforms must remain gradual, a clear signal he would resist calls to accelerate change in order to address an underperforming economy.

He also praised Cubans for "defeating imperialism" by resisting U.S. aggression ever since the 1959 Cuban revolution.

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