Cubans say crestfallen that Trump rolling back detente


  • World
  • Friday, 16 Jun 2017

U.S. President Donald Trump is seen on a TV screen announcing his Cuba policy in a state-run bar in Havana, Cuba, June 16, 2017. REUTERS/Alexandre Meneghini

HAVANA (Reuters) - Cubans watched television sets with dismay and anger on Friday as U.S. President Donald Trump railed against their country in a speech from Miami that made many fear a return to an era of frostier U.S.-Cuban relations.

Trump said in the speech widely broadcast in Cuba that he was cancelling former President Barack Obama's "terrible and misguided deal" with the Communist-run island that aimed to normalize ties after five decades of hostility.

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