Cuba says reforms not an open door to U.S. subversion

[Joanne98]

Source: Reuters

HAVANA (Reuters) - Cuba said on Wednesday that a series of reforms ordered by new President Raul Castro will strengthen socialism and it will not tolerate attempts by the United States and local dissidents to subvert it.

"There is no space for the dreams of adversaries, internal mercenaries and fifth columnists," an editorial in the ruling Communist Party newspaper Granma said.

"There will be a more perfect socialism sustained and defended by a united people led by Fidel, Raul and the party's leadership," it said.

Cuba brands opponents to the one-party socialist state as mercenaries on the payroll of its ideological enemy, the United States, and frequently imprisons them.



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