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Castro slams Latin American pacts with U.S.

HAVANA: Cuban leader Fidel Castro has criticised the Free Trade Agreements (FTAs) Latin American countries have signed with the United States.

In an article — ``The unanimous opinion'' — published in the official daily Granma, Mr. Castro condemned the results of the FTAs. He said since signing the FTAs one year ago, neither employment nor investment had increased in any of the countries in Central America. Nor have they obtained better trade conditions.

``This is a down to earth point of view of a sour reality,'' Mr. Castro said.

Mr. Castro has also protested against the release of an alleged terrorist — the anti-Cuban militant Luis Posada Carriles — in the U.S. Havana says Carriles organised a 1976 bombing of a Cuban passenger plane that killed 73 persons in and an assassination attempt on Mr. Castro during the Panama Ibero-American summit in 2000.— Xinhua

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