WASHINGTON, July 10: US President George Bush on Monday approved 80 million dollars over two years to help foster democracy in Cuba, and enable citizens of the Communist island free themselves ‘from the repressive control of the Castro regime’.
The US president also accepted the recommendations of ‘The Commission for Assistance to a Free Cuba’ — a panel led by Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice and Commerce Secretary Carlos Gutierrez — which included the 80-million dollar expenditure.—AFP
