HAVANA, June 12: President Fidel Castro and his brother, Raul Castro, led hundreds of thousands of marchers past the Spanish and Italian embassies in Havana on Thursday to protest the European Union’s hardening position toward Cuba.

The Cuban government usually reserves its wrath for its longtime ideological foe, the United States, but has been furious with the EU for taking political measures against the Communist-led island after Havana’s massive crackdown on dissents in April.

The 76-year-old Castro led the marchers in Thursday’s early morning protest at the Spanish Embassy.—Reuters

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