Castro: US changes 'positive' but small

[Forkboy]

HAVANA - Fidel Castro said yesterday that the Obama administration's softening of sanctions is "positive although minimal," and criticized it for leaving in place the embargo that bars most trade and travel between the two countries.
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Castro responded to the measures in an online column Monday night, writing that the United States had announced the repeal of "several hateful restrictions" but had stopped short of real change.

"Of the blockade, which is the cruelest of measures, not a word was uttered," the former president wrote.
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He suggested Obama won't be in the White House long enough to undo the damage of his predecessor, George W. Bush.

"We do not want to hurt Obama even in the slightest, but he will only be president for one or two terms," Castro wrote. "He is not responsible for what occurred, and I am sure that he will not commit the atrocities of Bush. After him, however, there could come another who is equal to or worse than his predecessor."

http://www.boston.com/news/world/latinamerica/articles/2009/04/15/castro_us_changes_positive_but_small/