Fidel Castro Voices Continued Resistance to US Overtures

Cuba's aging revolutionary Fidel Castro is signaling his continued resistance to smoother relations with the United States, telling Washington, "We do not need the empire to give us any presents." The 89-year-old Castro, who turned over power in the communist country in 2008 to his younger brother Raul, 84, stayed out sight during President Barack Obama's three-day visit last week, the first by a sitting U.S. president in nine decades to Cuba. Obama, during his visit...

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