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US President Barack Obama and Cuban President Raúl Castro gesture after a news conference as part of President Obama's three-day visit to Cuba. In Havana March 21, 2016.

Freedom of the press ‘rattled’ Raúl Castro, causing him to answer a question with a lie

March 22, 2016Media

In Cuba, basic aspects of democracy as they exist in the US are rarely seen. So when the communist leader was faced with a free press questioning him about political prisoners on the island, he just said there were none.

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